http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics RSS Feed for Hot Topics en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:53 GMT http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/White-House-urges-Senate-to-cut-crop-insurance-in-farm-bill-208294121.html The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Swine-virus-confirmed-in-Iowa-Indiana-hog-herds-208291871.html Farms in two of the nation's leading pork producing states have tested positive for the potentially fatal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), U.S. pork industry veterinarian official said Monday. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Arson-charges-brought-after-Ill-hog-barn-burns-208170491.html A fire at a farm in Crawford County, Ill., killed an unknown number of hogs valued at more than $300,000 last week, and now authorities have arrested man in connection with the fire. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Survey-reveals-most-Americans-in-favor-of-COOL-208141761.html A survey by the Consumer Federation of America shows 90 percent of Americans are in favor of requiring companies to list the origin of the fresh meat they sell on the label. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Brumm-Speaks-Out-Im-not-cut-out-for-the-urban-life-208137591.html This week’s blog is being written in the MSP airport. Storms shut down all departures and landings for over 1 hour so all flights the remainder of the evening are messed up, including mine. The good news – more moisture for the upper midwest to further push back the drought boundries. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/USDA-says-has-detected-virus-in-Iowa-hog-population-207922731.html USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories has detected porcine epidemic diarrhea (PEDV), a virus associated with outbreaks of diarrhea and vomiting, in the Iowa hog population, a USDA spokesman said on Friday. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Hog-Outlook-Retail-prices-up-24-percent-over-the-last-2-years-207908921.html The average price of pork in grocery stores during April was $3.458 per pound. That was down 0.8 cents from March and down 0.1 cents from April 2012. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Canada-to-target-US-products-in-meat-labels-dispute-207894361.html Canada will put forward a list of U.S. products that it will target in retaliation over a dispute with its largest trading partner about country of origin labels on meat, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Friday. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Survey-shows-farm-income-spending-rose-in-first-quarter-207535931.html While first quarter 2013 farm income and capital spending were higher than expected across the Midwest and Mid-South than first quarter 2012, agricultural lenders remained cautious in their expectations for the year ahead amid risks posed by ongoing weakness in the U.S. economy and higher producer input costs, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/Illinois-River-at-damaged-lock-may-reopen-late-Tuesday-207417951.html A northern stretch of the Illinois River that has been closed since Saturday for emergency lock repair work may reopen to commercial navigation as soon as Tuesday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers said.