Pork Checkoff Investment Yields PRRS Breakthrough

Randall Weiseman Livestock, Pork

Building on work originally funded by the Pork Checkoff, a consortium of scientists from around the country has discovered a genetic marker in pigs that identifies whether or not a pig has a reduced susceptibility to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) – a disease that costs the U.S. pork industry an estimated $664 million per year.

NCBA Supports House Decision to Protect Private Property Rights

Randall Weiseman Alabama, Cattle, Florida, General, Georgia, Livestock

WASHINGTON (Feb. 29, 2012) – The U.S. House of Representatives Tues., Feb. 29, 2012, sided with private property owners by passing The Private Property Right Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 1443). The bipartisan bill, sponsored by Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), essentially prevents states from using eminent domain over property to be used for economic development. The bill would also strip …