Pictured here presenting is Angie Johnson serves as current president of Oklahoma Pork's board of directors and as a senior vice president for First United Bank. Angie's family operates Ran-Mar Farms near Holdenville.

Earlier this month, the Oklahoma Pork Council had the opportunity to share about our organization's work during two recent Tyson's Pork Group grower meetings in Southeast Oklahoma. Both meetings served as proactive gatherings to discuss disease prevention, animal care guidance for upcoming summer heat, and other company business.

Oklahoma Pork's board president Angie Johnson and executive director Kylee Deniz were also invited to present on the Oklahoma Pork Council's role serving our state's pork producers. Angie and Kylee outlined the four strategic intention areas where our board has continually affirmed the Oklahoma Pork Council should focus:

Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) preparedness
Workforce at All Levels
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Freedom to Operate

Senior veterinarian for Tyson's Pork Group Dr. Steven Clifton also provided insight into animal disease preparedness of relevance to the group. Additionally, Oklahoma Pork's vice president Robert Peffley participated in the meetings since he serves as a pod manager for multiple farms. A special thank you to Jeremy Dickinson, vice president of live operations, for allowing Oklahoma Pork to participate in these educational afternoons involving Tyson contract growers from several counties.