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Senators Ask for Disaster Assistance for Small Pork Producers Harmed by PEDV

2014-03-17 19:51:00| National Hog Farmer

By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) are urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to approve disaster assistance for small pork producers affected by the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The Senators are asking USDA to use the livestock disaster program, which was permanently extended in the 2014 Farm Bill, to help producers in the 27 states dealing with this deadly disease. read more

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Union Warns of Aviation Disaster; Qantas Engines Are Not Secure After Offshore Maintenance

2014-03-17 14:09:26| Airlines - Topix.net

Amid global focus on the aviation industry as the world waits for fresh developments about the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, the aircraft engineers' union at Australia's competition watchdog, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission , has on Thursday awarded a conditional approval to the partnership of Qantas Airways with Emirates as ... (more)

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Senators Request Disaster Declaration for Pork Producers Harmed by PEDV

2014-03-13 19:19:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: Senate Agriculture Committee Senators Kay Hagan and Debbie Stabenow are pressing USDA to utilize Livestock Disaster Assistance Programs, included in the 2014 Farm Bill, to help producers cope with the devastating porcine epidemic diarrhea virus which has killed over 4 million pigs nationwide. read more

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