MILWAUKEE (AP) The state's response to a potentially fatal swine disease was hindered last month by farms that failed to register where their animals are kept as required by law, officials say. Wisconsin became the first state in the nation a year and a half ago to require livestock premise registration in an effort to track down animals within 48 hours and help prevent the spread of disease. But when swine contracted pseudorabies on two Clark County farms in central Wisconsin, the state...

pork and pork variety meat exports to Japan was more than $1 billion last year, nearly double that of Mexico, the second largest market for U. To create a recurring theme, many of the recipes from the cookbook also are featured on the USMEF Japan Web site, which receives over 2,500 hits per day. The growth of imports into Japan has also made the market much more attractive to other exporting countries. USMEF also launched a mini-sauce retail promotion in April featuring a ginger pork sauce...

IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle, Indonesia, which took a leaf out of his book, used this weapon to take on the World Health Organisation and the developed nations in its struggle to gain access to vaccines produced using its bird flu samples in case of a pandemic. IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle,...

Bottom line: Corn remains a highly volatile market, awaiting the next significant fear driver to fuel a price move out of this stagnant trading range. We won t have a definitive answer on acreage for almost another month, meaning bulls should be able to rely on acreage fears for support for awhile. Weather hasn t been a big factor this early in the season for beans just going into the ground, but demand is a great place to lay the ground work for price support. Corn traders aren t assuming...

RALEIGH Democratic presidential prospect John Edwards is throwing his weight behind labor activists who are trying to pressure the worlds largest hog slaughterhouse into recognizing a union without an employee vote. Smithfield executives have said they would support a secret-ballot vote, but union leaders argue the company wont allow a fair election. He also joined in labors call for card-check neutrality, which would allow labor groups to certify their standing as soon as they get the...

Higher corn prices impact companies throughout the meat industry, including those with heavy positions in pork and beef production, such as Tyson, Smithfield and Hormel Foods. Some estimates have corn prices rising as high as $3 to $4 a bushel this year, eclipsing a record set more than a decade ago. One way chicken producers have boosted prices is by cutting production and bringing the supply-demand equation into better balance. Even when something happens half a world away, like an...