Banner Graphic, Volume 18, Number 156, Greencastle, Putnam County, 10 March 1988 — Page 18

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Mike Mann vice president

Berry heads Putnam Pork Producers

By DAVID BARR Banner-Graphic Civic Editor Keith Beny, president of the Putnam County Pork Producers Association was re-elected to that post at the annual dinner meeting of the association in the DePauw Union. Serving with him for the coming year will be Mike Mann as vice president; Jerry Birt as secretarytreasurer, Ron Cash, state director, and Bob Robinson county director for the South Putnam School District, who will serve a three-year term. MEMBERS OF THE nominating committee were Jeff Green, Philip Fry and Ron Cash. In his report to local pork producers, Berry listed a number of activities in which the organization had been involved during the past years. Among these were the pork chop tent at the county fair, prepared meals for the annual meeting of the Farm Credit Service; prepared pork chops for the annual meeting of Farm Bureau Inc.; served food one half day at the State Fair Pork Chops Tent. Extra burgers and food stuff were donated to the Allison Home after the local fair. Other activities include: Donation of SIOO to the winning exhibitor of the 4-H carcass on the rail at the county fair; shared cost of the meal for the State Special Olympics held at DePauw and a

Meaty message

Leaner hogs mean more nutritious American diet

By KEITH BERRY President, Putnam County Pork Producers Five years ago, the American Heart Association and the slogan, “Don’t eat meat,” went hand in hand. You heard it everywhere, on TV talk shows and in magazine articles. This past October, the prestigious Heart Living and Blood Institute recommended thaj lean meat should be included in the diet. This fall, for the first time in years, Consumer Research measured a positive change in people’s attitude about meat as a source of good nutrition. FIVE YEARS AGO, you couldn’t even get heart leaders and meat industry leaders in the same room. Today in some states they are working together to develop new messages on healthy meat eating.

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1988 PUTNAM COUNTY WINTER SWINE CARCASS SHOW RANK ID NAME LWT CWT LENG FD LEA COL MRB %LEAN —i Franklin Torr 216 175 31.2 0.8 6.9 3 3 60.82 Q 2 3 Franklin Torr 210 163 32.1 0.6 T. 7"" 3 3 59.663 3_ i ; Blrtl Poor 210 ' 152 30.5 ' 0.8 5.5 3 3 58.1x8 4 12 Ron & Jane Alcorn 222 176 32.4 0.8 5.9 "3 3 57.89% 5 1 Double 11 R" Farms 248 196 33.0 0,8 6.4 3 3 57.857 I__ 13 Mark Smith 212~T65 3175 O 576 3 2 57TTO .7 9 George McDermlt 210 162 30.9 0.8 5.'4' "3 3 57.1*69 ;■ Larry, Gotts chaik " 22$ 17** "31.0 0.8 ' 5.'5' 3 3 56.897 9 19 Mike Mann 212 155 51.3 "0.7 5.8 3 3 56T807 10 15 Ed Samsel " 259 198 33.5 0.8 676" 3 3 56"-~7i7 11 5 Blrt & Poor 219 ~171 30.2 0.9 5.~5 ' 3 3 56.452 12 8 Ron t Jane Alcorn 237 178 33.Q.~8 575 3 2 587348 13 10 Larry Gottschalk 241-"l'90 32.5 0.9 5.8 "3 3 §67105 14 20 Mike Mann 2IT 167 3T72 0 9 —49 3 3 54~94'0 -15.., 2. Dguble "R" Farms 236 187~" 32.0 171~ 5! 6 '3 2 557572 v.k E(i Samsel 229 184 31.9 1.0 5.3~ 3 2 54.511 17. 18 Bob Robinson 250 184 —337 n 171 5.5 3 2 50!? ~l9_ 24 Brian Berry 216 165 3072 1.2 4.8 3 —3 52.875 _2CT 14 Mark Smith 225 178 32.8 1.1 4.6 3 3 527247 °Fred Mann 227 177 32.5 1.1 «4.6 2 1.5 52.288 0 25 Keith Berry 225 172 3078 0 7 George McDermlt 212 16i~ 31.5 IToTSTB 3 3 IrTfi - Q . g erry 22b 30.6 1.4 *5.5 3 3 501417 —P— 23 Keith Berry 233 176 30.2 1.3~*4.1 3" ' 3 497559 —0 17 Bob Robinson 228 183 31.0 *1.7 *5.4 3 3 57.896

pork “cut up” demonstration at the North Putnam School. Guest speaker for the occasion was John Hardin, a prominent hog farmer and a director of the National Pork Producers Council, who presented an update on the “checkoff” program in which local producers invest a percent to be used for pork promotion through the media.

As late as the early 1980’s, the experts were using nutrition figures on pork that were 30 years out of date. The pork industry had not been given any credit for breeding leaner hogs. Now all of this didn’t just happen. It came about because of research, and we all know what that costs today. I think it would be remiss if we didn’t tell of the other things that have happened as a result of checkoff dollars from pork producers. BUT LET’S CONSIDER something else first the word “mandatory” as in checkoff. Being an independent farmer and thinking I don’t have to listen to anybody who tells me what I’m going to do, it goes against every grain in my body. But there is one group that all pork producers will listen to the

By dehnition pork is now considered “white meat” along with poultry. Hardin reported on surveys which indicated an increase in sales of pork, especially pork loins over the past year. THE SPEAKER TOLD local pork producers that the aim of the organization he heads is to give those producers the maximum benefit for their check-off dollars

consumer. When the consumer tells us they don’t like our product, I get very concerned and believe something needs to be done, whether it is talking directly to the consumer by TV, radio or magazine or by convincing people or groups that the consumer will listen to word that pork is delicious, nutritious and a healthy product. The end result will be that these same people will buy more of our product IN CONCLUSION, A quotation from Bill Fleming, editor of the National Hog Farmer, gets the message across as he writes: “I am convinced if the checkoff dollars had accomplished nothing else in the last decade, this moderating of opinion in the diet-health controversy would be worth every dime of the checkoff money that has been raised in the past 10 years.

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President Berry expressed appreciation to the following businesses who sponsored the annual pork dinner Fillmore Elevator; Belle Union Feed; Poor & Sons, Cloverdale and Greencastle; Hendricks County Co-op; United Feed; TriStar; Moorman’s; Cloverdale AgriCenter; P.1.C.; Tractor Supply of Greencastle; Heinhold Market, Stilesville, and Hoosier Livestock Market.

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KEITH BERRY Pork Producers president