Argus Leader Media - News Subscribe Now eEdition Login How to Advertise Mobile Work for Us! Customer Service Contact Us ArgusLeader.com Make Us Your Homepage. Department of Justice, Smithfield Foods inc., the parent of John Morrell & co. in Sioux Falls, announced this morning it completed a controversial $800 million acquisition of Premium Standard Farms inc., a deal that unites the nation s two largest hog producers. Argus Leader Media - News Subscribe Now eEdition Login How to Advertise...

Inoculation studies have shown that the virus remains in pigs' faeces and some organs for up to 30 days after infection. However, if the infection weakens and pigs don't get infected with HEV until they are older, more pigs will still be carrying the virus when they reach the slaughterhouse. Vaccines are currently under development against HEV, although Satou and Nishiura suggest that changes in husbandry practices and avoiding eating raw liver might be more cost-effective measures should...

IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle, Indonesia, which took a leaf out of his book, used this weapon to take on the World Health Organisation and the developed nations in its struggle to gain access to vaccines produced using its bird flu samples in case of a pandemic. IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle,...

Board chairman Mike McLaughlin said Tuesday night he had only minimal details on the proposal and just recently received notification from the Illinois Department of Agriculture about the plans of High Power Pork, LLC to build a 3,467-head facility that could be enlarged. Adams County Board agrees to hear proposal for large swine operation. Board chairman Mike McLaughlin said Tuesday night he had only minimal details on the proposal and just recently received notification from the Illinois...

With the ethanol industry growing so very rapidly the grains industry really hasn t had a chance to catch up and provide enough volume for those industries [ethanol and livestock] and that s had a positive impact on prices, observes Canadian International Grains Institute director of feed Dr. With the ethanol industry growing so very rapidly the grains industry really hasn t had a chance to catch up and provide enough volume for those industries [ethanol and livestock] and that s had a...