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Iowa Pork Congress to be mostly virtual this year
The Iowa Pork Congress will be held this week but the pandemic is forcing a series of major changes from years past.
Iowa Pork Producers Association spokeswoman Dal Grooms says the first event is at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning in Des Moines.
“We are going to start the week off with our annual meeting but that will be the only in-person event that we have,” Grooms says. “Then we’ll have education sessions and those are all going to be one-hour virtual sessions. Of course, there’s not going to be any trade show available to producers, and we know how much they love that.”
“Our producer education committee focused on a few key topics that it felt would help out Iowa farmers, said Jamee Eggers, producer education director for the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). “Each education session is just one-hour long, including the opportunity for those who participate to ask questions of the presenters.”
Registration for the education sessions is required in order to receive the link to join the session.
Jan. 27 Sessions
At noon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, the keynote for the meeting will be presented by Damian Mason, who will talk about the current events impacting agriculture that start with the letter f: foodies, fair trade, feelings, finance, and the future. Mason is known for motivating and inspiring audiences in both good and bad ag climates. Register to get the link for his session at bit.ly/IPC-keynote-damian-