National Ag News
Pork Board focused on growing secure pork supply
Jun 8, 2017, 12:06 PM
by
System
The CEO of the National Pork Board (NPB) says as hog production expands, the industry is focused on keeping pigs healthy and marketing more product.
Bill Even says a safe, secure pork supply depends on disease prevention, early detection, response, and recovery.
“So as you walk through that paradigm, as you would with a producer or veterinarian, they’ll tell you the number one prevention (priority) is good biosecurity. Are we inspecting things that are coming into the United States that perhaps carry disease into the country inadvertently?”
He tells Brownfield the threat of Foot and Mouth is central to NPB’s approach.
Continue reading Pork Board focused on growing secure pork supply at Brownfield Ag News.
