Distance Learning Convenience for Swine Producers
US - The successful distance education programme SowBridge begins its third year in January 2010.

NPPC Applauds USDA's $50 Million Pork Purchase
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday commended US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for his decision to purchase up to $50 million of pork products, which will be used for various federal...

AMS Administrator to Meet with National Pork Board
US - Rayne Pegg, the new administrator of the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will meet with members of the National Pork Board on 9 November, the first day of the board's...

QMS Seeks Applications for Livestock Monitor Farm
SCOTLAND, UK - Farmers in the North of Scotland are being given the opportunity to improve their farm’s performance by becoming the latest Monitor Farm.

Farmers Alter Practices for Food Safety Programmes
US - With food safety regulatory change on the horizon for US producers, Rabobank recently found that approximately 40 per cent...

NPPC Supports New USDA Research Agency
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday applauded the launch of a new research and education arm within the US Department of Agriculture.

Smithfield Foods Confident in Future Performance
US - Smithfield Foods, Inc. said yesterday that its President and Chief Executive Officer, C. Larry Pope, sold 100,000 shares of Smithfield Foods common stock to meet personal financial obligations.

President Obama Commended on USTR Nomination
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday praised President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Islam A. Siddiqui as the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the office of the US Trade Representative, an agency...

Pork Checkoff's Industry Environmental Stewards
US - The Pork Checkoff, along with its cosponsor, National Hog Farmer magazine, has selected four pork production operations to receive the industry's highest environmental honor, which is the...

Major USDA Purchase Boosts Pork Producers
US - Embattled pork producers who have seen a stream of losses for two years learned Thursday that the US Department of Agriculture would buy $30 million worth of pork immediately.

Pork Handbook Offers New Resources to Producers
US - The 2009 Pork Industry Handbook will soon be on sale through Purdue Extension - The Education Store.

CAST Analyses Productivity and Genetic Diversity
US - The Council of Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has released a new scientific paper detailing the productivity and genetic diversity of cloned and transgenic animals.

First Members Elected to Meat Industry Hall of Fame
US - The inaugural class of the newly formed Meat Industry Hall of Fame includes 21 scientists, executives, marketers and meat producers. THey include Joseph Luter III, former chairman and CEO of Smithfield...

Tim Bierman Selected to Lead National Pork Board
US - Tim Bierman, a farmer from Larrabee, Iowa, has been elected by his fellow board members as president of the National Pork Board. Dr. Gene Nemechek, a veterinarian with Tyson Foods in Springdale, Arkansas,...

Industry Seeking Producer Input on New Direction
US - With a wide array of challenges facing pork producers today, the National Pork Board is seeking input from pork producers across the country for a new plan to shape the future of the US pork indu...

Improved Welfare Measures Brings Praise from PETA
US - Welfare campaign group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has praised restaurant chain, Ruby Tuesday, for favouring poultry suppliers that use what PETA describes as 'controlled atmosphere...

AMI, NCC Challenge 'Food, Inc.' Claims
US - Spokespersons from the American Meat Institute (AMI) and National Chicken Council (NCC) have commented in a television interview to the film, 'Food Inc.'.

NPPC: New Director to Oversee Grassroots Programs
US - The National Pork Producers Council has hired Bryan Humphreys as director of grassroots in its Des Moines, Iowa, office. Mr Humphreys will oversee NPPC’s Legislative Education Action Development Resource...

NFU: Antitrust Laws Must be Enforced
US - National Farmers Union said yesterday the enforcement of agricultural antitrust laws has been nearly nonexistent for the past decade, leading to expedited consolidation and concentration within nearly...

Producers to Ensure Animal Welfare and Food Safety
MINNESOTA, US - Pork producers do an excellent job producing a safe, nutritious, and economic product. However, today’s consumers want assurances that the products that they eat have been produced in an...

Taiwanese Producers Get Eye-opening Experience
US - Firsthand experience is a powerful and successful learning tool for US Grains Council international teams coming to the United States in search of modern production methods to implement in their own...

WPE Report: Sow Retirement Programme Launched
US - American swine producers have introduced a new programme designed to allow an equitable exit by sow owners from the farrowing business, writes Bruce Cochrane.

WPE REPORT: Certification in PQA Plus Called for
US - The US National Pork Board is calling on pork producers to become certified in the in the Pork Quality Assurance Plus programme, writes ThePigSite senior editor Chris Harris.

WPE REPORT: Industry's 'We Care' Initiative Endorsed
US - A program that formalizes and verifies pork industry efforts to operate responsibly has been publicly endorsed by Tyson Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s leading pork processors. The company made...

New Alliance Between Osborne Industries and PigCHAMP
US - Osborne Industries Inc. and PigCHAMP Inc. have formed a strategic alliance that the companies claim will ultimately allow pork producers to improve management of their sow herds.