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Governor leaves on trade mission

September 20, 1999 By admin

Iowa’s Governor on the other side of the planet, leading an Iowa delegationon a 12-day trade mission touting Iowa meat products in the Far East. DonnaLee Ng (ing) of C-K International in Waukee, Iowa, is part of thedelegation. Her company already ships Iowa-grown pork to Taiwan.The group of Iowans left Saturday for stops in Taiwan, China and Japan. Ng(ing) says customers in the Far East like a different kind of cut pork thanAmericans buy.Ng (ing) says by offering Far East customers the whole hog carcas ratherthan selected cuts of pork, sales could soar, especially in Taiwan.Leaders of the Iowa Pork Producers, the Iowa Beef Industry Council and theIowa Farm Bureau are part of the Iowa delegation, too.

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Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Tom Vilsack, Trade

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