To our young pork producers out there, ages 8-18:
We highly encourage you to be certified through the new Youth Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) program. Why? Because by following good health, nutrition and management procedures, you can make sure your pigs perform at their highest level, and are a wholesome pork product for consumers.
The Youth PQA program is modeled from the Pork Quality Assurance LEVEL III program, which educates producers about safe procedures when managing hogs. The program emphasizes the
10 good production practices (GPP) that are important for pork producers to complete as they demonstrate their commitment to “quality assured” pork production. These 10 GPPs are a set of guidelines to follow for the safe, healthy, efficient and humane production of pork.
For more information about the Youth PQA program, visit
http://www.pork.org/Producers/Youth PQA/YouthPQA.aspx
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