In an earlier post, John wrote about the National Pork Board’s (NPB) celebration of its Pork Quality Assurance Plus program and the milestone of having nearly 60 percent of all hogs in the U.S. and nearly 50,000 producers certified. This announcement was made during a morning press conference, as part of the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA.

This afternoon, NPB made a public presentation and kicked off the celebration with the Earlham High School marching band. The group marched down Grand Avenue and through dozens of exhibitor tents and ended their journey in front of NPC’s “We Care” trailer. During the brief presentation, a success ‘o meter was unveiled and after the conclusion of the presentation, the celebration was rounded out with free maple bacon ice cream.

Follow more of our coverage from World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines here on Agwired.com and on our Twitter accounts @jdavisreporter, @jmschroeder, and later this week, @farmpodcaster … hashtag #WPX10. You can also check out the event in our World Pork Expo 2010 Photo Album.

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