June 9, 2021

NEW ALBANY, OHIO – Ohio’s Richard Deaton is among six members that have appointed by the USDA to serve on the National Pork Board.

The NPB is comprised of 15 pork producers and importers, nominated by Pork Act Delegates at the National Pork Forum and appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The board collects the National Pork Checkoff funds and uses those dollars to implement programs or promotion, research, and consumer information designed to enhance the marketing of U.S. pork and other pork products.