Helping producers return to profitability will be the number one goal of the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association.

John Weber from Dysart in Tama County assumed the association’s leadership position at the conclusion of the IPPA Annual Meeting in Des Moines Jan. 26.

Low market prices, high feed costs and negative impacts from the Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus have kept most pork producers in the red for more than two years and Weber says the IPPA Board’s primary goal in 2010 will be to do everything it can to help producers return to profitability.


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