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Speer To Highlight Cattlemen’s Banquet At 2025 KLA Convention

This year’s KLA Convention & Expo again will open Wednesday evening with the Cattlemen’s Banquet, sponsored by INTRUST Bank, Micro Technologies and Tyson Fresh Meats. The program will include recognition of longtime KLA members and scholarship recipients, as well as a live auction benefiting the KLA Political Action Council, Kansas Livestock Foundation and Ranchland Trust of Kansas.

Attendees also will hear from Nevil Speer, an industry consultant from Bowling Green, KY, who will serve as the keynote speaker. Speer will discuss how significant improvements in beef quality over the past 25 years have helped drive today’s strong consumer demand for beef.

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Food Inflation and Pork Demand - Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

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In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, discusses how food inflation is reshaping Canadian protein demand. He explains why pork remains competitively priced, consumer behavior, and why transparency, AI-assisted shopping, and protein demand will matter in the years ahead. Listen now on all major platforms!

"The potential of pork is there. We just need to see the product assume that role and take it away because all the elements are there."

Meet the guest: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in Dalhousie University's Faculty of Management and Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab. His research focuses on food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, and traceability. Dr. Charlebois has written four books and more than 500 peer-reviewed and scientific articles. He holds a BComm from the Royal Military College, an MBA from UQAM, and a DBA from the University of Sherbrooke. Learn more from Dr. Sylvain Charlebois on The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, available on all major platforms.