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Hogs, Livestock

Smithfield’s Outlook Improves

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Smithfield Foods Inc. said May 13 it should meet its fiscal 2009 fourth-quarter debt covenants and appears to be on track to comply with fiscal 2010 covenants. It also said pork exports are recovering after being disrupted recently when countries banned the meat as a precaution against the H1N1 strain of flu. Speaking at the
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H1n1 Symptoms In Pigs Similar To Humans

Thai scientists who infected piglets with the new H1N1 virus spreading around the world said May 11 the strain caused flu-like symptoms in the animals before disappearing, just like many of the human cases. An outbreak of the new strain, known as swine flu, that has killed at least 53 people – mainly in Mexico
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Industry Fights Against Swine Flu Backlash

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“Importers from other countries are really nervous about buying right now.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC Canadians are being urged to eat more pork as the hog industry mounts a publicity drive against a backlash from the H1N1 Influenza A virus that has become known as swine flu. The Canadian Pork Council and its marketing arm
Hogs, Opinion

Cause For Concern

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The last thing this province’s struggling hog sector needed was a global pandemic named after swine. Although the origins of the disease outbreak in Mexico have not at this time been traced back to pigs, the paranoia that has grown as it spreads human to human across the globe has been disastrous for the pork
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A Hog Farmer’s Blog

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Swine flu?!????!!!!! Oh my. Can you speak? Swine flu? I cannot think of a worse thing for this thing to be called. They say that since it has nothing to do with pigs, it has no actual effect on the hog industry. Ummm….. Russia has banned the import of pork. The future outlook on pork
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Egypt To Slaughter 400,000 Pigs

Egypt started seizing and slaughtering herds of pigs April 30 as a precaution against Influenza A H1N1, officials and farmers said, despite resistance by farmers and criticism from the United Nations. Egypt, already hit hard by bird flu, fears another flu virus could spread quickly in a country where most of the roughly 80 million
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Swine Flu Spreads From People To Pigs

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The discovery last weekend of the H1N1 Influenza A flu virus in an Alberta pig herd is the latest blow for Canada’s hog farmers already reeling from a barrage of bad news. The so-called swine flu spreading around the world had already disrupted markets and created a public image problem for pork producers, even though
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In Brief… – for May. 7, 2009

Climate effect: Drier, warmer weather may help curb the swine flu outbreak as the Northern Hemisphere moves into summer and the human flu season nears its end, the World Meteorological Organization says. The United Nations agency said that weather can affect the course of viral epidemics but it was only one piece of the swine
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Swine Flu Won’t Impact Seasonal Labour Program

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“Our guys have better coverage than your average Manitoban.” – TODD GIFFIN, MAYFAIR FARM The Influenza A H1N1 outbreak in Mexico shouldn’t unduly affect Mexican seasonal farm workers coming to Canada under a federal agricultural employment program, officials said. Participants in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) are pre-screened before leaving Mexico to make sure

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