Glickman Appoints National Pork Producers Delegate Body

                                            Release No. 0038.00
                                                               
                                      Lena Hogan (202) 720-8998
                                            lena.hogan@usda.gov
                                       Billy Cox (202) 720-8998
                                             billy.cox@usda.gov


GLICKMAN APPOINTS NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS DELEGATE BODY

     WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2000--Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman has
appointed 158 pork producers and 8 importers to the 2000 National Pork
Producers Delegate Body.  Appointees will serve a 1-year term. 

     Established under the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information
Act of 1985, the delegate body and the National Pork Board implement 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., Russell G. Miller; Alaska--Bryce H.
Wrigley; Arizona--Lawrence W. Beck, Jr., Donald L. Davidson; Arkansas--John K.
Stokes, Ronald A. Schoo, Hugh G. Dorminy; 

     California--Daniel Simpson, Scott A. Williamson; Colorado --Brett B.
Rutledge, Chad O.D. Stevens, Robert D. Woolley; Connecticut--Alison B.
Trojanoski, Richard K. Trojanoski; Delaware--Russell Scala, Robin T. James;

     Florida--Stephen D. Basford, Tommy R. Crawford; Georgia--Brett A. Meyen,
Michael R. Newton; Hawaii--Leonard T. Oshiro, Norman N. Oshiro; Idaho--Gordon
L. Bennett, John L. Peters;

     Illinois--Richard A. Brauer, Jeff E. Galle, Daniel R. Steimel, Sheryl L.
Von Holten, Jill M. Appell, George A. Bruns, Richard L. Dean; Indiana--Steven
R. Nichols, Lynette F. Walter, Mark H. Legan, William E. Whitehead, Brad A.
Scott, Scott D. Maple;

     Iowa--Alan J. Hoefling, Lisa A. Siebrecht, Leon C. Sheets, Wayne J.
Demmer, Kenneth G. Gard, Sam J. Carney, Scott W. Tapper, Gary M. Hoskey, Cindy
L. Becker, Gary L. Toenjes,  Leo J. Weinheimer, Nancy E. Dittmer, Mary K.
Krier, Dean J. Vantiger, Linus J. Solberg, Max S. Schmidt, Timothy A. Bierman,
Rodney G. Dykstra; 

     Kansas--James A. Zoltenko, Steven L. Cox, G. Dale Springer,  Douglas K.
Claassen; Kentucky--Andrew M. Reding, William J. Cochran; Louisiana--Robert L.
Fletcher, Jr., John R. Brian;

     Maine--Charlie F. Kenney, Jr., Clark L. Souther; Maryland--Jennifer A.
Debnam, Franklin E. Feeser; Massachusetts--Matthew J. Parsons; Michigan--Peter
B. Blauwiekel, Dale N. Norton, Harley B. Sietsema; Minnesota--Duane H. Bakke,
Phyllis E. Bakken, Mark J. Bartusek, Dianne L. Bettin, Donald L. Buhl, Jim A.
Compart, Margaret J. Johnson, Dale E. Stevermer, Kevin Swanson, Kevin B.
Vickerman;

     Mississippi--Rice H. Maddox, James A. Hogue; Missouri--James O. Guest,
Kathy L. Chinn, John P. Howerton, Brent L. Sandidge, Scott G. Hays; Montana--
Bruce A. Samson, Marla L. Drga;

     Nebraska--Merlin K. Oswald, Bruce A. Woita, Danial L. Kiichler, MaryAnn
L. Keller, David E. Hansen, Daniel J. Meiergerd; Nevada--David S. Louk, Robert
C. Oakden; New Hampshire--Stephen J. Corsetti, Jean A. Corsetti; New Jersey--
Guy Lee III; New Mexico--Brent M. VanDyke, Duston D. Spearman;

     New York--Jacqueline M. Ridley, Frank P. Rosiek; North Carolina--John Q.
Adams, Berry L. Anderson, Jr., Curtis G. Barwick, John W. Foushee III, Waitus
C. English III, Kathy P. King, Roland H. Mohesky, James H. Neuhoff, Jr.,
Donald P. Butler, 
Catherine C. Fulcher, Allan L. Baucom, Garth W. Boyd; North Dakota--Richard A.
Wagner, Lynn O. Svangstu;

     Ohio--Jeffrey V. Benson, Anthony J. Bornhorst, Matthew K. McCullough,
Mark E. Runyan; Oklahoma--Randal W. Renbarger, Richard J. Alig, James R.
Wiford, Robin R. Friedrichs; Oregon--Timothy E. Breeding, Roseanna M.
Breeding; Pennsylvania--Ann M. Arnold, Oscar J. Manbeck, Herbert K. Schick;
Rhode Island--Kenneth L. Andrews, Sr., Gilbert W. Rathbun III;

     South Carolina--William F. Strickland, Charles L. Shuler; South Dakota--
Randy D. Burnison, Kent E. Frerichs, Gary D. Gilbert; Tennessee--Michael A.
Scudder, Robert C. Steelman; Texas--Thomas E. Higley, Lorenzo Devora;

     Utah--Bruce B. Roper, Kevin D. Allred; Vermont--E. George Gast II;
Virginia--Donald H. Horsley, Rex W. Alphin; Washington--D'Angelo Belton, Lisa
A. Belton; West Virginia--Daniel O. Shockey, Karey G. Bailes; Wisconsin--James
P. Furlong, Jr., John C. Lader, Mike E. Salter; and Wyoming--Jennifer J.
Pratt, Douglas W. DeRouchey.
                                                       
     Importers appointed to the delegate body are:  James R. Marsh, Soren
Svenningsen, Benjamin S. Warren, David E. Biltchik, Ole Nielsen, Karsten
Bruun, Stig H. Kjaeroe, and Frank J. Schmitt.

     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 and an
equivalent amount on imported hogs, pork, and pork products.

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