As the National Pork Board sets its course for 2015 through 2020, the organization's strategic planning task force was recently presented an analysis of top trends in the economic and food production environment that are most likely to ...
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Since it was first identified in the United States last May, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDv) has created significant losses to some pork producers in many parts of the country. Manure is a primary way the virus spreads from pig to ...
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The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says the quicker Canada can achieve a free trade agreement with South Korea the quicker the Canadian pork industry will be able to catch up to its major competitors in that market. While ...
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By Bruce Cochrane The chair of the Banff Pork Seminar Organizing Committee says this year's conference will focus on today's challenges and tomorrow's opportunities. The 2014 edition of the Banff Pork Seminar is slated for January 21 to ...
The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says, thanks to lower feed costs, 2014 could be the most profitable year since 2006 for the province's pork producers. As a result of drought that devastated the U.S. corn crop in 2012 ...
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The chair of Manitoba Pork Council says 2014 is shaping up to be a much better year for pork producers than 2013. As the result of disappointing grain production in 2012 due to drought pork producers saw grain prices double heading into ...
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Iowa Select Farms handed out free pork loins yesterday during a special remote broadcast of WHO Radio's "Van and Bonnie" program at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Santa Claus joined Iowa Select Farms employees wearing festive Santa hats in ...
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The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) will hold the 2014 Iowa Pork Congress on Jan. 22 and 23 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. The nation's largest winter swine tradeshow and conference will be held in Hy-Vee Hall with show ...
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A coalition of agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is likely to oppose a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if it includes Japan but that country doesn’t agree to comprehensive ...
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A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
The general manager of the National Farm Animal Care Council says the process for updating Canada's Codes of Practice for raising livestock has ensured broad public participation in the effort. The Pig Code of Practice is one of eight ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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Japan's Itochu is eyeing a stronger foothold in China after agreeing to take a 33% stake in Canadian pork processing group HyLife. Itochu said late last week it has acquired a 33.4% stake in Manitoba-based HyLife for JPY5bn (US$56m). ...
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