Pork Pantry
Our consumer pages answer all your questions about pork.  Also try our  mouth-watering recipes.

SAPPO
About SAPPO
Contact us
Latest news
History
Objectives
Mission and vision
Structure
Why should I join?

Functions
Communication
Promotions
Serological tests
Residue tests
Research
MH gene
Market information

Provincial organisations
KwaZulu Natal PPO
Western Cape PPA
Free State PPA
Transvaal PPA

Pig Study groups
Limpopo PSG
Magaliesburg PSG
Northern Free State PSG
North West PSG
Gauteng PSG

Other role players
Pig Vet Society
Pig Breeders' Society
ARC-AII

Meet our input suppliers

Article archive

The Free State Pork Producers’ Association is the mouthpiece of pork farmers in the Free State. Its members represent 800 sows.

The association aims to promote and protect the interests of pork producers in the province. This includes the orderly production and marketing of pigs. The association also liaise with the government and other bodies in the province on behalf of pig producers.

The association also aims to

• do its own in-store promotions, complementary to the national promotions of SAPPO. The local promotions are done on a partnership basis with producers and butcheries.
• be involved with training at the Free State Technikon's Hotel School and sponsors an annual pork recipe competition.
• compile a recipe book which is being distributed to guest houses and hotel schools.
• communicate with its members by means of a newsletter.
• be involved with the Northern Free State Pig Study Group.

The activities of the association are controlled by its management which is appointed at the association's annual general meeting. This usually takes place in April/May each year. The annual general meeting is the association's highest authority.

The current chairman of the association is Dr Edgar Payne (photo top right). 

Promotions are an important part of the association's workings. Click top right to read more about the province's promotions of the past year.