PORK CHECKOFF VOTE COULD SHAPE HOG INDUSTRY FUTURE

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Friday, September 15, 2000

Pork producers across the country -- including those in Southeast Missouri -- will vote next week in a referendum that will decide the fate of the pork checkoff program, a mandatory fund established by the Pork Promotion and Research Act of 1985 that some producers say funds research that threatens their livelihood.

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