World Pork Expo officially kicked off in Des Moines this evening with a media reception. More than 100 registered media will be on hand to cover the Expo which is expected to be attended by thousands of people from all over the world.

During the reception Tim Bierman, who lives in Larrabee, Iowa and is the President of National Pork Board, said a few words of thanks to the faithful media who get the word out about the pork industry. He also thanked the National Pork Producers Council for letting them join in their yearly event.

Sam Carney, a producer from Adair, Iowa and the President of the National Pork Producers Council also thanked the media for attending and promised that the week would be full of great fun, cool events and lots of education.

You can see their opening remarks in the video below. You can follow the event on www.workpork.org and you can follow me and John Davis on Twitter @jmschroeder and @jdavisreporter, hashtag #WPX10. You can also follow the events @NPPCWPX. Cindy will be joining us on site later this week and you can follow her @farmpodcaster.

You can also check out the event in our World Pork Expo 2010 Photo Album.

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