Farm Animal Disease Warnings
VIET NAM - Several outbreaks of PRRS, Foot and Mouth disease and avian flu have occurred over the last two weeks.

Japan: More Leftovers Recycled for Animal Feed
JAPAN - What with prices for animal feed and fertilizer rising, the Japanese food-recycling sector is seeing high demand for pellets for pigs and poultry made from recycled leftovers.

Southeast Iowa Pork Producers to be Aided
US - A group pork producers in northwest Iowa are helping out the southeast Iowa pork producers who were affected by the June floods.

Buffalo Imports Threaten Philippine Livestock
PHILIPPINES - A decision made by the Philippines Department of Agriculture to open the market to buffalo meat importation may adversely effect the rest of the livestock industry, whilst also posing a serious threat of disease.

$20M Available under Cull Breeding Swine Program
CANADA - The Canadian Pork Council reports, with just over one month left before the application deadline, there is still about 20 million dollars available under the federal Cull Breeding Swine program, writes Bruce Cochrane.

AFBF Launch Animal Care Initiative
WASHINGTON, D.C. - To address consumer concerns about the care provided to farm animals in the production of meat, milk and eggs, the American Farm Bureau Federation has launched the Conversations on Animal Care initiative.

Pfizer Revenues Rise
GLOBAL - Pharmaceutical and animal health company Pfizer has reported revenues of $12.1 billion, for the second quarter of the year, an increase of nine per cent compared with $11.1 billion in the quarter a year ago.

Columbian TOPIGS Rep Cercafé Certificated
US - TOPIGS representative and genetics user in Columbia, Cercafé, is certificated by the international supermarket company Carrefour as CNC pork producer.

Big Dutchman Anniversaries: Company Hosted 450 Guests from Around the World
GERMANY - The company's recent 5th International Agents’ Meeting celebrated the double anniversary of 70 years of Big Dutchman worldwide and 50 years of Big Dutchman in Germany and Europe.

Maple Leaf Ventures into Pork Processing
TORONTO - Maple Leaf Foods has announced that it has begun the formal process of selling its Ontario pork processing business located in Burlington, Ontario.

Alpharma Donations Aid Flood Hit Communities
US - Animal health company, Alpharma Inc, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, is to donate a portion of all US livestock product sales recorded in July to help fund flood relief efforts throughout the Mississippi River valley.

Pig Breeding Boosted for Transplant Tissue
NEW ZEALAND - An entrepreneur of biotechnology, seeking ministerial approval of Auckland experiments to implant pig tissues in diabetes patients, is ramping up its production of piglets to kill for transplant tissue.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

QMS Wants Local People Eating Local Food
SCOTLAND - Ensuring Scottish farmers get a larger slice of Scotland’s £80 million food procurement bill is the aim of a new QMS publication.

Shift in Feed Cost Advantage Expected
CANADA - Manitoba Pork Marketing predicts the rising price of corn in the United States will shift the cost advantage for feeding hogs back to western Canada, writes Bruce Cochrane.

CSIRO Opens Rapid Response Animal Disease Centre
AUSTRALIA - The Federal Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, officially opened CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Diagnostic Emergency Response Laboratory (DERL) at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)...

CME: USDA Monthly Cold Storage Report
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 22^nd July 2008.

Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Filed by Ag Groups
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Court documents filed by the American Farm Bureau Federation on behalf of its members, in conjunction with two other agriculture groups, proved vital in communicating the concerns of farmers and ranchers in a lawsuit challenging an...

Hi-Tech Pig Farm Project to Continue
MALAYSIA - Despite some protests, the modern pig farming project in Ladang Tumbuk, Tanjung Sepat, is to go on.

FMD: Provision Prevents FMD Transmission
GLOBAL - Keep up-to-date with Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks across the world.