GLICKMAN APPOINTS NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS DELEGATE BODY

                                            Release No. 0036.97
                                                               
 					Alicia L. Ford           (202)720-8998
                                                 aford@usda.gov
					Connie Crunkleton    (202) 720-8998
                                           ccrunkleton@usda.gov


GLICKMAN APPOINTS NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS DELEGATE BODY

     WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 1997--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has
appointed 165 pork producers and five importers to the 1997 National Pork
Producers Delegate Body.  Appointees will serve a one-year term. 

     Established under the Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer
Information Act of 1985, the Delegate Body and the National Pork Board have
implemented a national program designed to improve the pork industry's
position in the marketplace.

     The delegates were selected from nominees submitted by state pork
producer association and importer groups.

     Producers appointed, by state, are:

     Alabama--Luther O. Bishop Jr., Roger G. Scott; Alaska--Robert J.
Marcisak, Bryce H. Wrigley; Arizona--Mark F. Caldwell, Edward J. Stressman;
Arkansas--Hugh G. Dorminy, John K. Stokes, James S. Seward; 

     California--John R. Bailey, William S. Long; Colorado--William R.
Frantz, David W. Watson; Connecticut--Charles E. Rowland, Thomas A.
Hoagland; Delaware--Roger R. Swartzentruber, Robin T. James;

     Florida--Ricky N. Lyons, Edwin K. Walliser; Georgia--Michael R.
Newton, Roy Herrington, John L. Walters; Hawaii--Valerie L. Kaneshiro, Harry
H.Y. Choy; Idaho--Wayne L. Maughan, Bradley K. Thornton;

     Illinois--Ellen R. Hankes, Jill M. Appell, Richard L. Dean, Jeffery A.
Brooks, Jerry D. King, Donna L. Reifschneider,Roger I. Brown, Dennis C.
Clark, Wayne A. Conrady; Indiana--Jay L. Hawley, Lynette F. Walter, Sovilla
J. Mennen, Randall E. Salsbery, Sara K. Davis, Michael R. Wicker, Mark H.
Legan, Ron L. Johnson;

     Iowa--Joel D. Van Gilst, Ilene J.M. Lande, Thomas J. Floy, Duane L.
Ver Ploeg, Barbara C. Determan, Gene Grigg Gourley, Alan D. Schminke, Samuel
J. Carney, Randy D. Hilleman, Mark P. Schroder, Margaret E. Ledger, Rodney
G. Dykstra, Roger Dean Coon, Tim A. Bierman, Norman R. Schmitt, Leon C.
Sheets, Joe W. Rhoades, LeRoy F. Stoltenberg, James H. Koch, Cindy L.
Becker, Roger M. Altenhofen, Douglas K. Barry; 

     Kansas--Douglas K. Claassen, Kenneth D. Goodyear, Ronald R. Roth, Gary
L. Stanford; Kentucky--Glen C. Massengale, Andrew M. Reding, William J.
Cochran; Louisiana--Robert L. Fletcher Jr., Dr. William E. Fletcher;  Maine--Raymond M. Little, Randy D. Ruehl; Maryland--Gerald J. Ditto, William
S. King;

     Massachusetts--Rudolph Medeiros, Matthew J. Parsons; Michigan--James
B. Wagner, Peter B. Blauwiekel, Dennis K. Wooden; Minnesota--Sharon L.
Baker, Duane H. Bakke, Dianne L. Bettin, Donald L. Buhl, LaDean B. Fletcher,
Gregory M. Fox, Richard C. Schieck, Randall K. Spronk, David A. Starner;

     Mississippi--Rodger D. Sturgis, James A. Hogue; Missouri--David M.
Bentley, James E. Fisher, James O. Guest, John P. Howerton, Sharon D.
Oetting, Brent L. Sandidge; Montana--John W. Rauser, Howard R. Parker;

     Nebraska--Danial L. Kiichler, Joy M. Philippi, Ardith J. Epp, Elwyn R.
Fitzke, Nancy L. Stuthman, George L. Baumert, Philip S. Hardenburger;
Nevada--James A. Combs, Bob C. Oakden; New Hampshire--Stephen J. Corsetti,
Jean A. Corsetti; New Jersey--Robert A. Shisler;

     New York--Jacqueline M. Ridley, Charles R. Miller; North Carolina--John Q. Adams, Nash Johnson, Catherine C. Davis, Joan B. Cornelius, Deborah
M. Johnson, James C. Pollock, Whitley W. Stephenson, James E. Stocker,
Vincent C. King, Roland H. Mohesky, Jeffery B. Turner; North Dakota--Dawn M.
Jarolimek, Walter K. Richtsmeier;

     Ohio--Marvin R. Larrick, Rita K. Schuhart, George E. Stebbins, John A.
Peterson; Oklahoma--Jerome W. McDonald, John C. Thomas; Oregon--Donald L.
Miller, Nancy L. Miller; Pennsylvania--Herbert K. Schick, Ann Marie Arnold,
Oscar J. Manbeck; Rhode Island--Kenneth L. Andrews Sr., Barbara J. Andrews;

     South Carolina--William F. Strickland, Charles L. Shuler; South
Dakota--Michael A. Braun, Gary D. Gilbert, Leon R. Kruse, Charles A. Rossow;
Tennessee--Robert C. Steelman, Mark E. Smith; Texas--James E. Koenig, George
A. Fink;

     Utah--Todd N. Ballard, John M. Anderson; Virginia--Bobby H. Bryan,
Thomas J. Jennings; Washington--Sandra L. Beard, Paul M. Klingeman; West
Virginia--Randy E. Horst, Shannon C. Donley; Wisconsin--Linda S. Link, Lynn
E. Harrison, Scott E. VanderVeen; and Wyoming--Roger L. Rollins and Linda M.
Allard.

     Importers appointed to the Delegate Body are:

     Ole Nielsen, Soren Svenningsen, Knud Sorensen, Benjamin S. Warren and
Stig H. Kjaeroe.

     The program is funded by a mandatory assessment currently set at 0.45
percent of the market value of all hogs sold in the United States.  An
equivalent amount is due on imported hogs, pork and pork products. 
Assessments began Nov. 1, 1986.

     Delegates meet annually to recommend the rate of assessment, determine
the percentage of assessments that state associations will receive and
nominate producers and importers to the 15-member National Pork Board.

     Representation on the Delegate Body is based on annual net assessments
collected on sales of domestic hogs within individual states, with a minimum
of two producers from each state.  States have the option of not submitting
nominees.  New Mexico and Vermont did not submit nominees this year. 
Importer representation is based on assessments on imported pork and pork
products.
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