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IPPA's Master Pork Producers and Partners Awards Announced

Honoring the individual’s or family’s excellence in pork production, Iowa’s Master Pork Producers for 2022 were recently announced at the 2023 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines., co-sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) and Iowa State University Extension.

Measured by the producer’s pork production statistics, commitment to We Care ® principles of responsibilities and high standards for animal well-being, food safety, the environment and support of their local community, and their contribution to their community, IPPA’s 81st class of Master Pork Producers include:

A program established in 1942, the Master Pork Producer Award program has now named 1,506 Iowa pig farming families as “Master Pork Producers,” the release says.

Pork All-American
Curt Winters of Sioux Center was named the Pork All-American, which honors producers 40-years-old or younger who have established themselves as leaders in the community and successful and dedicated business people.

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Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

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At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.