Some of our farm media friends have requested that we supply downloadable audio from World Pork Expo – so here are some files for your use. I just forget to do that now because it is so great to have the player that plays the audio immediately off the server.
OK, let’s start with the interview from NPPC president Bryan Black:
Bryan Black Interview (10 min MP3)
Rather than the entire Chuck Conner speech – here is audio from the press gaggle with Conner:
Conner press gaggle (13 min MP3)
Here is audio with former NPPC president Joy Philippi (pronounced PHIL-i-pee) of Nebraska, co-chair of the Farm Bill Policy Task Force, on what is in the farm bill for pork producers – and what isn’t:
Joy Philippi (10 min MP3)
Here is an interview with Dan Meagher of Novus International – you can thank them for the audio!
(He pronounces his name and gives his title at the start of the interview)
Dan Meagher (7 min MP3)
All photos in the Flickr set are available in hi-res versions. Just click on the photo and choose the size options. Just another service of Agwired, courtesy of Novus International. Please email me – cindy@zimmcomm.biz – if you need anything else.
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This is the banner hanging on the side of the Novus International hospitality tent and inside we have a nice little set up to do interviews and posting and just meet and greet. It’s really pretty cool – I feel very special! 
I did get to do another interview with one of the Novus Pork Team, Dr. Felipe Navarro, who is swine market manager. He talked about the importance of their research in providing information for producers about their product performance. 
This good-looking bunch represents the 
According to Dan Meagher, Novus was founded in 1991 when Monsanto sold off its methionine business. That amino acid was the basis of their products Alimet and MHA for poultry. Now the company has expanded significantly and they are telling producers all about it here at WPX.
The line at singer/songwriter 
Visitors who visit the 
Lots of kids and hogs are here at World Pork Expo.
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner visited the 20th annual World Pork Expo on Thursday and spoke with producers about some of the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
On the opportunity side is exports. “Thanks to this industry for your role in leading US exports to another remarkable level,” Conner said. The latest forecast calls for agricultural exports to hit $108.5 billion – $26 billion more than last year. “And pork is certainly doing a big portion of this. We expect the value of pork exports to be up 35 percent from 2007.”
At today’s Annual Meeting