WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2006- Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced the 2006 Conservation Security Program (CSP) sign-up will be held Feb. 13, 2006 to March 31, 2006 in 60 watersheds nationwide.
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Texas A&M and Texas Tech Receive Funds to Study Feral Hogs
The Texas state legislature has appropriated $500,000 to study the feral hog issue in Texas.
Position Announcement: Swine Technical Service Associate
Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly Canada Inc. is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing, and marketing of innovative animal health products. We currently have a full-time position available for a Swine Technical Service Associate.
Position Announcement – Swine Veterinary Residency
Seaboard Foods, a completely integrated swine system with 213,000 sows, is offering a residency program in the Oklahoma panhandle. The revolutionary program of 2-3 years duration offers a veterinarian a chance to get practical experience in swine health and production in one of the largest totally integrated systems in the world. The program also offers the opportunity to obtain a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, fully paid by Seaboard.
Position Announcement: Quality Assurance Veterinarian
Tyson Fresh Meats in Rogers, Arkansas, seeks a Quality Assurance Veterinarian. This position is responsible for ensuring that the quality of the product reaching the customer meets specifications. This requires involvement in the verification of success at the customer location, the analysis of opportunities for improvement and process of change to meet demands. This position will manage day-to-day quality assurance functions in multiple facilities including geographic region, customer base and product group and be a liaison between production and sales. This requires handling quality related customer complaints and product rejects, ensuring all Pork Group customers and governmental quality regulations are followed, documented and modified when necessary. This will include consistently recording customer contacts and clearly communicating success, failure and other discoveries to the relevant department heads. Other duties include development of quality assurance and inspection programs, policies and procedures and ensuring that products comply with specifications. This position will interact with and train company personnel, internal and external customers and their agents as well as conduct farm assessments and evaluations. Also, this position will be directly involved with ensuring quality relative to product changes or process changes, and will visit the customer’s location or farm routinely.
University of Illinois to Sequence Pig Genome
The University of Illinois was awarded a $10 million USDA grant to obtain a draft sequence of the pig genome.
Position Announcement: Swine Technical Services Veterinarian
An international pharmaceutical company seeks a Swine Technical Services Veterinarian.
Upcoming Meeting: III Latin American Congress of Swine Production and Pork Expo 2006
Information is available online for the Latin American Congress of Swine Production and Pork Expo 2006, to be held at the Foz do Iguaçu Convention Center in Brazil, October 25-27, 2006. The event features technical seminars and lectures presented by international experts, as well as a commercial exhibition with 150 participating companies. For details, see http://www.porkexpo.com.br.
Japan Reinstates US Beef Ban
Following the finding of a vertebral column in a shipment of beef originating from a New York-based packer, the Japanese Agriculture Ministry has reinstated a ban on all US beef imports.
AASV Meets with the OPIC Swine Health Advisory Board
AASV President-elect Dr. Scott Dee was invited to attend the Ontario Pork Industry Council Swine Health Advisory Board (OSHAB) meeting on January 11-13, 2006 to discuss North American PRRS eradication efforts. Dr. Dee accepted an invitation to serve on the Board and provided the following summary of the meeting. “OSHAB is particularly pleased that Scott eagerly volunteered to join and participate in our Board. The involvement of AASV added tremendous credibility to OSHAB and its endeavours. The Ontario industry now realizes that PRRS eradication is an international goal, one that requires a great deal of interaction and co-operation between not only the various industry sectors in Ontario, but also with other areas of North America. Only by working together and sharing information will we be able to control PRRS and eventually achieve our common goal of eradication in North America” stated Dr. Gaylan Josephson, committee Chair.