Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 10/6/20

The pork industry in the United States is getting ready to release a volunteer "contract tracing" program for hogs that the industry hopes would stave off an export and supply crisis should a viral disease for swine show up in the U.S. As the global pork industry watches Germany from afar, the U.S. Pork Checkoff has focused attention on ways to enable regional pork sales and provide the tools necessary for state and federal veterinarians to keep hogs and pork moving should a disease such as African swine fever (ASF) hit the U.S. as well.

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