While federal regulations allow veterinarians to make vaccines within a veterinarian-client-patient relationship, they cannot take the products to other farms. Swine veterinarians wrestling with two diseases Speakers at AASV meeting call for additional research, preventive measures. The acronyms refer to porcine circovirus-associated disease, which practitioners often see as postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome, and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. Fetuses that received...

Hawai'i's production of fresh fruits and vegetables has roughly doubled since the 1960s as farms have shifted away from plantation crops to staples such as tomatoes, bananas, cabbage and sweet potatoes. Although Hawai'i's nearly $500 million farm sector remains relatively small compared with the $12 billion tourism industry, agriculture plays an important role in diversifying the state economy, preserving greenbelt lands and reducing the Islands' dependence on imported food. The drop in...

Doer gets a third majority on May 22, he again can give into pressure from the pork industry, end the hog barn moratorium and allow a new hog plant to be built in Winnipeg. To live up to a three-year-old recommendation of a previous Clean Environment Commission, the Doer government announced last year a moratorium on hog barn expansion along with a review of the sustainability of the pork industry. Some people believe the issue is dead, or that the premier is committed to cleaning up Lake...

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The committee wants to thank everyone who worked on Friday and Saturday and who prepared food, set up tables, washed dishes, served food and drinks, cleaned tables, washed trays, stayed for clean up and volunteered their time to make the hog roast a success. Shelbyville Daily Union - Hog Roast Nets $8000 For Stewardson Veterans Memorial. The committee wants to thank everyone who worked on Friday and Saturday and who prepared food, set up tables, washed dishes, served food and drinks,...

They also emphasized the small percentage of pet food that was used in hog and poultry feed. Swine in six states, including Kansas, have been identified as having eaten so-called salvaged pet food that was later found to have been tainted with melamine, an industrial product used to make plastic and fertilizer. In a conference call Tuesday, officials at the agencies said the percentage of any melamine, the contaminant found in imported wheat gluten used in pet food that made its way into...

But Sam Rovit, the company's president and CEO, said the company is well on its way to recovery, noting production of its pork facilities was back to normal in March and beef production is expected to be back to normal levels by this summer. The company said the raids cost Swift $30 million -- $20 million from lost operating efficiency and $10 million for employee retention and hiring incentives. He said the company expects $10 million to $15 million in savings by 2008 from the layoff of...

An ISU animal science faculty member for 33 years, Christian also was a consultant for private and corporate firms associated with swine production. The farm became part of the animal science department in the 1970s and has a history of significant contributions to the swine industry. The facility provides research space for breeding and gestation stalls; gilt development pens; boar development and collection pens; semen processing and artificial insemination. Additionally, the ISU...

The Senate bills proposed would ban packer ownership of animals, reform the Captive Supply Act regarding formula pricing, strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act by establishing a department to investigate mergers and sales, and increase competition and transparency among packers. The Senate bills proposed would ban packer ownership of animals, reform the Captive Supply Act regarding formula pricing, strengthen the Packers and Stockyards Act by establishing a department to investigate...