regulation

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• The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a a major regulatory re-write as part of the 2008 Farm Bill.  As economist Steve Meyers shares, those changes and additions could significantly alter the nature of the livestock production industry in the U.S.  The comment period is open and can be entered here or send an email to comments.gipsa@usda.gov
• GIPSA website
• NPPC GIPSA comments
• AMI GIPSA info
• R-Calf GIPSA release
• National Farmers Union comments

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• The murmuring continues unabated that use of antibiotics in food production is somehow responsible for human antibiotic resistance.  Dr. Howard Hill helped make the case to "follow the science" recently at a congressional hearing on antibiotic use in livestock production and antibiotic resistance in humans.  We caught up with Dr.

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• Joel Newman, AFIA's president and CEO provides an overview of the upcoming AFIA conference in Atlanta and highlights legislative and regulatory issues on his organization's front burner

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• Looking at the current state of climate change legislation and regulation with National Pork Producers Council's Chief Environmental Council Michael Formica at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters meeting in Kansas City, MO. NPPC's Green House Gas Emissions And Animal Agriculture information page provides positioning information to review.

SwineCast 0431 Show Notes:

SwineCast 0300 Show Notes:

• It's the 300th episode of SwineCast, featuring special conversations from the National Pork Board's Pork Manager's Conference in Destin, FL
• Informa Economics Jim Wiesemeyer looks at the upcoming elections and possible impact on U.S. agriculture