BLOGS

Hogs on the Hill – The Voice of the U.S. Pork Industry with a Swine’s Eye View
Farm Policy – A Summary of Farm Policy News
SwineWeb – Weekly Commentaries

AGRICULTURAL AND SWINE-RELATED LINKS

These links have been established as a courtesy to visitors of the NPPC Web site and should not be considered an endorsement of any product, service or information provided within these sites.

Trade Associations and Commodity Groups

Organizations providing public information on products and expert opinions on agriculture, animal sciences, marketing and production.

• American Association of Meat Processors
• American Association of Swine Practitioners
• American Dietetic Association
• American Farm Bureau Federation
• American Farmland Trust
• American Feed Industry Association
• American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
• American Meat Institute
• American Medical Association
• American Seed Trade Association
• American Society of Animal Science
• American Soybean Association
• Animal Agriculture Alliance
• Animal Health Institute
• Biotechnology Industry Organization
• CropLife America
• Food Marketing Institute
• Good Environmental Livestock Production Practices
• Grocery Manufacturers Association
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
• Institute of Food Technologists
• International Food Information Council
• International Food Policy Research Institute
• National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
• National Corn Growers Association
• National Farmers Organization
• National Grain and Feed Association
• National Food Processors Association
• National Hot Dog and Sausage Council
• National Meat Association
• National Pork Board
• United Soybean Board
• U.S. Animal Health Association
• U.S. Poultry and Egg Association

 

Government Agencies

Features research reports, laws, regulations and general information about food safety and animal husbandry from the U.S. government.

• Federal Trade Commission
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Office of the United States Trade Representative
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Agricultural Research Service
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Economic Research Service
• Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Foreign Agriculture Service
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Livestock and Grain Market News
• USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Swine Reporting Dashboard
• Foreign Agriculture Services
• Trade Agreements
• Production, Supply and Distribution Online
• Global Agriculture Trade System (GATS)
• Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) Reports
• Food Safety and Inspection Service
• Export Information
• MRL Database
• Office of the United States Trade Representative
• Trade Agreements
• State Specific Benefits to Trade
• Agriculture
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center
• Web interface for reading/sending mail
• Animal Feeding Operations
• Animal Feeding Operations – Air Programs
• Animal Feeding Operations – Water Programs
• Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Federal Advisory Committee
• National Air Emissions Monitoring Study
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
• Chesapeake Bay Program Office
• Water Office
• Air Office
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
• Center for Veterinary Medicine
• World Trade Organization

Publications

Features news headlines and scientific feature stories about pork production and general agriculture.

• Agri-Pulse
• Better Farming Magazine
• Carolina-Virginia Farmer
• DTN
• Farm Journal
• Farm Progress
• Feedstuffs
• Iowa Farmer Today
• Meating Place
• National Hog Farmer
• National Restaurant News
• Nature
• Pork Magazine
• Prepared Foods Magazine
• Pro Farmer
• The Scientist
• Science
• Successful Farming
• Wallaces Farmer
• Western Producer
• ShowPig
• SwineWeb
• CME Daily Livestock Report

 

International Organizations

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
• FAOSTAT
• World Trade Organization
• Codex Alimentarius
• World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)

 

Scientific Organizations

Groups providing studies on animal science issues.

• American Council on Science and Health
• American Council on Science and Health
• Biotechnology Industry Organization
• National Academy of Sciences
• Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology

 

Animal Health and Food Safety

Gestation Stalls

• American Veterinary Medical Association – Animal Welfare Forum coverage
• USDA – The Emerging issue of Sow housing 2004 Annual report.
• Individual Stalls Can Improve Sow Welfare, AASV

PRV

• PRV Fact Sheets (Pork Board)
• Iowa Pork Industry Center – Pseudo rabies (PRV) Information 2005
• PRV Eradication Update, AASV

PRRS

• PRSS Coordinated Agriculture Project (CAP)
• National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
• National Animal Health Monitoring System

Antibiotics/Antimicrobials

• Antibacterial Resistance and Antibiotic Use in Animals, fact sheet, NPPC
• USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS IN SWINE PRODUCTION – THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY? –North Carolina State University

 

University sites

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
• Iowa State University, Extension
• Kansas State University
• University of Kentucky
• University of Minnesota
• University of Minnesota, Extension
• Manure Management
• University of Nebraska
• Montana State University, Extension Swine Program
• University of Nebraska Extension Publications
• North Carolina State University’s Extension Swine Husbandry
• North Dakota State University
• The Ohio State University
• Oklahoma State University: Breeds of Swine
• Purdue University
• Introduction to NAEMS
• Virginia State University, Cooperative Extension
• Pennsylvania State University
• South Dakota State University
• Washington State University