Source: CAROLINA-VIRGINIA FARMER, 7/23/13
Directors of the National Pork Board Monday voted unanimously to invest an additional $350,000 in disease research to combat the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus that is spreading through U.S. swine herds this summer.
The funding boost is in addition to $450,000 announced in June, bringing total Checkoff dollars invested to $800,000, NPB said.
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