USDA Agrees to Buy More Pork Products
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) today commended U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on his decision to purchase up to $50 million of pork products, to be used for various federal food assistance programs. The purchase will help pork producers who have been mired in a two-year-long economic crisis...
Wet-Corn Webinar Scheduled for Nov. 18
Late corn plantings, a cool summer and a record wet fall have many crop and livestock producers concerned with corn at 25-30% moisture and the presence of yeast, molds and mycotoxins...
Large North Carolina Hog Firm Files for Bankruptcy
One of the nation’s largest pork production companies in North Carolina has filed for bankruptcy and is expected to probably liquidate its 30,000-sow operation as the hog industry continues to struggle to survive...
University of Minnesota Joins Team to Prevent World Pandemics
University of Minnesota swine researcher John Deen, DVM, will direct work at the University of Minnesota as part of a multidisciplinary effort to implement a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USAID) cooperative agreement to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health....
USDA Completes Five Pork Board Appointments
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced five appointments to the 15-member National Pork Board, chosen from among eight pork producers nominated by the National Pork Board Delegate Body during its annual meeting in Dallas, TX, in March....
University of Minnesota Joins Team to Prevent World Pandemics
University of Minnesota swine researcher John Deen, DVM, will direct work at the University of Minnesota as part of a multidisciplinary effort to implement a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USAID) cooperative agreement to help developing countries better respond to emerging animal diseases that pose a threat to human health....
First Commercial Case of Novel H1N1 Virus In Swine Discovered in Indiana
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is confirming the first U.S. case of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has been found in a commercial swine herd. USDA said the pigs as well as the workers on an Indiana hog farm have all recovered and none of the swine are showing clinical signs of the virus ...
Swine Genome Unlocked with USDA, Pork Checkoff Investment
A team of international researchers has unlocked the genetic code for swine, which is expected to produce advancements in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution...
Purdue Specialist Advises Testing Corn Before Feeding to Hogs
Pork producers should test the new corn crop before feeding it, according to a Purdue University Extension swine specialist...
China Plans to Open Market to U.S. Pork
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that China intends to reopen the Chinese market to U.S. pork and live swine, consistent with science-based international standards...
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