USDA to reopen FSA offices for additional services during Government Shutdown
All Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices nationwide will soon reopen to provide additional administrative services to farmers and ranchers.
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ASF spreads through Mongolia
The disease has already been confirmed in 4 different provinces and in a district of the capital.
EFSA: harmonised data collection for more effective risk assessment
The proposed approach automatically translates data currently collected by Member States into a common language and stores them logically.
China: strengthen the regulation over veterinary drugs
Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has revised and released the Announcement on the Heavy Punishment for Serious Illegal Acts Concerning Veterinary Drugs (Announcement No. 97 of MARA), and abolished its former Announcement No. 2071.
OIE: upgrading animal data systems
The 74 Ministers’ delegations expressed their support to the on-going renovation of the World Animal Health Information System, OIE-WAHIS, acknowledging its key contribution to a more sustainable, responsible and efficient livestock production.
Chr. Hansen ranked as the most sustainable company in the world
Topping the 2019 global index of the 100 most sustainable companies, as announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
China 2018 pork production down
The total output of pork was 54.04 million tons, down by 0.9 percent.
Nine emerging technologies here or coming
There is no argument new smart technologies are coming in swine production says Tom Stein, senior strategic adviser for Maximus Systems.
EFSA to share data on open-access platform
EFSA has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many of its risk assessments.
Canon Hired as AASV Director of Communications
Canon accepted the position currently held by Dr. Harry Snelson, who will assume the position of Executive Director on June 1st after 13 years as Director of Communications.
Aherne Innovation Prize at 2019 Banff Pork Seminar shared by two winners
Willing says again this year the quality and number of applicants was strong, a sign of the tremendous innovation occurring on farms every day.
France will create a wild boar-free 'white area' to avoid the entrance of ASF
A 'white area' with a radius of a few kilometres around the cases in Belgium and where all the wild boars will be culled will be set up.
Belgium extends some measures for fighting ASF
The measures regarding the ban on the circulation in the forests located in the buffer and core areas have been extended.
Morocco notifies a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak
Morocco hadn't notified foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks since November 13th, 2015, when it notified the last O ME-SA / Indian 2001 serotype outbreaks.
Innovative slat anchor can be positioned without special tools
Screw and washer can then be tightened without problem.
Australia: African Swine Fever has been detected in banned pork products
Australia’s strict biosecurity authorities have detected African Swine Fever (ASF) at international border banned pork products, a disease that has proven devastating for the pork industry across China recently.