Pork checkoff meets goals with task force model

From the Farm Commodity Checkoffs series

Jeff DeYoung
Dec 16, 2022
Dec 16, 2022

National-Pork-Board-young-pigs — Photo courtesy National-Pork-Board

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Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories about the workings of various farm commodity checkoffs.

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