Major Project for Canadian Hog Industry
CANADA - Jacques Gourde, Member of Parliament for Lotbinière-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and Pierre Corbeil, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announced the allocation of $500,000 to the Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec (FPPQ) to implement a major project for controlling the virus responsible for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), which is affecting the health of hog herds.