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Top Chinese talent joins JSR
Written on 14 Jul, 2011 at 13:31 in Featured Swine News | Comments
One of China’s brightest young graduates has joined a leading UK pig genetics company and will play a key role in their plans for sales growth in China and Asia. Yolanda Hou, who started work at JSR Genetics earlier... (Continue reading)
AMI comments on new FSIS test and hold procedures
Written on 14 Jul, 2011 at 6:28 in Featured Swine News | Comments
The American Meat Institute filed comments on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service notice submitted in response to Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) notice issued in April on requiring beef, pork and poultry processors to hold finished products from... (Continue reading)
ACRE viable option if direct payments chopped
Written on 11 Jul, 2011 at 7:06 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Eliminating direct payments likely would have a more major impact on federal budget outlays, farm income, and land values than specific commodity markets and food prices, a new University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) report concludes.... (Continue reading)
Lawmakers, Livestock and Poultry Producers Express Frustrations About GIPSA Rule in Hearing About Its Potential Impact on Small Businesses; Chairman Calls For Revised RFA
Written on 11 Jul, 2011 at 6:30 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Lawmakers and livestock and poultry producers continued to express their frustration and concern over the livestock marketing rule proposed by USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) in a hearing held yesterday by the House Small Business Committee Subcommittee... (Continue reading)
Janssen completes sale of animal drugs to Elanco
Written on 7 Jul, 2011 at 14:35 in Featured Swine News | Comments
Janssen Pharmaceutica said Thursday it has completed the sale of its animal health business to Eli Lilly & Co. Inc. The agreement was previously announced in March. Details of the transaction, which covers operations in 11 countries, were not disclosed.... (Continue reading)
USDA Awards Grants to Help Agriculture Producers Adapt to Global Climate Change Effects
Written on 5 Jul, 2011 at 7:10 in Indiana Swine News | Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded 13 grants to research possibilities for agriculture and forestry producers to adapt to climate change and to best take advantage of variable climate patterns. These... (Continue reading)
Swine Trial Data- Ganpro
Written on 29 Jun, 2011 at 7:35 in Ohio Swine Technical Articles | Comments
SWINE TRIAL DATA Download Swine Data Sheet From farrowing to finishing, Ganpro offers you a cost-effective approach to improve the health, performance and profitability of your operation. Ganpro direct fed microbial contains a highly viable (live) microbial culture that when... (Continue reading)
Indiana’s Hog Inventory Up 1 Percent In Line With National Trend
Written on 28 Jun, 2011 at 7:03 in Indiana Swine News | Comments
Indiana producers had a total inventory of 3.7 million hogs and pigs on June 1, 2011, up one percent from a year ago. Market hogs, at 3.4 million head, were 1 percent above last year. Breeding inventory, at 300,000 head,... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary, University of Guelph: ← Older posts It’s tough balancing farmers’ rights versus society
Written on 27 Jun, 2011 at 7:05 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
As the global population grows and questions arise about farmers’ ability to feed everyone, questions are also arising about their moral obligation to do so — particularly in light of new possibilities that are emerging for them to turn their... (Continue reading)
Economic Impact of Intervention Strategies during a PRRSv Outbreak
Written on 27 Jun, 2011 at 7:03 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles | Comments
The winter months have been shown to be the greatest at risk period for a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome outbreak. With temperature fluctuations and ventilation adjustments in the barn, the concentration of pathogens can increase 20 times in the... (Continue reading)
Up Front: A Matter of Fairness-Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher.
Written on 15 Jun, 2011 at 6:49 in Ohio Swine Commentaries | Comments
Ohio Farm Bureau Executive Vice President Jack Fisher The following opinion column comes from Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President John C. (Jack) Fisher. It will appear in his regularly featured “Up Front” column in the July-August issue of... (Continue reading)
Ethology Program at the Prairie Swine Centre, Harold Gonyou
Written on 13 Jun, 2011 at 7:01 in Canada West Swine Commentaries | Comments
Summary: This powerpoint presentation on the Ethology Program at PSC was presented at the 2011 Spring Producers Meetings held in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The meetings were sponsored by Prairie Swine Centre, Alberta Pork, Manitoba Pork, Saskatchewan Pork, Elanco and... (Continue reading)
Owen Roberts Commentary-← Older posts Our food surplus has moral, financial implications June 12th 2011
Written on 13 Jun, 2011 at 6:47 in Canada East Swine Commentaries | Comments
The developing world will be a significant driver of growth in the demand for food, and it won’t all be from hungry people. Despite abject poverty in many parts of the world, some of the new arrivals to this planet... (Continue reading)
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