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Heartland Express - Pork Month
September 29, 2011
Pigs on Parade Project Raises over $1,000 for Food Bank The Pigs on Parade art project was an endeavor to help promote the 50 great years of pork production in Nebraska and raise money for the Food Bank of the Heartland. Sixteen pigs were on display during NPPA’s 50th Anniversary celebration and the three pigs with the most votes at the end of the evening
Hog Haven donated by Dave Hansen of Hartington won first place
were auctioned off. Those pigs winning top honors were: Hog Haven donated by Dave Hansen of Hartington won first place. David City’s FFA scenic farm entry took second place and UNL’s CASAR mosaic corn pig was third. Col. Dick Schoenholz of Dick Schoenholz Real Estate & Auction Service located in Geneva did
the auctioneers duties. Proceeds from the auction along with 1500 pounds of pork product donated by Nebraska packers, Farmland Food, Tyson Fresh Meats, and Hormel will be given to the Food Bank of the Heartland.
David City’s FFA scenic farm entry took second place UNL’s CASAR mosaic corn pig was third
Pork Producers Add Millions to NE’s Economy
Study Finds Pork Producers Receive Return on Investment in USMEF’s Market Development Programs
By Larry Sitzman, NPPA Executive Director Nebraska has a breeding herd inventory of 380,000 sows and a kept for market inventory of over 2,720,000 head. Our breeding herd is 6.5% and our kept for market herd is 4.6% of the total U.S. inventory. There are about 7.5 million pigs marketed annually in Nebraska. According to our market report there was $737,288,448 worth of gross market value of hogs sold in 2010. Each market pig consumes 12.82 bushels of corn and 183 lbs of soybean meal. Nebraska pigs utilized about 90,000,000 bushels of corn with an average value of $4.00 per bushel or $360,000,000 worth of corn. Nebraska pigs utilized about 1,372,500,000 lbs of soybean meal with an average value of .1250 cents per pound or about $171,562,500 worth of soybean meal. The 2010 estimated export value of every hog marketed was $56.89 and 19.01% of all pork marketed was exported. In reality about $68,436,000 worth of corn and $32,614,031 worth of soybean meal was exported in the form of value added pork from Nebraska. This safe, abundant, humanely managed, quality, consistency and value production miracle is supported by hundreds of producers, millers, truckers, grain producers, buyers, packer employees and countless others adding millions to Nebraska’s economy.
U.S. pork producers are receiving a positive return on their Checkoff investment in international markets through the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), according to a study by Dr. Harry Kaiser, the Gellert Family Professor of Applied Economics and Management, at Cornell University. The economic analysis of USMEF’s Export Market Development Programs was commissioned by USMEF to quantify the returns that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service and the Pork Checkoff programs received from their investments in USMEF’s export market development programs. The study also quantified the contribution of USMEF’s programs to the growth in exports that has occurred over the past decade. Producer investments account for roughly 50 percent of USMEF’s expenditures on export promotion programs and the Foreign Agriculture Service funds account for the other half. "It’s important to producers to understand and quantify the value of their investments," said Craig Christensen, chair of the Pork Checkoff ’s Trade Committee and a producer from Ogden, Iowa. "The results indicated a positive impact of export market development and promotion on imports of U.S. pork." Specifically, the study found: •An average annual increase in net pork industry revenue due to USMEF’s programs ranging from $39.9 million to $169.7 million •A contribution of 324 million lbs. per year to the growth of U.S. Pork exports over the past 10 years and •A median return on investment of dollars at $7.42 to $1.
The research was conducted using an economic model which utilized statistical procedures to help researchers account for the impact of a variety of factors that affected import demand, including price of imports of U.S. pork, price of imports of pork from other countries, consumer income in importing countries, exchange rates and USMEF expenditures on pork export market development. Eight importing regions, accounting for 82 percent of U.S. Pork exports, were used in the model. Mexico, South Korea, Hong Kong, EU, Japan, Taiwan, China and Russia Mexico and Japan had the highest gains in imports due to export market development. The USMEF has been performing market development activities in numerous markets since 1976, with the goal of increasing demand for U.S. Pork by improving product image, increasing market presence, promoting total carcass utilization and providing trade support. Nearly 24 percent of U.S. Pork and pork variety meat production was exported in 2010. The National Pork Board has responsibility for Checkoff-funded research, promotion and consumer information projects and for communicating with pork producers and the public. Through a legislative national Pork Checkoff, pork producers invest $0.40 for each $100 value of hogs sold. The Pork Checkoff funds national and state programs in advertising, consumer information, retail and foodservice marketing, export market promotion, production improvement, technology, swine health, pork safety and environmental management. For information on Checkoff-funded programs, pork producers can call the Pork Checkoff Service Center at (800) 456PORK or check the Internet at www.pork.org.
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