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Hard Times Have U. S. Hog Producers Seeking Help

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“The big driver of losses for this business is the run-up in costs of production.” – STEVE MEYER U. S. hog producers, who have been losing money since late 2007, have asked the U. S. Agriculture Department for $250 million in assistance, of which $150 million would buy pork for federal food programs. Producers also
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Peru Finds Swine Flu In Amazon Tribe

Members of an Amazon tribe have tested positive for the new H1N1 swine flu, Peruvian health officials said Aug. 12, raising concerns the deadly virus could spread to more remote communities with limited defences against disease. The seven cases, reported in the Matsigenka tribe, were confirmed by the Health Ministry’s regional office in southeastern Peru.
Hogs, Livestock

South Korea Lifts Live Hog Import Ban

South Korea said Aug. 11 it would resume imports of live swine from North America, lifting a ban imposed since the outbreak of H1N1 flu in April. South Korea is one of several countries including Russia and China that slapped bans on imports of pork products or live hogs on flu fears, which has hit
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Updated H1N1 Influenza Advice Sent To Manitoba Schools

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School principals and superintendents across the province have received updated H1N1 influenza information about infection prevention, vaccination and absenteeism, along with public health advice for ill children or staff, Health Minister Theresa Oswald and Education, Citizenship and Youth Minister Peter Bjornson announced Aug. 17. “Manitoba’s health-care experts know that parents, students and teachers have questions
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NAFTA Trade Delegates Denounce “Mischaracterization” Of H1N1

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It’s time to stop calling H1N1 the “swine flu.” As they wrapped up the 19th annual meeting of the Tri-National Agricultural Accord in Gimli on Aug. 14, delegates from Canada, Mexico and the United States issued a joint appeal to the media and health officials to end the practice of using “technically incorrect” and inflammatory
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Flu Crossed Back From Hogs To Inspectors: Reports

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Two Canadian Food Inspection Agency workers may be the first known cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza crossing from hogs to humans. The CFIA employees, who both have tested positive for the flu strain recently elevated to pandemic status, were working in late April on a quarantined Rocky Mountain House, Alta.-area farm which, at the time,
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Canadian Pork Can Now Be Sold To Russia

MOSCOW/REUTERS Russia said on July 17 it would lift a ban on live pigs and raw pork imports from the U. S. state of Wisconsin and Canada’s Ontario province from July 18 due to what it said was a “stabilization” of the situation of the H1N1 virus in those places. The animal and plant health
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Swine Flu Vaccine Not Tested On New H1N1

A new swine flu vaccine available to protect herds against traditional H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes, has no data available to demonstrate FluSure XP’s efficacy against the newly emerged A H1N1 global virus, Pfizer Animal Health says in a release. FluSure XP is the first swine vaccine to be licensed under new Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Nonpandemic Flu Strain Found In Saskatchewan

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Federal health officials are working with the Saskatchewan government to assess and monitor the public health risk posed by a new strain of influenza that has been detected in that province. The new strain was detected in two workers on a hog farm in Saskatchewan. The workers suffered only mild illness and have recovered fully,
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In Brief… – for Jul. 9, 2009

Low on the radar: Shifting consumer demand is shaping a new reality for Canadian agriculture, but it doesn’t rate high on the radar screen for many producers and agribusiness operators. In a recent survey of FCC’s 9,000-member Vision panel, consumer demand ranked last when producers and agribusiness owners were asked what factors were driving any

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