CPPC looking for candidates for Board of Directors

(SOUTHERN COLORADO) — The Colorado Pork Producers Council (CPPC) is seeking candidates for vacant positions on the CPPC Board of Directors.

Elections will be held on Tuesday, June 25 in La Junta in the annual CPPC meeting.

To run for a board position, an individual must meet the following criteria for membership:

• Owner/Operator: any person who is actively engaged in the production of porcine animals or actual owner/operator of a pig farming enterprise.
• Contract Grower: any person who is engaged in the pork industry as a contract feeder, grower, or farrower of pigs.
• Upper Management Employee: any person who is engaged as an employee in an upper management position of a pig farming enterprise.
• Former producer: any person who was formerly engaged with pork production in Colorado less than ten years ago as an operator, contract grower, or upper management.
• Allied industry: any person who is actively engaged in the pork industry and affiliated with a business or academic institution that provides a product or service to pig producers. This person does not have voting privileges at the annual meeting but is eligible to serve on the Board of Directors.

Every other position besides those who fall under allied industry have both voting privileges and are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors. Board terms begin January 1, 2025.

Those who would like more information or to RSVP to attend the meeting must contact CPPC office at (970)-356-4954 or email info@copork.org.

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