2025 World Pork Expo - Pork Checkoff

2025 World Pork Expo

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Date and Time

June 4, 2025 - June 5, 2025
All Day

Add to Calendar 4-06-2025 12:00 AM 5-06-2025 11:59 PM America/Chicago 2025 World Pork Expo Join us at the 2025 World Pork Expo. Iowa State Fairgrounds, 3000 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317

Location

Iowa State Fairgrounds
3000 E Grand Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50317

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Event Details

Join us at World Pork Expo, June 4-5, 2025, at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines! We’ll share more about the NPB’s new digitally focused domestic campaign and resources available to support pork producers on the farm. 

NPB Booth: The Road to a Healthier Herd (V341)
Learn more about the NPB’s efforts to improve swine health and protect producers’ freedom to operate from staff experts at NPB Booth V341.

Hospitality Tent: Taste What Pork Can Do ™ (G361)
Step into our hospitality tent, located at tent G361, and enjoy a pork-filled breakfast, lunch and sponsored happy hour while chatting with NPB staff.  

Breakfast: Wednesday & Thursday 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Lunch: Wednesday & Thursday 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sponsored Happy Hour: Wednesday & Thursday 3:30 – 6:30 p.m. 

Lunch at the Big Grill
Find us at the Big Grill on the south side of the tradeshow for a sizzling good time. Lunch is served from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. daily. 

U.S. Farm Report Taping (Room B) 

Join us for the Live U.S. Farm Report where a panel of industry experts will be discussing domestic and global economics.  

Thursday 12:00 p.m.  

Young Leaders Mixer (NPB Booth V341)

Don’t miss the chance to meet fellow young leaders, enjoy ice cream and a chance to win some NPB swag. Open to all undergraduate and graduate students and interns.   

Thursday 2:00 p.m.

Pork Academy Sessions
Join the panel discussions below and gain insight to help your pigs, your farm and your understanding of how the National Pork Board is reinventing pork for the future. 

View the Full Pork Academy Descriptions

Wednesday, June 4 

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.: Pork Industry Economic Update 

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.: Understanding Pork Cutout Pricing 

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.: Taste What Pork Can Do™: Consumer Campaign Update 

Thursday, June 5 

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.: Protecting Pork’s Freedom to Operate through We Care® 

10:30 – 11:45 a.m.: National Swine Health Strategy   

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.: Taste What Pork Can Do™: Consumer Campaign Update (Repeat) 

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.: Global Protein Update 

 

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Stay tuned for schedule updates as the event approaches.