Antimicrobial Resistance
As a recognized expert on antimicrobial resistance I write to commend your recent comments on this issue in the public media

Comments on the Draft BSE feed and fertilizer ban
While I complete agree that we should let vegetarian animals be vegetarian, I would like to point out that pigs and chickens are not, in fact, vegetarian.

Coalition of Concerned Citizens of Huron-Kinloss Update/ OMB Decision
If you take the time to read the decision, you will appreciate the Township's four criteria related to drainage, groundwater, susceptibility, odour impacts and traffic impacts to be used to evaluate future intensive livestock applications.

Hog firm sued in KC over pollution
A coalition of law firms is suing Premium Standard Farms, citing the stench and runoff from its hog operations. The company says it has spent 10 years providing jobs and staying on the forefront of environmental technology.

Precautionary Moratorium on New Concentrated Animal Feed Operations
Precautions should be taken to minimize both specific chemical exposures (hydrogen sulfide and ammonia) and mixed exposures (including odor) arising from CAFOs

Columnist wrong to back factory farms
I can't bring myself to support an industry which has so many negative implications: for the environment, for animal welfare and for the survival of smaller farms, which Mr. Hursh seems to be ready to write off.

Court of Queens Bench Removes Councilor from the RM of Livingston
The court ruled that Mr. Strilaeff had a pecuniary interest in matters before the council, namely possible financial profit from decisions on the development of NW ¼ 33-34-30, hog barns, Lac La Course Hogs Inc. and Big Sky Farms.

Yikes! Look at all those Canadian pigs
If you think there are a lot of Canadian hogs coming into the U.S., you are right. They are flowing south at double the rate of one year ago, which has helped drive down U.S. hog prices

Information links on nitrates in drinking water
Stay informed and know what to look for in water tests

US pork producers file dumping charges against Canada
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) last Friday filed antidumping and countervailing duty cases against live hog imports from Canada