I am able to attend the World Pork Expo every year and have been for 7 years now. The WPX is like the state fair all about pork with attendees from all around the world.
I can’t really tell you for sure what everyone else in the industry does at the expo, but I can give you an idea of what I do while there.
Like I’ve said before, I Work With Manure. When I attend the expo, I’m mainly going for my job…and to get a free meal consisting mainly of pork. :) We normally get an idea of what other companies we work with will be down there and whether or not we can meet up with some of them. It’s a really good time to be able to catch up on some random tasks/projects that we’d all rather talk about in person. So, even though there is a lot to see, this is a lot of what we do:
We talk. We network. We learn. Every year there are a lot of new technologies, research, ideas, etc. that we talk about and try to figure out what works best for us. I can’t (and won’t) speak for everyone in the pork industry, but as I walk around the show it is pretty clear that a lot of thought goes into the people, the pigs, and the environment.
I’m proud to be a pork producer!
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