what is the Wyoming pork council?

Wyoming Pork Producers Council is a producer-led organization representing the interests of all pork producers throughout Wyoming. Led by a hardworking team of professionals dedicated to supporting and celebrating the important work of pork producers across our great state, we work to promote pork and pork products, educate consumers and producers, fund research and projects, and support the efforts of the Wyoming pork industry.

National Partners

As the global voice for the U.S. pork industry, National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) advocates for the social, environmental, and economic sustainability of U.S. pork producers and their partners by fighting for reasonable public policy defending our freedom to operate and expanding access to global markets.

The National Pork Board executes programs related to promotion, research and education. No funds may be used for lobbying or influencing government policy.

Our Board Members

Dr. Jeremy Burkett

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Executive Director

Jeremy Burkett is the operator of a farrow-to-feeder farm at Casper College in Wyoming.
As a full-time professor at Casper College, Jeremy specializes in teaching and conducting research in animal science and meat science, along with coaching the livestock judging team. In addition, he serves as a U.S. Pork Center of Excellence board member and is a state executive and member of the board of directors for Wyoming Pork Producers Council.

Joe Bridges

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Board Member, President
Jim Pannell

Jim Pannell

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Board Member, Vice President

Jim Pannell is an ag loan officer at Pinnacle Bank in Northeast Wyoming. Prior to his banking career, Jim was an Agricultural Instructor and FFA Advisor in Hulett, Wyoming for 10 years and ran Pannell Ranch, where he raised cattle with his family. Jim and his wife, Kelly, have been married for 35 years have two daughters and 4 grandchildren. As a board member of the Wyoming Pork Council, Jim works to represent pork producers across the state while promoting pork and pork products in his community.

Damein Christensen

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Board Member, Treasurer

Damein Christensen is an Agricultural Instructor and FFA Advisor in Shoshoni Wyoming where he has taught for 9 years. Damien also taught High School Agriculture in Douglas Wyoming and was the Douglas FFA Advisor for 14 years. Damein and his wife, Heidi, have been married for 23 years and have two children in college, Kodi and Conor. His family has showed pigs for 13 year in Wyoming shows and shows around our region.

Shawn Shmidl

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Board Member, Past President

Sabina Wise

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Board Member

Born and raised in Powell Wyoming, Sabina grew up around agriculture. Her family started raising show pigs when she was young and it has grown into a tremendous operation.

Today, she has two little boys that get to help on the farm, and is excited to get them involved in raising Wyoming pork. Sabina currently works for the University of Wyoming Extension in Park County, and gets to be heavily involved with 4-H.

Taylor Starks

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Board Member

Taylor is currently residing in Hulett, Wyoming, where she is the Agricultural Teacher and FFA Advisor. Taylor grew up in Eastern Colorado, where she raised and showed hogs on the local, state and national levels for 12+ years as well as raised butcher hogs.

Taylor now teaches students the importance of pork and what goes into raising swine, not only in Wyoming, but across the country as she evaluates swine shows.

Wyoming Pork Membership

Wyoming Pork is a member-driven organization representing the interests of all Wyoming pork producers. Join today as a producer, an allied industry affiliate, student, or any person interested in the development of the pork industry in Wyoming.

Membership Benefits

Grants

Wyoming Pork is a member-driven organization representing the interests of all Wyoming pork producers. Join today as a producer, an allied industry affiliate, student, or any person interested in the development of the pork industry in Wyoming.

Wyoming Pork Scholarships

Wyoming Pork Producers Council will provide scholarship assistance to full time students enrolled in a Wyoming college or university. Students must be majoring in a field beneficial to Wyoming’s swine industry; this can include fields such as Production Agriculture, Pre-vet, Animal Science Family & Consumer Sciences, and Agricultural Education or Communications studies.

Eligibility

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