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PRRS Resource Information Guide
Date: January 9th 2012
Length: 6:20
Speakers: Dr. Lisa Becton, Director Swine Health Information and Research, National Pork Board
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Bedding Study: Less Can Be Better
Date: January 3rd 2011
Length: 7:40
Speakers: Speaker: John McGlone, Swine Researcher, Texas A&M
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December Hogs and Pigs Report 2011
Date: December 23rd 2011
Length: 14:27
Speakers:Victor Aideyan, Senior Risk Management Consultant, HISGRAIIN Commodities Inc., Ron Plain, Professor of Ag Economics, University of Missouri, Bob Brown, Independent Meat Market Analyst,Steve Meyer, President, Paragon Economics
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Merck/MSD Animal Health Headquarter in New Jersey, US
Written on 31 Jan, 2012 at 13:53 in Featured Indiana Pork Producers Stories, Iowa Pork Producers Featured Stories, Swine News | Comments
Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside the United States and Canada, today announced that it intends to centralize certain functions at the existing Merck Campus in Summit, New Jersey, USA. The plan, taken as part of the... (Continue reading)
Butler: Meatpackers ‘insulting’ to farmers
Meatpackers who opposed the so-called GIPSA rule were “insulting” farmers and ranchers by suggesting the rule would make it easier for them to file lawsuits against the companies, says J. Dudley Butler, former head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... (Continue reading)
Novus International Headquarters Building Receives SITES’ First Ever 3-Star Rating
The global headquarters campus of Novus International, Inc. is one of the first pilot projects to be certified by the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) for its sustainable site design, construction and maintenance. The Novus campus, lead by landscape architects SWT... (Continue reading)
Stepped Up Focus on Sanitation and Disinfection Advised to Protect Against Enteric Diseases
Farmscape for January 31, 2012 (Episode 4075) A clinical professor with the University of Nottingham is encouraging swine producers to step up their focus on sanitation and disinfection to protect their herds from becoming infected by enteric diseases. Enteric... (Continue reading)
Air Filtration Key to Halting Spread of PRRS
Farmscape for January 30, 2012 (Episode 4074) The Director of Research with the Pipestone, Minnesota Veterinary Clinic suggests air filtration is the last missing link needed to achieve sustainable freedom from Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. PRRS affects the... (Continue reading)
NFU Will Not Support Legislative Changes to COOL
Written on 30 Jan, 2012 at 7:51 in Swine News | Comments
National Farmers Union(NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement today to urging U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk to pursue a robust appeals process on the recent decision of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that ruled against the United... (Continue reading)
Texas packer names second new executive this month
Written on 29 Jan, 2012 at 18:22 in Swine News | Comments
Yoakum, Texas-based Eddy Packing Co. Inc. named Robert Beckwith its new chief operating officer, three weeks after naming Scott McNair its president and CEO. Both men previous worked for Schwan’s Food. Both appointments follow company’s acquisition by private-equity firm Mason... (Continue reading)
Johnsonville targets foodservice with distribution deal
Written on 29 Jan, 2012 at 18:21 in Swine News | Comments
AdvancePierre Foods and Johnsonville Sausage announced a strategic alliance aimed at expanding the sausage maker’s reach in the foodservice market. Under the agreement, Cincinnati-based AdvancePierre will become the exclusive foodservice distributor for Johnsonville, based in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. The partnership... (Continue reading)
20 years of meat and the media interview with Janet Riley
Written on 29 Jan, 2012 at 18:19 in Featured Pork Illinois Stories, Featured Swine News, Latest Western Canada News, Swine News | Comments
Source: Meatingplace.com American Meat Institute spokeswoman Janet Riley has faced every media tidal wave to hit the meat industry over the past 20 years. In an interview featured in the January issue of Meatingplace in Print, Riley explains why social... (Continue reading)
Sara Lee to close Mississippi plant
Written on 29 Jan, 2012 at 18:15 in Swine News | Comments
Sara Lee will close its Shannon, Miss., plant by March 30, moving production of its Bryan Smokies cocktail sausages to facilities in Claryville, Ky., and St. Joseph, Mo. A $3 million expansion at the St. Joseph plant will add 29,000... (Continue reading)
Nebraska Pork Producers Radio Report for the week of January 30th 2012
Nebraska Pork Producers Radio Report, for the week of January 30th 2012 Nebraska Pork Producers Association 7441 O Street, Suite 104 Lincoln, NE Bookmark With:... (Continue reading)
Livestock Industry Wins Supreme Court Appeal
Written on 27 Jan, 2012 at 7:08 in Swine News | Comments
In a unanimous decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that bans the processing of all non-ambulatory animals, including hogs. NPPC hailed the ruling. The California Legislature approved the law in 2008 after a video... (Continue reading)
Columbia Packing explains pork waste discharge
Written on 27 Jan, 2012 at 7:04 in Swine News | Comments
Columbia Packing Co. said a sewer line clog caused its pork processing waste to discharge into a creek that flows into a nearby river. “We discovered that a clog in the sewer line had caused the flow to backup into... (Continue reading)
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