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Nebraska Not Hit by PED Yet, but Affecting Bacon Prices Nationwide

2013-08-13 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - A devastating swine disease new to the United States hasn't shown up in Nebraska yet, but it's already forcing bacon prices nationwide to new highs.

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Bacon fries on pavement as heat wave grips China

2013-08-01 14:37:25| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: It's been so hot in China that folks are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are hatching without incubators and a highway billboard has mysteriously caught fire by itself. The heat wave the worst in at least 140 years in some parts has left dozens of people dead and pushed thermometers above 40 degrees C (104 F) in at least 40 cities and counties, mostly in the south and east. Authorities for the first time have declared the heat a "level 2" weather emergency a label normally invoked for...

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MU, K-State Research Team Collaborate to Save the Bacon

2013-07-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - A research team from the University of Missouri and Kansas State University has been working to find a cure for a specific virus that affects pigs and costs the hog industry $800 million annually. In their latest study, the team disproved one way the virus spreads, which will help scientists narrow the search for an ultimate cure.

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China's 'Bacon Buy': National Security Risk, or Just Business as Usual?

2013-07-16 10:11:18| Food - Topix.net

The transition from delicious domestic product to topic of a Congressional hearing last week began in May when China's largest meat producer purchased the United States' biggest pork company, Smithfield Foods .

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