Events
NPB Hospitality Tent Schedule at 2022 World Pork Expo
Heading to World Pork Expo? All pork producers are invited to visit NPB staff and industry colleagues at the NPB hospitality tent.
Welcome to the Pork Checkoff
Pork Industry News
Cybersecurity Tips for Your Farm Business
Security experts are urging all farmers, including pork producers, to make cybersecurity a top priority for their businesses. This type of criminal activity continues to target America’s food industry.
Pork Academy
2022 Pork Academy Seminars
Pork Academy is a series of in-depth seminars hosted by the National Pork Board at World Pork Expo. Join us to hear top industry experts share the latest in the pork industry.
Visit Us At World Pork Expo!
Join us to celebrate Real Pork and the real results of your Pork Checkoff.
Learn how the National Pork Board invests your Pork Checkoff dollars to deliver on producer priorities. Hope to see you there!
The Path to Protection From an FAD Outbreak
AgView is a pig-contact-tracing platform funded by the Pork Checkoff.
The platform helps promote business continuity in case of a foreign animal disease concern by providing herd health and movement data to state and federal animal health officials.
It’s easy to get started. Click below to create an AgView account today.
Our Mission: Make Pork the Most Sustainable Meat
You’ve heard the buzz about sustainable agriculture. For pork production, that means doing what’s right for people, pigs, and the planet.
The National Pork Board has developed On-Farm Sustainability Reports for all pork producers to take credit for work you’re already doing on your operation.
These reports will help you measure, document and share your sustainable farm practices and give you ideas for areas to improve.
$555.6 Million
Value of U.S. Pork Exported
Total U.S. pork exports in January 2022 to other markets were valued at $555.6 million. That equates to 460.3 million pounds (product weight).
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Meat Consumption Around the World
In 2021, pork was the most widely consumed protein across the globe.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
2021 Export Values Per Hog
In 2021, export value averaged $62.86 for every U.S. hog marketed in these export markets.
Source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service and USMEF
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$19 Billion
U.S. Pork Market
In 2020, pork producers marketed over 131 million pigs, which provided total cash receipts of more than $19 billion and provided over 28 billion pounds of meat to consumers worldwide.
