Daily News about the Pork Industry
PORK PRODUCERS HOPE MISSION WILL HELP SEAL TRADE DEAL
National Pork Producers Council members hope the political wind continues to blow in favor of international trade. The organization held a trade policy forum Monday preceding a mission to South America to shore up support for passage of the pending trade promotion agreement between the U.S. and Colombia. (Brownfield Network)
CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL WILL FOCUS ON SECOND GENERATION BIOFUELS
This Thursday and Friday a delegation led by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer will attend an international biofuels conference in Brazil. A forum for private and government supporters of biofuels, the conference will have participants from 75 different countries. (Farm Futures)
PREVIOUS BSE CASE IN CANADA LINKED TO COMMERCIAL FEED
A five-year-old Holstein cow from a dairy operation in British Columbia that was Canada's 13th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy likely contracted the disease from commercial feed, according to a report by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. (usagnet.com)
FOOD-BORNE BACTERIA IN PIGS AND HUMANS LINKED
Researchers have found a clear link between pig health and human health by linking carcass swabs counts to bacteria that can cause food-borne disease in humans, including campylobacter, enterococcus, enterobacteriaceae and salmonella. (thepigsite.com)
SUPPORT FOR ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
Animal care a top priority for modern farmers, writes Gary Wilson, county director/extension educator, agriculture and natural resources for The Ohio State University Extension service in Findlay. (thepigsite.com)
NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP AFGHAN FARMERS
Indiana National Guard troops are putting down their weapons and picking up their hoes as they get ready to deploy to Afghanistan early next year. That's according to reports in the Journal & Courier of Lafayette. (usagnet.com)
RUSSIA TO CUT PORK AND POULTRY IMPORT QUOTAS
Russia plans to cut its 2009 poultry and pork import quotas. Reuter’s reports Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev announced Monday the poultry quota would be cut by 300,000 metric tons and the pork number would be reduced 200,000 metric tons next year. Russian officials say domestic production can fill the need. Under a trade agreement which runs through 2009, Russia was supposed to allow 1.25 million tons of poultry imports next year. The deal would allow more than 931,000 tons of that to come from the United States. Pork imports were supposed to be 502,200 tons in 2009, the European Union gets most of that business. (Brownfield Network)