New Hampshire’s North Country Smokehouse: Making Prop 12 Compliant Pork Accessible

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Since the early 1970s, producers have used gestation crates to house sow for the duration of their pregnancy. The sow lives, eats, and sleeps in a two-and-half-by-seven-foot stall. They cannot move around freely or socialize. Producers justify these long-standing, industry-wide practices claiming they nurture and protect the sow from other, more aggressive pigs, preventing fights […]

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Researchers Assess Risk of FMD Exposure From Infected Imported Feed

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Farmscape for September 21, 2021 Full Interview 12:10 Listen Research conducted on behalf of the Swine Health Information Center has shown the virus responsible for foot and mouth disease is capable of surviving long enough in feed transported from overseas to infect pigs in North America. The USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic […]

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Swine Ectoparasite Control

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Ectoparasites (parasites that live outside the body) can be damaging to swine, causing unthriftiness and slow weight gains. These pests feed and reproduce on the host animal at the animal’s expense. This is extremely hard on young, actively growing pigs. The extra stress associated with a parasite infestation can cause slow weight gains, adding up […]

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Podcast: Dr. Liz Wagstrom: How to keep African Swine Fever out of the United States

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Have you ever considered what actions would need to be taken if ASF found its way into the US swine population? This virus continues to be a looming threat to the country as it would bring enormous economical losses along with it. Today we discuss what measures are necessary to prevent the entry of ASF […]

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Pork Producers Advised to Report Any Symptoms Attributable to ASF for Diagnosis

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Farmscape for September 21, 2021 Feature Report Listen USDA/APHIS ASF Webinar 1:28:47 Listen Dr. Peter Fernandez 10:38 Listen ASF Action Week Webinar September 13 Listen Pork producers are being encouraged to watch for and report to their veterinarians any symptoms that might be attributable to African Swine Fever. “Signs to Look for in Your Pigs” […]

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Australian watchdog says JBS' deal for Rivalea raises competition concerns

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Australia's competition regulator has raised concerns over meatpacker JBS SA's proposed A$175 million ($128.3 million) acquisition of pork processor Rivalea.

USDA issues federal order to establish FAD ASF Protection Zone in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

Monday, September 20, 2021

USDA issues federal order to establish foreign animal diseases protection zone

Invasive spotted lanternfly on the move in US East, Midwest - kill it if you see it

Monday, September 20, 2021

Sure, it's pretty, but the spotted lanternfly is moving across the US and can do serious damage to agricultural crops

Haiti confirmed positive with African swine fever

Monday, September 20, 2021

OIE reports Haiti ASF outbreak

Jim Long Pork Commentary, Road Trip to Spain, September 20th 2021

Monday, September 20, 2021

  Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics As I write, we are somewhere over the Atlantic heading to Spain. This week the Genesus team will exhibit at Figan Event in Zaragoza, Spain. Figan is a biannual swine conference and exhibition for Spain’s swine industry. After Figan we will be visiting several Spanish pork producers. […]

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