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PQA Plus Training: November 17, November 26, December 16, January 21

NOVEMBER
	Date	Event and Location	Information
	November 11-12	National Pork Board Board Meeting Des Moines, Iowa	NPB Office 1-800-456-7675
	November 13	2008 NPB Packer Meeting Kansas City, MO	NPB Office 1-800-456-7675
	November 17	PQA Plus Pork Quality Assurance Plus Training Bird Island Community Center, Main Street 7 p.m.	Calvin Aarons (320) 212-0340
	November 18	Trucker Quality Assurance Advisor Training Workshop Des Moines, Iowa	TQA Brochure (pdf file)
	November 20	MPB Promotion & Image Committee meeting 9:30 a.m.	MPB Office 1-800-537-7675
	November 21	MPB Human Capital Committee meeting 9:30 a.m.	MPB Office 1-800-537-7675
	November 26	PQA Plus Pork Quality Assurance Plus Training Fairmont Vet Clinic, Hwy 15 South Fairmont, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.	Bill Crawford ( 507) 238-4456
	November 27-28	Thanksgiving Holiday, MPB office closed
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DECEMBER
	MPB = Minnesota Pork Board \| NPB = National Pork Board
	Date	Event and Location	Information
	December 1-2	Operation Main Street 2.0 Training Kansas City, MO	NPB Office 1-800-456-7675
	December 2-3	NPB Animal Science Committee Des Moines, Iowa	NPB Office 1-800-456-7675
	December 2	Minnesota Pork Board Annual Meeting Country Inn & Suites, Mankato 3:30-5:30 p.m.	MPB Office 1-800-537-767
	December 9	PorkCast Online Seminar Pricing & Buying Feed in 2009 Mark Schultz, North Star Commodities	Log-in link: PorkCast Online Seminars
	December 11-12	Artificial Insemination Workshop Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca	Swine Training Program MPB Office 1-800-537-7675
	December 16	PQA Plus Pork Quality Assurance Plus Training Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union, Melrose 1-3 p.m.	Lee Johnston (320) 589-1711
	December 24-25	Christmas Holiday, MPB office closed
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JANUARY 2009
	Date	Event and Location	Information
	January 1	New Year's Day, MPB office closed
	January 8-9	South Dakota Pork Producers Council 40th Annual Pork Congress, Sioux Falls, S.D.	www.sdppc.org
	January 20	Minnesota Taste of Elegance Culinary Competition Minneapolis Hilton	Pam at (507) 345-8814 or pam@mnpork.com
	January 21	PQA Plus Pork Quality Assurance Plus Training Minneapolis Convention Center 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.	Trudy Wastweet (507) 345-8814
	January 21-22	Minnesota Pork Congress Tradeshow and Educational Event Minneapolis Convention Center	Pork Congress
	January 29-30	Wisconsin Pork/Corn/Soybean Expo Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells	www.wppa.org
	Jan.-31-Feb.8	NPB Board Meeting & International Trade Program	NPB Office 1-800-456-7675
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FEBRUARY 2009
	Date	Event and Location	Information
	February 3-4	Illinois Pork Expo Peoria, Ill	www.ilpork.com
	February 4-6	Minnesota State Spring Barrow Show Freeborn County Fairgrounds, Albert Lea	Daryl Mattson (507) 265-3482 Clair Drescher (507) 874-3780 Gordy Toenges (507) 874-3224
	February 5-6	North Dakota Pork Convention Fargo, N.D.	Charlotte Meier (701) 563-4513
	February 11	Ohio Pork Congress Columbus, Ohio	www.ohiopork.org
	February 11	Missouri Pork Expo Columbus, MO	www.mopork.com
	February 18-19	North Carolina Pork Council Annual Conference & Trade Show, Greenville, NC	www.ncpork.org
	February 19	Michigan Annual Pork Symposium Lansing, Mich.	www.mipork.org
	February 23-24	MPB pork promotion exhibitor at Upper Midwest Foodservice and Lodging Show, Minneapolis Convention Center	Pam Voelkel (507) 345-8814
	February 28-March 1	MPB pork promotion exhibitor at Food & Wine Experience, Minneapolis Convention Center Food	Pam Voelkel (507) 345-8814
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