Washington, D.C., March 8, 2010 -

The National Pork Producers Council at its annual business meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held March 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo., elected new officers and members to its board of directors.

Taking over as president of the organization is Sam Carney, a producer from Adair, Iowa. Doug Wolf, owner of Wolf L & G Farms LLC in Lancaster, Wis., was elevated to president-elect; R.C. Hunt, a producer from Wilson, N.C., was elected to the vice president’s position.

Re-elected to the board for three-year terms in the producer category were Hunt; Larry Liepold from Okabena, Minn.; and Randy Spronk from Edgerton, Minn. Dr. Ron Prestage, DVM, from South Carolina was elected to a three-year term. Al Deutsch, with AP Division of Grain Systems Inc., was elected as NPPC’s allied industry representative.

“We have excellent leadership in Sam, Doug and R.C. and quality, dedicated industry representatives in the new board members who were elected,” said NPPC CEO Neil Dierks. “I know that all of them will work diligently and tirelessly on behalf of America’s pork producers.”

In addition to the newly elected and re-elected officers and board members, continuing as NPPC directors are: Gary Asay, from Osco, Ill.; Robert Dykhuis from Holland, Mich.; Howard Hill from Cambridge, Iowa; Mark Legan, from Coatesville, Ind.; and Bill Luckey, from Columbus, Neb. Todd Neff, with Tyson Fresh Meats, remains as the representative on NPPC’s Packer-Processor Industry Council. Don Butler, a pork producer from Clinton, N.C., and director of government relations and public affairs for Murphy-Brown LLC – the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods – will serve on the board as immediate past president.

Producers Phil Borgic from Illinois and Ray Summerlin from North Carolina were elected for one-year terms to NPPC’s Nominating Committee, which reviews the credentials of candidates for the organization’s board of directors.

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