*H1N1 Flu Virus Update* With today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that pigs in Minnesota tested positive for the 2009 novel H1N1 virus, the National Pork Producers Council reiterates that pork is safe to eat and handle and that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, flu viruses cannot be transmitted through food.
This Month's Focus: Viral Swine DiseasesStraight Talk About Hog Barn Ventilation Screw-UpsBy Dale Miller Editor In the last 12 months, the Mankato, MN-based specialist says he has spent a great deal of his consultancy time on what he describes as the screw-ups that... |
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Now May be the Time For PRRS EradicationBy Joe Vansickle Senior Editor Through trial and error spanning more than 20 years, the pork industry has fought to get rid of the elusive porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome... |
Risk Assessment Tool Helps Fight PRRSBy Derald Holtkamp, DVM, and Jamie Melody, Iowa State University It has been almost three decades since the PRRS virus was first recognized as the infectious agent responsible for reproductive failure in sows and severe... |
News Flash
SowBridge Educational Series Begins Third Year
The successful distance education program SowBridge begins its third year in January 2010....
Swine Workers Should Get Priority For Flu Shots Just Like Santa Claus
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is asking that pork industry workers be given at least equal billing with shopping mall St. Nicks on any priority list for who should receive the vaccine for the novel H1N1 flu virus...
Missouri Hosts Three Pork Profit Seminars
In early December, the Missouri Pork Association is hosting a series of pork profit seminars. The seminars are set for Dec. 8 in Nevada, Dec. 9 in Sedalia and Dec. 10 in Mexico, MO. ...
Ventilation Systems Workshop Scheduled for Dec. 1 in Ohio
With rising energy costs and swine health issues critical, correct swine building ventilation becomes more important than ever....
Current Issue
New Rules for Risk Management
Risk management, it seems, has always been viewed favorably by pork producers. Problem is, it's rarely practiced to any great degree. ...
Current Issue
"Swine Flu" - It's Time to Move On
Something bad has happened to you. It wasn't deserved and it wasn't fair. The people who did it are callous and heartless (at least in regard to you), and lazy, or they would not have done it. But they did it. It's over. It's done. You can whine and wallow in self-pity and martyrdom or pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get on with life and the business of raising quality pork. ...
