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The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) is urging its members to participate in Operation Main Street (OMS) training during World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA. In 2011, the AASV and the National Pork Board partnered to train veterinarians as OMS speakers with a goal to schedule a speaker at all 28 schools of veterinary medicine with messages about the swine industry. Since then, the AASV has trained 41 veterinarians and scheduled speakers at 24 of the 28 schools reaching more than 5,000 students through the OMS program....More

This week the House Energy and Commerce Committee heard comments from livestock and poultry groups indicating that the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) has had a negative impact on their industries....More

Last month’s press reports of thousands of dead hogs floating in one of Shanghai’s municipal water sources garnered extensive media coverage both in and outside China. Although test results released by China’s Ministry of Agriculture discounted a number of rumors about causes of the mass mortality – ranging from arsenic-based growth enhancers to more common swine diseases – officials have yet to provide a definitive postmortem diagnosis. Even more unsettling are rumors of a market in which small abattoirs and processing rooms specifically seek out – for a discount compared to healthy market hogs – diseased or dead livestock....More

The Pork Checkoff has awarded 22 scholarships to college students around the United States as part of its strategy to develop the pork industry's human capital for the future.  Successful applicants were selected from a pool of 41 applicants based on scholastic merit, leadership activities, involvement in the pork industry and future plans for a career in pork production.  ...More