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Vaccine Bank Needed to Protect Food, National Security, Say Ag Groups

2017-07-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - Citing economic and food and national security concerns, an ad hoc coalition of more than 100 agricultural organisations and allied industries groups urged Congress to include in the next Farm Bill language establishing and funding a Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine bank.

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US and Malaysia to set up trade working groups

2017-07-19 14:34:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

The US and Malaysia are to establish working groups on goods, intellectual property, financial services, labour, and the environment, in a move designed to strengthen trade relations between the two countries.

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Ag groups keep heat on for vaccine bank

2017-07-18 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer

While the cost of establishing a robust FMD vaccine bank $150 million annually is significant, it pales in comparison to the projected economic consequences to the agriculture industry and to the nations food and national security.

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Import Restrictions Worry US Ag Groups

2017-07-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - The National Pork Producers Council and 17 other food and agriculture organisations, representing the vast majority of production agriculture, sent a letter to the Trump administration this week, urging it to refrain from placing restrictions on imports of steel and aluminum.

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