GLICKMAN APPOINTS FIVE TO THE NATIONAL PORK BOARD


                                         		Release No. 0224.97

						Alicia L. Ford (202) 720-8998    
								aford@usda.gov
						Connie Crunkleton (202) 720-8998
							ccrunkleton@usda.gov
                    

GLICKMAN APPOINTS FIVE TO THE NATIONAL PORK BOARD

     WASHINGTON, July 11, 1997--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman today
announced two reappointments and three new appointments to the 15-member
National Pork Board.  Appointees will serve 3-year terms. 

     The five were chosen from among eight pork producers nominated by the
National Pork Producers Delegate Body during its March meeting in Atlanta, Ga.

     Reappointed are:  James L. Ledger, Washington, Iowa; and Sharon J.
Schwartz, Washington, Kan.;

     Newly appointed are:  Chet McManus, Fulton, S.D.; James C. Pollock,
Kinston, N.C.; and Marlin P. Pankratz, Mountain Lake, Minn.

     Established under the Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information
Act of 1985, the board has developed budgets and awarded contracts to carry
out a coordinated program designed to strengthen the position of pork in the
marketplace.

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

     One-third of the board's members are appointed each year.  The initial
board was appointed in 1986.

                                
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