http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular RSS Feed for Popular en-us Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:21:52 GMT http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/Commentary-Food-Network-host-promotes-Meatless-Monday-187514081.html Food Network personality Giada De Laurentis launched her 2013 season with an episode entitled “Meatless Mondays.” De Laurentis prepares meatless meals every Monday night for “health” and “environmental reasons,” according to a description of the episode on Foodtv.com. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/Vote-now-for-USFRA-farming-and-ranching-winners-182868031.html The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) has identified nine finalists in its ‘Faces of Farming & Ranching’ program. Consumers and other farmers and ranchers around the country are asked to vote online for their favorites. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/Commentary-Make-Temple-Grandin-proud-182542821.html Temple Grandin, Colorado State University professor of Animal Science, spoke to Iowa farmers at the 94th Iowa Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. More than a thousand Iowa farmers sat in rapt attention as she talked about the public’s thirst for farming knowledge. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/Farm-bill-headed-for-lame-duck-session-170339076.html As the House of Representatives puts off a vote on the 2012 Farm Bill, Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation, senior director of Congressional relations, says the outcome is very hard to predict. Further, there is no guarantee that the farm bill will be brought up in a lame duck session. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/New-commercial-planned-for-Pork-Be-inspired-campaign-159601865.html The National Pork Board (NPB) has approved funding for production of a new television commercial for its ‘Pork. Be Inspired’ advertising campaign. Production for the commercial is set to begin this fall. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/South-Korea-receives-12-million-doses-of-FMD-vaccine-117417388.html Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announced that it has shipped 12 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to South Korea to assist in the country’s efforts to halt the ongoing FMD outbreak. Although the country is gaining ground on controlling the FMD epidemic, the vaccines will be used to further quash the disease from spreading. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-news/popular/Montana-senator-objects-to-South-Korean-trade-deal.html Pork producers’ long-awaited final approval of the South Korea free-trade agreement may have hit another snag. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman, is siding with cattle ranchers from his home state in opposition to the South Korean Free Trade agreement, according to the Washington Post. Baucus could hinder President Obama's efforts to win quick approval of the pact.