NOVUS and Nutra Blend are once again partnering to sponsor the Young Pork Advocates Issues Meet during the 2026 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. Now in its third year, the event is June 3-4 and hosted by the National Pork Producers Council. The competition features participants ages 18 to 22 presenting solutions to challenges facing the pork industry. Competitors then turn those ideas into mock policy motions modeled after the NPPC’s policy development process, giving young producers firsthand experience in how industry decisions are made. Scholarship prizes will be awarded to the top finishers, including a $10,000 scholarship and an all-expenses-paid trip to the NPPC’s Fall Legislative Action Conference in Washington, D.C., for the first-place winner. NOVUS Regional Sales Manager Eric Sanny said the competition highlights the best and brightest of the next generation’s pork industry leaders. Preliminary rounds will take place June 3 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with the championship round scheduled for June 4.
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