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Actuality: African Swine Fever Making Ag. Trade Forecasts Difficult

Deputy USDA Chief Economist Warren Preston saying that trade disputes are not the only things making it hard to forecast agricultural exports and trade patterns. There's also African Swine Fever.
 

Source : USDA


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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

Video: Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms


PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.