Dwindling Research Funds Jeopardise Livestock
US – Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists...

Cargill Expands Animal Welfare Policies
US - Cargill Pork was the first in the industry to announce a program to purchase hogs only from farms that have been certified under the National Pork Board’s Pork Quality Assurance Plus program. Now,...

Ag Secretary Vilsack Seeking Dialogue on NAIS
US - Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack yesterday held a roundtable discussion with a variety of stakeholders representing the full spectrum of views on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)....

Happy Piglets at High Power, IL
US - As you can see, there are some very happy, healthy piglets suckling on a sow at High Power Pork south of Carthage, Illinois.

Food Producers Offered Welfare Programme Online
US – The American Humane Certified farm animal welfare programme has just introduced its latest innovation: online registration of food producers who are interested in pursuing the nation’s premier humane...

Overwhelming Support for PQA Plus
US - Reaffirming their commitment to the US pork industry and its customers, Pork Act delegates at the recent National Pork Industry Forum passed two resolutions dealing with Pork Quality Assurance Plus®...

Kennedy Antibiotics Ban Detrimental to Pigs
US - Like its House companion, a bill introduced in the US Senate would be detrimental to the health and well-being of pigs, would increase pork producers’ production costs and the price consumers pay...

Antibiotics Vital to Animal Health and Food Protection
US - The American Farm Bureau Federation is expressing strong opposition to legislation that would remove and restrict important antibiotics for veterinary and farm use.

Web Site Guides Livestock Down Path to Organic
PURDUE, US - Livestock producers who find organic production an entirely different animal than what they're used to can now turn to a Purdue University resource for help.

NPPC Condemns Acts on Television Documentary
US - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has condemned cruelty to pigs as shown in a TV documentary in the US. The programme, entitled Death On A Factory Farm, was aired on HBO.

Welfare Issues Impact Swine Production
US - The use of individual gestation accommodations (IGAs) for dry sows in commercial pork production is an issue that has raised much debate.

NPPC Urges Congress to Back Animal ID System
US - Saying a mandatory animal identification system is needed to maintain the viability of the US pork industry and all of animal agriculture, the National Pork Producers Council has urged Congress to...

Experts to Address Sow Housing
US - A hot topic in the pork industry, group housing of sows, will be addressed 19 March during a meeting at the University of Illinois Extension office on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfiel...

California Bill to Restrict Antibiotic Use
US - California state legislator, Dean Florez, has introduced a bill to restrict antibiotic use in animal agriculture.

USDA Support Sought in Mandatory Animal ID
US - Citing an increasing vulnerability to foreign animal disease, the National Pork Producers Council yesterday urged the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lend his support to a mandatory...

Judge Rules Recumbent Pigs May be Processed
CALIFORNIA, US - Contrary to a state law, a federal judge has ruled that pigs unable to stand may still be slaughtered and processed for food. Four welfare groups will appeal against the ruling.

New Guidelines for 'Fatigued' Pigs
US - USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has set new guidelines for the handling of pigs that are reluctant to move at the packing plant.

Guidelines for Food-Animal Species Underway
US - A long-time fixture within the animal-handling issue, Temple Grandin, is launching a new certification program to evaluate both sustainable and humane practices of a food-animal production system....

Moving Market Pigs with Less Stress
US - Dr Matt Ritter (Elanco Animal Health) and Dr Nick Berry (Cargill, Inc.) have studied the effects of moving market weight pigs in different group sizes during loading on stress responses and transport...

Piglet Feed Supplements Support Immune Systems
US - As feed costs rise and the production of ethanol from corn grain increases, swine producers have ramped up their search for new feed supplements for younger swine.

HOD Revises Antimicrobials in Livestock Feeds Policy
US - Several AVMA Bylaws amendments and policy proposals were on the agenda for the second regular winter session of the House of Delegates, which convened 10 January in Chicago as part of the AVMA Veterinary...

Six TQASM Advisor Training Workshops Scheduled
US - The Pork Checkoff is offering six Transporter Quality Assurance (TQASM) advisor training workshops in 2009.

Snipping Out the Money Genes in Livestock
US - The livestock industry accounts for almost $100 billion of the annual agricultural gross domestic product.

National Pork Board to Meet in North Carolina
US - The National Pork Board will be in Raleigh, North Carolina, 3-5 February to meet with local producers and to develop a better understanding of the nation's second-largest pork producing state.

New Diet a Breath of Fresh Air to Animal Facilities
US - As populations expand into rural areas, more people are turning up their noses at malodorous livestock operations.