What In The World DSM!! Lol

So I just got to DSM and I was wondering why hotels were selling out and so expensive and I was shown the Pork Expo is in town for a few days.. Now I have never in my life heard of this so I must ask do you guys in Iowa take your pork that seriously here?? Lmao I just think its the funniest thing ever. Gotta love Iowa!

That is the WORLD pork expo, the Olympics of pork trade shows. I would think that would work to your advantage with all of the horny guys in town. Best to you. 😀

Yes we do, or at least I do! Lol

I'm not a farmer but I do love to cook and eat some pork. Whether its a chop,smoked pork loin, smoked pulled pork, or a hog roast, its all delicious. One of my friends has a saying that I like. Pigs are magical creatures. You feed them garbage and they turn it into delicious bacon!

Enjoy your visit Keeki. We are gonna have to get together again soon. ��

Iowa has pork. Everywhere else it's swine.

haha I love it!! I love me some pork too I just didn't know it was like this here..lol...gotta respect the pork I guess..haha

MMMMM I luv me some Iowa pork!!

Have fun Keeki!

Iowa Pork Facts
With assets of corn, soybeans, farmers and packing capacity, Iowa is the ideal location for pork production. The “Tall Corn” state also needs plenty of fertilizer to produce the bushels of corn and soybeans fed to pigs. Approximately 10 finishing pigs from weaning to market provide the nutrient needs of an acre of Iowa cropland on a semi-annual basis. Nutrients from one 2,400-head pig barn benefits a half-section of land (240 acres). One hog consumes approximately 9 to 10 bushels of corn from birth to a market weight of 275 pounds!

Iowa Pork Industry Facts:

• At the end of 2012, Iowa had 6,266 hog operations.
• 94 percent of Iowa's hog farms are family owned enterprises.
• A total of 40,290 Iowans are employed in day-to-day production of hogs.
• Of the Iowa hog farms, 39 percent (2,451 farms) have 1,000 pigs or less.
• At any one time, there are approximately 20 million pigs being raised in Iowa.
• Iowa producers marketed more than 49 million hogs in 2012.
• Nearly one-third of the nation's hogs are raised in Iowa.
• Iowa is the number one pork producing state in the U.S. and the top state for pork exports.

Iowa Pork Production Economic Contributions:

• Hog farming alone represents $7.5 billion in total economic activity for Iowa.
• Total cash receipts for hog production in Iowa topped $7.5 billion in 2013.
• Total production value for Iowa hog farming exceeded $6.5 billion in 2013.
• Several billion dollars are generated in the state each year from pork processing activities.

Statistics based on 2012 U.S. Census of Agriculture and analysis by Spencer Parkinson of Decision Innovation and Iowa State University.

Oh wow that's neat.. Learn something new everyday..thank you.

some damn golf tourny also at end of week also

Good think I got my room then because a lot of places are sold out.

Principal Insurance Charity Classic. Lots of the Senior Tour golfers will be here as well ! Crazy week, don't try to book a restaurant unless you want to eat at 9:30.......

even booking a few months in advance, my car rental was pricier than normal

If you like the Pork Expo, give Baconfest a try. Gotta love it!

There is not a Marriott property within 40 miles that has vacancy for Wednesday. I never book early because its never been a problem. I was shocked when I started looking for a room.