Kansas State Tabbed to Coordinate National PRRS Research Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a $4.8 million grant to support a comprehensive national program for controlling porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, led by Kansas State University (KSU)...
Consider Feed Alternatives When Formulating Diets
As feed costs have risen above historical levels of 65% to 75% of the variable costs of production for many producers, alternative feed ingredients have become more attractive...
Iowa State Researchers Find E. Coli 0157:H7 in Swine
The E. coli strain that sickens humans and is generally associated with cattle, has been discovered in swine...
NPPC Calls for New Animal Disease Lab on U.S. Mainland
A new national laboratory for researching and diagnosing foreign animal diseases should be built on the U.S. mainland in an area with small livestock and wildlife populations...
Prairie Swine Centre Closes Research Unit
PSC Elstow Research Farm Inc., a subsidiary company of Prairie Swine Centre Inc., based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, will close due to huge losses in the pork business...
USDA Bans Downer Cows
The Agriculture Department has announced a ban on cattle too sick or injured to walk from entering U.S. slaughterhouses...
Pork Industry to Benefit from Farm Bill
The 2008 farm bill – the Farm, Nutrition and Bioenergy Act – approved last Wednesday by the House of Representatives contains numerous provisions beneficial to the U.S. pork industry, according to the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)...
Colorado Bans Sow Stalls
In a move that was reportedly supported by the state’s livestock industry and animal welfare groups, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law SB 201 on Wednesday, May 14...
PRV Detected in Michigan Is Under Control
The pseudorabies (PRV) virus has been diagnosed on a game ranch in Saginaw County, MI, according to the Michigan Department of Agriculture ...
Pork Industry Resources Compiled
To help the pork industry deal with the current financial crisis, the University of Minnesota Extension has compiled a list of resources pork producers can use free of charge...
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