This Month's Focus: Swine Care and HousingCharting a Course for Day-One Pig CareBy Joe Vansickle Senior Editor The training video program emanating from the large flat-screen television in the break room at Fair Creek, LLP builds a strong case for improvements in pig care... |
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Disarray in USDANot since Earl Butz was head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has the office created so much strife. The week of July 26 was a particularly tough one for current Secretary Tom Vilsack... |
Avoiding Death by DysenteryBy Joe Vansickle Senior Editor Despite vast improvements in pig care and management, some veterinary officials suggest that swine dysentery has returned... |
News Flash
Why Do Some Sows Prefer Stalls Over Free-Access Area?
Aug 31, 2010 12:57 PM
Researchers with the Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada are scratching their heads these days trying to figure out this conundrum...
HBO’s ‘Temple Grandin’ Sweeps 2010 Emmys
Aug 30, 2010 11:35 AM
The HBO biographical movie “Temple Grandin,” about Colorado State University’s professor of animal science, well-known adult with autism and noted cattle and hog handling expert, won best picture and best actress honors for actress Clare Danes...
Congressman Urges Economic Investigation of GIPSA Rule
Aug 27, 2010 11:54 AM
Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has called for a sound economic analysis to judge both the need and the use for a proposed USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule on the procurement of livestock...
Pork Center Introduces Swine Science Online
Aug 26, 2010 3:49 PM
Months of testing has culminated in the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence launching classes at six universities through Swine Science Online...
Current Issue
MARKET PREVIEW by Steve MeyerCutout Values Keep on Breaking Records
Another week, another record-high cutout value seems like no big deal. That's the way it goes in this wonderful pork industry. Right?...
SWINE HEALTH PREVIEW PREVIEWActinobacillus suis Activity Persists
A little over two years ago, we commented on a general rise in the frequency of Actinobacillus suis (A. suis) isolation from our swine tissue submission cases, and wondered if it was related to the increased porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) activity (National Hog Farmer North American Preview, June 6, 2008)...
Legislative PreviewMexico Adds Tariffs to U.S. Pork Over Truck Access Issue
The Mexican government has added pork to the list of U.S. products against which it is retaliating for the failure of the United States to live up to its obligations under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to let Mexican trucks haul goods into the United States...
