The National Pork Board has responsibility for research, promotion and consumer information projects and for communicating with pork producers and the public. Swier was one of 154 delegates who represented producers from 46 states and importers who sell pork products in the United States. The Pork Checkoff funds national and state programs in advertising, consumer information, retail and foodservice marketing, export market promotion, production improvement, education and technology, and...

It's been a decade since North Carolina banned pork farmers from building new hog waste lagoons. With the lagoon moratorium set to expire in September, there are several proposals at the statehouse on what to do next. Carolyn Justice, a Republican, introduced legislation Tuesday that would effectively block most new lagoons, but also help swine farmers willing to experiment with other ways to treat hog waste pay for the new technology. People are interested in helping us find solutions...

n Kansas ranks third in sunflower production, seventh in corn production, ninth in hog production, tenth in soybean production and eighteenth in milk production. Sebelius noted that because of the commitment and hard work of farmers and ranchers statewide: Department of Energy is investing in the state's first plant to produce ethanol from cellulosic sources and Kansas was selected as a site to grow biotech rice that can be processed into life-saving medicine, Sebelius said. The number of...

Providing technology and engineering services in the fields of energy management, waste water and air pollution control, ISSI specializes in the design, construction and operation of hydrochloric acid processing facilities producing high-purity iron oxide. Providing technology and engineering services in the fields of energy management, waste water and air pollution control, ISSI specializes in the design, construction and operation of hydrochloric acid processing facilities producing...

MONTREAL, March 14 /CNW Telbec/ - The government should not increase public assistance to the pork sector but instead should encourage the industry to reorganize itself so as to raise productivity. In an Economic Note released today by the Montreal Economic Institute, associate researcher Eric Grenon states that "reform is made necessary by the high and recurrent costs to taxpayers of aid to pork producers and by the serious deficiencies in the aid models that are applied. In an Economic...

Annual sales are $11 billion, making Smithfield the leading processor and marketer of fresh pork and processed meats in the United States. Customers are asking pork producers to consider sow housing options other than keeping gestating sows in stalls. Sows are kept in stalls through farrowing and nursing, and until they are confirmed re-bred. How well are we treating the community? Treacy expects their customers - which includes many major food retailers - to continue to ask questions...