Pork, Corn, Soybean Groups & Farmland Foods Donate 44,000 Pounds of Pork to Feeding Illinois 

Representatives gather around one of the pallets of 44,000 pounds of pork donated to Feeding Illinois. Pictured left to right are Jim Robbins, a corn producer from Peotone, Ill., and current District 1 director and secretary for the IL Corn Marketing Board; Kate Maehr, president of Feeding Illinois and executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository; Pat Dumoulin a soybean grower and pork producer from Hampshire, Ill., and Illinois Soybean Association board member; Brent Scholl, a pork producer from Polo and current IL Pork Producers Association president-elect; and Tracy Smith, State Director for Feeding Illinois 

 The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA), Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB) and the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) today presented Feeding Illinois with more than 32,000 pounds of ground pork as part of the Pork Power: Partnering to Fight Hunger in Illinois campaign. In addition, Farmland Foods donated 12,000 pounds of bacon and sausage products to the effort. The groups presented the pork donation at the Greater Chicago Food Depository, one of eight Feeding Illinois regional food banks.  MORE

PQA Plus Rebate Program Extended!

The Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA), National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the National Pork Board (NPB) are encouraging all pork producers to become PQA Plus certified.  

IPPA, NPPC, and NPB have allocated funds to offer $50 per site that is assessed by 12/30/2009. Producers may request the rebate for up to 2 sites per premise registration number. The program is not retroactive and began effective May 22, 2009. Site assessments performed prior to May 22, 2009, are not eligible for the rebate.

CLICK HERE for eligibility guidelines and your PQA Plus Rebate form.