Some local farmers fear swine-flu frenzy could lead to boycott (The Peterborough Examiner) Local pork farmers say their products are safe, but some fear the global frenzy over swine flu could lead to a pork boycott similar to the mad-cow-disease crisis.[...] [News Source]

Livestock traceback participation disappoints -USDA (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A disappointing one-third of cattle, hog and poultry farmers are enrolled in a livestock traceback system intended as a primary U.S. defense against mad cow and other diseases, an Agriculture Department official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Livestock traceback participation disappoints -USDA (Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A disappointing one-third of cattle, hog and poultry farmers are enrolled in a livestock traceback system intended as a primary U.S. defense against mad cow and other diseases, an Agriculture Department official said on Tuesday. [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (San Francisco Chronicle) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. Twice a day, Brinker or one of his farmhands wanders a barn holding... [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (San Francisco Chronicle) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. Twice a day, Brinker or one of his farmhands wanders a barn holding... [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (San Francisco Chronicle) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. Twice a day, Brinker or one of his farmhands wanders a barn holding... [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (San Francisco Chronicle) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. Twice a day, Brinker or one of his farmhands wanders a barn holding... [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (AP via Yahoo! News) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (AP via Yahoo! News) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]

Critics question self-inspections for flu in pigs (AP via Yahoo! News) Kenny Brinker is on the front lines of the national drive to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on U.S. hog farms. But he's not a public health worker. He's a hog farmer in central Missouri. [News Source]