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Dear IPPA member

Welcome back to Barn Talk Bulletin- Volume 5.
Keeping Your Barn Safe
Throughout the past several years, IPPA has worked with the USDA and other state associations to create a plan in the event of a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak. Currently there are resources and educational material available to you, to insure your farm is safe. Find a preparation list created by the National Pork Board to help prevent the spread and prevention of a FAD outbreak.

On Nov. 10, the National Pork Board launched AgView, a technology solution to help the U.S. pork industry respond faster than ever before possible in the event of a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak. 

“When pork producers adopt AgView, they are not only helping protect their farms, but also the entire industry,” said Pork Board CEO Bill Even. “COVID taught us, the best way to quickly contain and recover from a significant supply chain disruption, which an FAD outbreak would be, is through real-time information, collaboration and a common data set to inform decision making.”

As you know, a FAD outbreak would be detrimental to the US pork industry. As always, we urge producers to be vigilant in their efforts to keep all disease risk off their farms and now utilize this new tool.

This web-based tool allows participating producers to easily share their farm’s FAD status updates and pig movement data with state animal health officials. The opt-in, no-fee technology – funded by the Pork Checkoff – will allow for contact-tracing of infected animals to help rapidly contain or regionalize a potential FAD outbreak, the National Pork Board said in a release.

To learn more about this new technology, see here.
Serve as a Delegate for the 2021 Annual Meeting

Delegates have the opportunity to vote on business that makes decisions for the industry in the coming year. Contact your district director today to become a delegate.

District 1
Tom Dale: thdale62@gmail.com
District 2
Mike Woltman: mikew@illinifarms.com
District 3
Darren Sims: simsdls@icloud.com
District 4
Blane Olson: olsonfarms3@gmail.com
District 5
Alan Kollmann: alan.kollmann@theequity.com
District 6
Carrie Pollard: carrie.pollard@pipestone.com
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Latest Updates from IPPA
Coming Up
Carving Out Answers to How COVID-19 Survives in Meat Processing Plants
The scene seven months ago was stark. Some grocery stores housed bare shelves, while others revealed record high retail beef prices. The food scare rattled the country as the COVID-19 pandemic caused panic.

“We're going to be looking at how the virus survives and maintains its infectivity throughout the meat and poultry processing facility, and so looking at how disinfectants and cleaners are effective or not effective against the virus, and also how it kind of migrates through the air patterns of a plant to know how long it can survive in that situation,” says Phebus."
IPPA Employee Betterment Programs

IPPA values the hard work done by pig farmers and employees to provide nutritious protein to consumers. To highlight these dedicated employees, we have created two Employee Betterment Programs in partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim. 


  1. Nominate an outstanding employee for IPPA Employee of the Month
  2. Apply for up to $250 in funding to reward your farm employees.

See more information on the IPPA Employee Betterment Programs HERE.
Midwest Pork Conference is a swine specific tradeshow and educational event. The conference features educational seminars, a wide variety of tradeshow exhibitors and social opportunities designed for pork producers and industry members. 
When: Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Where: Boone County Fairgrounds (Danville, IN) or attend virtually
2021 Pork Expo Catalog: Chop Talk Special Edition

In place of a tradeshow, IPPA will be developing an exclusive, 2021 Expo Catalog: Chop Talk Special Edition, that will be distributed to over 1,100 mailboxes across Illinois in late January. IPPA is offering a unique opportunity to still get brands in front of our producers. Advertisements can be purchased to highlight a company, new products, or any timely information you would like to share with our audience.

If you are interested, please fill out the form and return to Eileen Urish by December 1, 2020. We will need artwork by December 31st. For questions email Eileen Urish eileen@ilpork.com.


Thank you to our farmers who bring us many of our Thanksgiving favorites. We hope you have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.