Federal and state officials will supervise the process to make sure that the animals are disposed of properly and do not end up in the food chain. They had been investigating hog operations in Ohio, but yesterday said facilities inspected there had not used contaminated feed. He said his agency was also still investigating whether any hogs that ate contaminated feed may have already become pork products, even though federal officials have been saying they don't think that melamine-tainted...

Published April 05, 2007 12:15 pm - Edwards pressures Smithfield CEO for union recognition Associated Press RALEIGH Democratic presidential prospect John Edwards is throwing his weight behind labor activists who are trying to pressure the world s largest hog slaughterhouse into recognizing a union without an employee vote. Published April 05, 2007 12:15 pm - Edwards pressures Smithfield CEO for union recognition Associated Press RALEIGH Democratic presidential prospect John Edwards is...

Home News DayBreak Weather Sports Entertainment Health Blog Center Send it to 7 Creative Services Sales. The herds that tested negative are being released immediately from the quarantine aimed at preventing any spread of the viral illness, which causes respiratory symptoms in healthy adult hogs but can kill newborn pigs and cause abortion or stillbirth in sows. The herds that tested negative are being released immediately from the quarantine aimed at preventing any spread of the viral...

A letter submitted earlier this week to Chuck Strahl and other key federal ministers by the Canadian Pork Council (CPC), Canada Pork International (CPI), and the Canadian Meat Council (CMC), underscores the dire situation facing the export-dependent sector, which has taken a pounding from a strong Canadian dollar and a dramatic rise in production input costs, including feed. Canada's pork industry has been hit hard by the strong Canadian dollar. DiscoverMooseJaw.com - Its About Your...

A White Fox, Saskatchewan swine handling instructor says stock people can reduce stress on themselves and on their pigs by using the animal's natural instincts to get them to move. Nancy Lidster, a partner with DNL Farms, says by targeting the animals natural behavior when moving them, handlers can get them to go where they need them to go much more easily and without a lot of stress. Animals instinctively want to have us to the side where they can see us while they're moving away so, if...