CME: US and Canadian Sow Slaughter
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 28th May 2008.

AMI Releases Request for Pre-Proposals
US - The American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) has released its 2008-2009 Request for Pre-Proposals.

Plan Commission Neutral over Hog Farm Dispute
INDIANA - The Fulton County Plan Commission isn't getting involved in a dispute over a proposed expansion of a hog farm just over the Miami County line, writes Wish TV.

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Appoints Heads of Global Swine
US – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appointed the Heads of Global Species teams for the swine, the poultry and the aquaculture segment.

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Market Fundamentals Assessed
US - Corn and soybean prices continue to be supported by a broad range of fundamental factors. These include strong domestic and export demand and a fair amount of concern about the potential size of the 2008 crops in the U.S.

CME: Latest Survey of US Cold Storage Facilities.
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 23rd May 2008.

Mankato Company and U of M Develop PRRS Vaccine
MINNESOTA - A Mankato-based company, along with researchers from the University of Minnesota, has developed a new pig vaccine that farmers and veterinarians are hoping will gradually obliterate PRRS, a disease that costs the industry more than $550 million...

Market Preview: Cold Storage Trending Up
US - Weekly US Market Preview provided by Steve R. Meyer, Ph.D., Paragon Economics, Inc.

Weekly Review: Pork Prices Up From A Year Earlier
US - Weekly review of the US hog industry, written by Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain.

Hormel Earnings Up
US - US pig meat processing giant Hormel has reported a rise in earnings for the second quarter of the 2008 financial year.

Disease Lab should be at Least-Risk Location
WASHINGTON – A new national laboratory for researching and diagnosing foreign animal diseases should be located on the US mainland in an area with small livestock and wildlife populations, the National Pork Producers Council said in congressional testimony...

Livestock Slaughter: Total Red Meat Production at Record High for April
US - Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.30 billion pounds in April, up 14 percent from the 3.75 billion pounds produced in April 2007.

US House of Reps Override Farm Bill Veto
US - National Farmers Union President Tom Buis commended the US House of Representatives on Wednesday for voting to override the president’s veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. The Senate is anticipated to follow suit on Thursday.

Public Urged to Dispose of Potentially Tainted Pork Products
FLORIDA - Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today urged consumers to dispose of a pork crackling product produced by Sofia Chicharones Inc. of Miami and sold at the company’s retail store on May 12 due to possible...

Saturated Fats in Diet Produce a Lower Deposition
US - It has been proven, in poultry, that the incorporation of saturated or monounsaturated fats in the feed increases fat deposition, whereas this does not happen with polyunsaturated fatty acids.

E. coli is Also Present Among Swine
US - By Nancy Cornick, an ISU associate professor of veterinary microbiology (The Food Safety Consortium).

PORK Academy Presented at World Pork Expo
US - The Pork Checkoff is presenting the Producers Opportunity for Revenue and Knowledge (PORK) Academy on Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6 at World Pork Expo on the Iowa State fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.

CME: Corn Price Main Worry
US - CME's Daily Livestock Report for 19th May 2008.

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

Iowa: Livestock Confinement Ban Proposed
IOWA, US - Iowa's Democratic candidate for Congress Ed Fallon has made a proposal to ban the construction or extension of large-scale livestock confinements by corporations.