Many Iowans like to have picnics in the summertime, but not many attempt a picnic in January in Iowa unless it's the Iowa Pork Producers Association. IPPA did just that on January 22 at Capital Square in downtown Des Moines as the ...
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Columbia, Mo.,---- The Missouri Pork Association welcomes producers, suppliers and distributors to the 2014 Missouri Pork Expo to help us celebrate 60 years. The two-day event promotes the pork industry, educates youth and adults, and ...
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He's raised hogs in Hancock County for 40 years in a family farming business and he's now the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Jamie Schmidt from Garner accepted the gavel from 2013 IPPA President Greg Lear of Spencer ...
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The governments of Canada and Ontario are helping the pork industry step up measures to contain the spread of the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. Ontario is providing $2 million to help Ontario Pork support industry-wide ...
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Ontario has confirmed a second case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) and a third is under investigation. Both are in the Chatham-Kent region. PED is usually fatal for very young pigs while older pigs can recover. The virus does not ...
The following is an important notice from Alberta's Chief Provincial Veterinarian: Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) is a highly contagious, viral disease of pigs that does not currently occur in Alberta, but is present in the United ...
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Iowa’s pork industry will be represented by 30 Iowa hog farmers at the 2014 National Pork Industry Forum. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Jan. 9 the appointment of 152 producers and four importers to the Pork Act ...
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DES MOINES, IOWA - Delegates from across the United States will gather in Kansas City, March 6-8, 2014, for the annual National Pork Industry Forum. The 15 producers who serve as members of the National Pork Board and Pork Checkoff staff ...
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The U.S. pork industry has started a slow expansion driven by lower feed costs, which should lead to more rapid growth of pork supplies in the latter half of this year, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. That could ...
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A virus sweeping through farms in the United States is a growing concern for Canadian pork producers. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea first appeared in the U.S. last spring and has already spread to 22 states. It has not been found in Canada, ...
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By Bruce Cochrane The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says the organization's trade advocacy missions to the U.S. have been highly successful in building awareness of issues of mutual concern to producers on both sides of the border. ...
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The National Pork Producers Council applauded today's introduction of congressional legislation to grant President Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) as a means to conclude a successful Pacific Rim trade deal. The Obama administration ...
The program director with the Banff Pork Seminar says the willingness of pork producers to explore alternative feed ingredients has helped ease the problem of high feed costs. The Banff Pork Seminar is slated for January 21 to 23 at the ...
Major pork producers Smithfield Foods and Tyson Foods have both announced plans this week to develop animal welfare improvements within their facilities, including moving away from the practice of using sow gestation crates, small metal ...
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association has teamed up with the Iowa Pork Industry Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach swine specialists to host regional conferences February 24-28. All sessions are hosted from 1 p.m. to ...
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