Weekly Overview: Producers Call for Support
ANALYSIS - Pig producers across the world have been expressing fears about their future as feed prices remain high, and there have been calls for government help, which has already been forthcoming in China and the US. In an interesting development in Ireland, pig meat sample testing has begun with the aim is to provide assurances about its origin. Following the emergence of the variant H3N2 influenza virus in people and pigs in the US, producers in Canada and Australia are being warned to be on the alert for outbreaks in pigs and people in their countries.
11 September 2012
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