For the past 13 years, the Oklahoma Pork Council and the Oklahoma Blood Institute have teamed up for the annual Memorial Day Blood Drive held during the last week of May. This year’s event included the theme “Give Local” where 1,697 donors were accounted for at the OBI buildings and busses around the state. A total of 3,741 lives were saved.
FREE Feral Hog Management in Spiro and Smithville
Legislative Action Conference
2019 Legislative Round - Up
okPORK Supports "Blue and Gold"
Meet Makala Navarro, okPORK's Summer Intern
okPORK is pleased to welcome Makala Navarro to our team for the summer of 2019. Makala is a senior majoring in Agriculture Communications and will graduate in December of 2019. We sat down with Makala for a Q&A so you could get to know her. You’ll be seeing her at okPORK events throughout the summer so be sure to say hi!
okPORK Launches New College Course Featuring Swine Industry Careers
In October of 2019, okPORK and the department of Animal and Food Science at Oklahoma State University will team up to offer the first Pork Industry Group special problems course. This eight-week course will feature all the different careers related to pork production in Oklahoma. It will also feature a tour of a sow farm and a tour of the Seaboard Pork Processing Plant in Guymon, Okla.
okPORK Continues Support of the Oklahoma Youth Expo
The Oklahoma Youth Expo is by far the world’s largest junior livestock show. And okPORK is privileged to be a part of it year after year.
There were over 5,000 swine projects exhibited this year. Looking at hundreds of great hogs is always a good day but seeing the smiles of the kids driving those projects made it a spectacular week! Those kids are why okPORK invests more than $18,000 in OYE. Those dollars are split between scholarships, prize sponsorships, feeding the swine committee and judges daily and premium sale purchases.
Changes to okPORK's Youth Leadership Program
See the video below for an important announcement about okPORK’s youth leadership program. If you have questions, contact our office at 405-232-3781, or email marketing@okpork.org. We’ll have info about the college class coming out next month.
