1. A Kansas pork producer participated in a round table on agricultural issues. 2. Bush was in Iowa to promote his domestic agenda before pork producers, in what was theoretically an official, nonpolitical event. 3. But other hog farmers who support the pork council walked from the pork producers building to the protest and invited the protesters to lunch. 4. Even a good crop, though, could hurt the industry as pork producers and poultry processors return to normal output. 5. He also said pork producers are not against regulation. 6. Higher grain costs will squeeze pork producers, according to the study. 7. His father, who had gone broke in farming, now drives a truck for Premium Standard Farms, a giant pork producer. 8. Hog supplies have moved increasingly away from the Midwest to southern states, where large-scale, high-technology enterprises are squeezing out the Iowa pork producers. 9. In Colorado and South Dakota, ballot initiatives have been proposed to limit large-scale pork producers. 10. In the long run, this is not only good for the pork tycoons but for other pork producers, says Tank at the National Pork Producers. |