what is the Wyoming pork council?
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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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.
Shawn Shmidl
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Joe Bridges
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Damein Christensen
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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.
Heidi Custis
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Frosty Malone
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Jim Pannell
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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.
Ana Schmidl
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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
- Representation in public policy forum
- Information on public affairs
- Interaction with other producers with similar interests
- Updates on industry-related activities, events and research
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
- Applicants must be residents of the state of Wyoming.
- Applicants must be full time undergraduate students at an accredited Wyoming college or university, of incoming freshman, sophomore, junior or senior standing at the time the scholarship is paid and majoring in a fieeld beneficial to animal agriculture.
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.80 is recommended.
- Recipients must plan to pursue a career in a field related to agriculture. This may include (but is not limited to) education, research, production or marketing.
- Preference will be given to relatives of current or past Wyoming pork producers and to students who express a strong interest in a career in the swine industry, although other meritorious students will be considered.
- Past recipients are eligible for subsequent awards, but scholarship renewal is not automatic.
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