Swine Morsels
Swine Morsels XIX
Source: Sioux Nation Ag Center
Published: Jul. 26, 2010
The NPB (National Pork Board) has asked all of us to be Pork Quality Assurance PQAPlus certified and have each of our facilities assessed for swine welfare standards on or before December 31, 2010. I’ll refer to Swine Welfare Assessed as SWA. While SWA and PQA are not mandatory, as I am visiting some of your farms, I know certain packers have already required SWA and PQA Plus for packing requirements. Most of you already have been certified in the Pork Quality Assurance program. Please make your appointment for a SWA visit with me in the near term as my farm visit schedule is already filling up into the end of the year. I need to meet biosecurity requirements on farms and will not breach them. Hence, total number of farm visits available prior to Dec. 31st is limited. Call Sioux Nation at (605) 336-2768 or call me direct at (605) 310-3232. I would like to complete N.E Iowa and S.W. Minnesota farms this summer. I would like to complete SD, ND and NE farms this fall.