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Friday, May 09, 2008
Contributing to Global Warming?
Government Helps China Feed Itself
EU/Russia Meat Row Erupts
Web Resources for Pork Producers Announced
Farm Bill Blueprint Begins to Materialise
NFU Start Countdown to Pig and Poultry Fair
What Do Pork Industry Organizations Contribute?
Canada's June Food Labelling Regulations - Some Recommendations
Pig Crisis Puts Government Under Interrogation
PRRS: South Vietnam Takes Precaution
Cheaper Pork Prices to Drive Greater Demand
Pork Futures: Hog Complexes Settle HigherThursday, May 08, 2008
Russian Livestock Market Opens to US
EU Poultry Feed Plan Rejected
Tanzania: ASF Hits Three Other Regions
Cyclone Hits Pig Industrymore swine news...
Featured Articles
Calculate, Before You Vaccinate
Jane Jordan talks to John Richardson, Pig Business Manager about Intervet's new approach to managing the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex. ResPig combines laboratory...Electronic Identification in Traceable Systems
As pork chains become more diverse and with increased stringency of some export specifications, animal identification (ID) and traceability is a key component regarding...Red Meat and Cancer - Fact or Fiction?
A World Cancer Research Fund report published at the end of last year concluded that people should eat less than 500 grams or 18 ounces of red meat per week, writes...Pew Commission Finds Industrial Scale Farm Animal Production Poses "Unacceptable" Risks
The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves,...Impact of Auto-Sort Systems on Pig Welfare
By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the North Carolina Swine Extension Volume...Livestock and Poultry World Markets and Trade
New countries have been added to the pork PSD to reduce the gap between total imports and total exports by selected countries, writes the United States Department...Multi-Sire, Multi-Mating - A Multitude of Sins
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. In Denmark organic pork production is based on applying natural principles to animal husbandry techniques and management practices...more pig features...









