[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 122 (Thursday, July 24, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO CONLEY NELSON

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 24, 2008

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Conley Nelson of 
Algona, Iowa, for his appointment to the National Pork Board.
   Conley was one of five people appointed to the 15-member board at 
the World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and will serve a 
three year term. The National Pork Board, which was created by Congress 
as part of the Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act of 
1985, is designed to develop budgets and award contracts to carry out 
projects that bring pork into the marketplace.
   Conley is the general manager of the Murphy-Brown LLC Midwest 
operation. His large-scale operation includes 89,000 sows and markets 
3.7 million hogs a year. In addition, he owns a 4,400 head wean-to-
finish operation. Conley is a member of the National Checkoff's Pork 
Leadership Academy and serves on the Iowa Pork Producers board of 
directors, its Audit Committee, the Membership and Leadership 
Committees and the Swine Health and Animal Well-Being Committees. He is 
also a member of both the Kossuth County Pork Producers and Humboldt 
County Farm Bureau. Conley's broad range of experience and involvement 
in the pork industry certainly has earned him a position on the 
National Pork Board, and I am eager to see him excel in his role of 
helping pork producers across the country.
   I commend Conley Nelson for his dedication to his work and 
congratulate him on his new nomination. I consider it an honor to 
represent Conley in the United States Congress, and I wish him great 
success while serving on the National Pork Board.