Meat Institute Tells Media To Get It Right on H1N1
The American Meat Institute (AMI) has sent a letter to 25 executives at the top television networks around the country to cease the use of the term “swine flu” when referring to the novel H1N1 flu virus, according to AMI President J. Patrick Boyle...
Losses Wear on Pork Producers
Dating back to late 2007, hog producers have been losing equity – and they are asking how long before the hog market turns and they can return to building equity again...
Three Groups Ask for Sow Buy-Out Program
Three pork producer marketing groups are requesting that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) institute a sow buy-out program to prop up the ailing pork industry...
NPPC Renews Requests For Help to Save Industry
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Tuesday (Aug. 18) reiterated its request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide assistance to help save the U.S. pork industry and thousands of jobs...
South Korea Eases Restrictions On U.S. Hogs and Pork Imports
The Republic of Korea has decided to only inspect a sample of U.S. pork exports, rather than 100% of them, and to lift a ban on U.S. live hog imports. The restrictions were imposed following the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus...
Governors Push for Pork Industry Help
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is applauding the governors of a number of the top pork-producing states for urging President Obama to take immediate action to help U.S. pork producers through a nearly two-year-old economic crisis...
NPPC Protests Proposed Canadian Pork ‘Bailout’
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says an emergency government subsidy program for the Canadian pork industry would have a “lethal impact” on U.S. pork producers....
Cargill Holds Accident Response Training Session at Iowa Plant
Meeting its commitment to animal welfare, Cargill Pork recently held a live accident response training session at its pork processing plant in Ottumwa, IA, attended by deputy sheriffs and 13 TriOak Foods pork producers from multiple counties in Iowa...
Pork Exports Hang Tough Despite H1N1 Flu Fallout
U.S. pork exports in May 2009 were expected to be the most impacted by the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus, but the negative fallout was less than some analysts predicted, according to an analysis of USDA data by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF)...
Pork Checkoff Requests Input On Crafting New Strategic Plan
With the long list of challenges confronting pork producers today, the National Pork Board is seeking producer input to help shape the future of the U.S. pork industry...
