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Producer Tells Family’s Story on YouTube 

Missouri pork producer Chris Chinn is opening her family’s farrow-to-finish hog operation to the world by inviting guests to take a visual tour through the power of YouTube...

Jury is Still Out on Dangers Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria 

Despite recent reports that point to possible dangers to human health from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), the evidence is certainly far from conclusive...

U.S. Pork Exports Predicted To Jump 200% in a Decade 

In 1998, the United States shipped 1.116 billion pounds of pork, meaning that about 1 of every 6 lb. of pork exported was of U.S. origin...

NPPC Urges EPA to Waive Ethanol Mandate 

Due to rising pressures on this year’s corn crop, squeezed even more from recent Midwest floods, and the chance that large numbers of pork producers could ...

USDA Plans Survey of Flood-Ravaged Crops 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has announced it is taking several steps to assess the impact of massive rainfall and flooding on the 2008 crop acreage...

April Pork Exports Smash Previous Record 

U.S. pork exports continued to excel in April, beating the previous one-month record by nearly 12% to reach 387.2 million pounds of pork and pork variety meats valued at $391.5 million...

Pork Board Mounts Efforts To Help Producers Survive 

The National Pork Board (NPB) has instituted a three-pronged approach to help financially strapped pork producers...

USDA Confirms Plans for Pork Checkoff Survey 

National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) officials have confirmed that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to conduct a survey to weigh support for a referendum on the pork checkoff program, which is administered by the National Pork Board (NPB)...

NPPC Works to Ease Impact On Rodent Control Chemicals 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has successfully deflected the onerous effects of a final rule on chemicals the livestock industry uses to control rodents...

USDA Projects Record Exports for 2008 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its quarterly forecast for agricultural exports, projecting a record $108.5 billion for fiscal year 2008...

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