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The National Swine Registry staff is on site at the 2011 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. We will be posting show results, photos and video throughout the week on our blog, Facebook, Shutterfly, YouTube, Twitter and our website.

Click here to view Tuesday’s candids.

Check for more content to be posted all week!

National Swine Registry
PRESS RELEASE

For more information contact:
Darrell Anderson, CEO
darrell@nationalswine.com or 765.463.3594
Tamara Choat, Director of Marketing & Communications
tamara@nationalswine.com or 765.463.3594

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2011

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The largest junior pedigreed barrow and gilt show in the world, the World Pork Expo (WPX) Junior National, is again setting records this year, surpassing last year’s high achievement with 1,812 total entries in the 2011 junior show. Coming this week June 7-10, the WPX Junior National is hosted jointly by the National Junior Swine Association (NJSA) and Team Purebred. The NJSA is an organization for youth ages 21 and under who have an interest in the Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace and Yorkshire breeds of swine, and is a division of the National Swine Registry (NSR), the pedigreed association of the same breeds.

The WPX Junior National will start Tuesday, June 7, with registration and check-in. Wednesday will offer Youth Pork Quality Assurance training in the [ … ]

DES MOINES, Iowa – The National Pork Producers Council offers opportunities for learning and networking with a series of business seminars during the 2011 World Pork Expo. These free seminars feature discussions about risk management, pig nutrition and health, and anaerobic manure digestion. Expo-goers will find these business seminars, which are sponsored by five leading companies, in the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Wednesday, June 8, and Thursday, June 9.

“Producers throughout the world come to World Pork Expo for one reason: to see what’s state-of-the-art in pork production and technology,” says NPPC President Doug Wolf, Lancaster, Wisc., when talking about World Pork Expo’s seminars and trade show. “It’s a chance to hear experts present the latest information, then talk with them face-to-face.”

Business seminars tackle a variety of management topics
Manure digester systems — real-world case studies, what’s important to consider and resources that are available — are the [ … ]

It’s here! The new e-Pinnacle digital flip-book and website have officially launched! Check out this exciting new alternative to the traditional, mailed NJSA newsletter at www.nationalswine.com/njsa/pinnacle!Full of more articles, exciting photos, and full color features, the new e-Pinnacle is your source for all things NJSA related! Read up on the NJSA board of directors, find out where past directors are now, educate yourself with feature articles on animal welfare activists, and more! Plus, check out your favorite regular features like “Thoughts from the Word” from Ray Perryman, and sharpen your skills with Skillathon 101!The new e-Pinnacle will come out on the same quarterly basis as the previous printed version. This first issue is also printed in full-color on the back half of the June 2011 Youth Issue.

Be one of the first two to go to the NJSA Facebook page and like the e-Pinnacle launch post, and receive a prize!Subscribe [ … ]

The NSR World Pork Expo shows and sales will be broadcast live over the Internet via EDJECast.com. The open shows will start at 7:30 a.m. on Friday, June 10, with the Hampshire show, followed by the Duroc, Landrace, Yorkshire and crossbred shows. Sales will start Saturday, June 11 at 9 a.m., with the Hampshires selling first, followed by the Duroc, Landrace, Yorkshire and crossbreds sales. Bidding is not available via the Internet site on the auction sales.

Internet viewers must create an account and register to view at www.edjecast.com. Instructions are available on the website or by calling an EDJE technician at 866.839.3353.

NJSA members …
         ARE YOU READY????

Launching tomorrow, Friday, June 2, at noon, is the brand new e-Pinnacle website! The first two members to “like” the new e-Pinnacle release posting on the NJSA Facebook will get a prize from NJSA!

The new e-Pinnacle site is the digital version of your well-known NJSA newsletter – except it’s packed with more stories, exciting photos, and your favorite columns, and now it’s online in a fully interactive format!

But that’s not all … check your mailboxes! The full-color, awesomely designed e-Pinnacle you’ll see online is coming in print as well. This issue only is piggybacked with the June Youth issue of the regular NSR publication, Seedstock EDGE. All NJSA members will receive the printed copy, and it will be available for distribution at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, June 7-11.

We hope you like the additional features, stories and articles packed into this [ … ]

Sara Sell Memorial Donation Gilt out of Toxic 23-5 x Moore Body

Steve Sell and family of Midwest Genetics in Glenwood, Iowa, have graciously donated a crossbred female named Suzanne to the sale at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday, June 11. The donation of this gilt is in memory of Sara Sell and all proceeds will be donated to the NJSA.

Suzanne is a Toxic 23-5 and her dam is sired by Moore Body. Toxic 23-5 is a full sibling to Toxic 9-8 and 9-9. Midwest Genetics has previously raised 4G, a class-winning gilt at the Iowa State Fair Crossbred Classic, now owned by Small Town Genetics of Denair, Calif. In only two litters, 4G has produced Paparazzi at Lean Value Sires and Cadet 14-5 at Small Town Genetics. Along with 4G, Midwest Genetics has produced Shasta, the champion junior gilt at the Iowa State Fair Crossbred [ … ]