Swine Contracts and The Packers and Stockyards Act

Swine Contracts and The Packers and Stockyards Act

The Packers and Stockyards Act is intended to ensure fair trade practices and competitive markets for livestock, meat, and poultry. It imposes requirements on swine growers and on the contracts between integrators and growers.

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Animal Gene Editing: the Science of Gene Editing for a Non-Scientist

Animal Gene Editing: the Science of Gene Editing for a Non-Scientist

Hornless dairy cattle, mosquitoes resistant to malaria, mice cured of muscular dystrophy, PRRS-resistant pigs, fast-growing salmon, livestock that require less food and have less of an environmental footprint—these are just a few examples of advantages created by the new technological tool known as gene editing. 

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