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Deadline to Serve on Pork Checkoff Board of Directors Nears
2014-10-21 22:38:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Board Nominations to fill six open board seats are due Nov. 1 The Pork Checkoffs Board of Directors is now accepting nominations to fill five three-year terms and one two-year term commencing in July 2015. Nominees may be submitted by state pork producer associations, farm organizations or anyone who pays into the Pork Checkoff, which includes pig farmers and pork importers. read more
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WTO Finds US COOL Restricts Beef, Pork Trade
2014-10-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has found that amendments made by the US to its Country of Origin Labelling )COOL) rules have made them more restrictive for countries such as Canada and Mexico rather than simplifying them.
Despite Export Surge to Russia, Brazils Pork Production, Overall Exports Fairly Flat
2014-10-20 15:40:00| National Hog Farmer
By U.S. Meat Export Federation Staff Brazil trails only the European Union, the United States and Canada in pork exports, but its fourth place is a distant one, with last years exports totaling 509,773 metric tons, less than half of Canadas 2013 exports. U.S. pork exports are nearly four times Brazils and the EUs exports are about five times greater. read more
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Review: Book looks at costs of pork production
2014-10-20 04:18:40| Food - Topix.net
When the recession took hold six years ago and consumers stopped eating high on the hog, the giant meatpacker Hormel Foods began ratcheting up production to meet a surge in demand for Spam, its low-cost processed pork product in the familiar blue tins. , the century-old expose of the meatpacking industry, author Ted Genoways details the impact of the production speedup on workers at the company's Midwest plants, the damage to water and soil, and the immigration-related conflicts that have arisen in towns where the industry holds sway.
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Global Pork Markets Cool Down
2014-10-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - The previously heated international pork markets are showing signs of cooling down, according to Rabobank's fourth-quarter report on the global pork industry.
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