Cameras are all around us. Phones, iPads, computers, Ring doorbells, all have become a part of our everyday lives and it’s difficult to imagine life without them. One Iowa State University faculty member is looking at how cameras in...
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The viral ‘Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon’ promotion continues to search for additional members to add to the roster. Two more Iowa State Cyclones try out for the campaign this week. Freshman quarterback Wyatt Bohm and freshman defensive lineman Trevor...
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has announced her support for an ongoing effort to overturn Massachusetts’ Question 3, a law that has raised concerns among pork producers. The law, which imposes strict animal welfare requirements on pork products sold...
Washington County pig farmer Matt Gent is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). He took over the role during the organization’s annual meeting in Des Moines on January 23. Gent and his family own a...
The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) continues its viral 'Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon' promotion, and with only one week left in the tryouts, Iowa State Cyclone football players Dominique Orange and Carson Rhodes are the next-to-last members vying to...
Twenty-five college and university students returned to school this fall with $39,000 in scholarships to help support their interest in pork industry careers. The scholarships were provided by the Iowa Pork Foundation; the family of the late Jim Ledger,...
A Buchanan County pig farmer, Trish Cook, is the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). The change in leadership took place following the IPPA annual meeting on Jan. 24.
Cook is the first woman to be president...
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Lauren Meier of Bondurant and Kirby Cook of Winthrop are spending their summers interning with the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA). Both are Iowa State University students interested in a career in agriculture.
However, their family backgrounds are quite a...