Antibiotics in food animals. Good thing or not. Everett Griner tells us today.
Who Is the Real Bad Guy?
Everett Griner tells us how animal agriculture is under sustained attack.
Ag in Review for the Week of August 24, 2009
A highlight of agricultural news for this week from around the Southeast. To hear weekly reviews subscribe to our podcast .
Discussing H1N1 Plans and Misunderstandings
APHIS is holding a series of meetings to share its plans and recommendations in the event of a positive diagnosis of Type A H1N1 virus in the U.S. swine herd, while the pork industry is working with a comprehensive program to correct misunderstandings about the virus.
Replace or Repair
Agriculture is not recession proof. Today Everett Griner talks about one aspect of it that is a bit dilemma to farmers.
FL Swine Flu Name Costly to Pork Industry
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is asking public health officials, academics and the media to refrain from calling the current H1N1 influenza pandemic “swine flu” as the characterization is both inaccurate and contributing to the collapse of the pork industry throughout North America.
Beef and Pork Production Estimated Down
Total US meat production is expected to be down slightly next year, due in part to expected drops in beef and pork.
NPPC Asks for Industry Help
In a move to help save the U.S. pork industry, the National Pork Producers Council is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lend assistance to U.S. pork producers.
Veterinary Corps Serve in NAHERC
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that through the Obama Administration’s ‘United We Serve’ initiative, veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary students can participate in the National Animal Health Emergency Response Corps to insure needs are met during the response to exotic disease outbreaks and other disasters which affect livestock, poultry, companion animals, and wildlife. More volunteers are needed to assure …
Slump Continues for Beef and Pork Exports
The final beef and pork export results for June were released last week, as Erin Daley with the U.S. Meat Export Federation, looks at the numbers for both domestic beef and pork products through the first six months of the year.