OMS Slide Update and World Pork Expo Training

May 6, 2015 — 

For the fourth year in a row, U.S. pork exports eclipsed the $6 billion mark. In 2014, 4.803 billion pounds of pork and pork variety meats valued at $6.674 billion were exported, up 2 percent and 10 percent, respectively from 2013.

In 2014, 26.5 percent of U.S. pork and pork variety meat were exported, adding $62.45 per hog marketed.

To download the OMS presentation slide with the 2014 numbers, please click here.

Click here to read more about how U.S. pork exports soared to new heights in 2014. Operation Main Street public speaking training will be available again at this year’s World Pork Expo in Des Moines.

Classes are scheduled from Tuesday, June 2, through Friday, June 5, and include:

• OMS 1.0 speaker training for presenting to civic organizations, high school students and technical schools
• OMS 2.0 speaker training for presenting to higher-level audiences such as dietitians and county commissioners
• Veterinarian speaker training for presenting to colleges of veterinary medicine, and state and national veterinary associations

Please contact Ernie Barnes at the National Pork Board to get more information and to sign up. You can reach Ernie via email at EBarnes@pork.org, or via phone at 515-223-2751.

Finally, thanks to all the AASV members who participate in the OMS project by taking their time to give presentations. Over the last five weeks, 45 OMS presenters gave 121 presentations!