Wisconsin Sounds ‘All Clear’ On Pseudorabies Front
The “all-clear” signal has been given by state veterinarian Bob Ehlenfeldt in the Wisconsin pseudorabies (PRV) case...
PQA Plus Launched
New quality assurance/animal well-being certification program rolled out for producers of all sizes. Members of the National Pork Board and this year's...
No Foreign Animal Disease Found in Suspects Tested
A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a group of pigs delivered to a Minnesota processing plant from an Iowa livestock facility has turned out to be negative, according to a release from...
Food & Politics
Legislators and regulators are feeling the pressure of a seemingly endless list of concerns about the safety of food for man and beast...
USDA Clears Swine To Be Processed
Testing has confirmed that meat from hogs fed rations supplemented with pet food scraps containing melamine and related compounds is safe for human consumption....
Measuring the Risk
PRRS Risk Assessment Tool measures the level of risk that a PRRS outbreak will occur and provides a complete database featuring benchmarking and analysis....
Animal Identification Program is Aug. 28-30
The National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s annual ID-INFO EXPO 2007 will be held Aug. 28-30 at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, MO...
Producers Take Steps to Secure Their Futures
Two independent pork producers show that family-owned hog operations are alive and well in the nation's top hog state...
Saluting the Masters
Our annual “state of the industry” report is always one of the most interesting and invigorating issues to write and produce each year. I'm hopeful that you find this issue equally so as you read...
Tainted Hog Feed Probe Continues
Imports of contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein from China used to manufacture pet food and byproducts used in animal feed have led to the quarantine...
