Less Boar Taint by Selecting Terminal Boars
EU - TOPIGS will soon start selecting finisher boars which have less risk of breeding offspring with boar taint.

JSR Signs Contract with Agroprime Holding Ltd.
UKRAINE - Agroprime Holding Ltd based in the Ukraine, have been established since 2005. It has grown into one of the leading agricultural companies in the Odeas region, growing from 5,000 ha to over 18,000...

Novus Receives Sustainability Award
US - The Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) has recognised Novus International, Inc. week with a Circle of Excellence award as part of the organisation's Green Business Challenge.

Pork Commentary: California and Other Things
US - This past week we went to Southern California on business, it was our first time there, writes Jim Long in this week's Pork Commentary.

PCV2 Impairs Danger Recognition, Says Top Expert
UK - Two leading experts on PCV2 provided vets with an update on the virus at the Pig Veterinary Society's autumn meeting.

Meriden Appoints New Regional Manager
GLOBAL - Meriden Animal Health Limited has appointed Dr Wael H A Abdelrahman BVetMed MScVetSc PhD as a Regional Technical Sales manager.

SNPs for More Uniform and Bigger Litters Found
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS researchers have found a series of SNPs that define the region of the genome that explains genetic variation for litter size and uniformity between litters.

Silver Success for Yorkshire Pig Farmer
UK - Yorkshire pig farmer, Ian Broumpton, gained an armful of trophies at this year’s Hull Market Christmas Fatstock Show, according to ACMC.

Pork Commentary: Optimism Essential for Swine Producers
CANADA - We have been accused more than once of being overly optimistic in regards to future hog market prices and profitability. We are optimistic but we have a strong belief our optimism is a characteristic...

Dangers of Fluctuating Winter Temperatures
UK - As we move into winter, fluctuating temperatures can be a major stressor and precursor to pneumonia in pigs, warns says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd.

Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum 2011
ASIA - The Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum, held once every two years in Asia is a multi-destination forum programme tailored for the Asian audience.

Pork Commentary: US Per Capita Meat Consumption
US - In this week's Pork Commentary by Jim Long, he writes about the drop in US per capita meat and poultry consumption.

Novus CEO Addresses World Ag Forum
GLOBAL - Novus International is to present a landmark keynote presentation at the seventh biennial World Agricultural Forum's Congress in Brussels this week.

TOPIGS Imports Top Genetics into China
CHINA - TOPIGS has successfully imported 1003 top breeding pigs to China. These animals originate from TOPIGS nucleus farms in Canada. The great grandparent pigs are the top of the TOPIGS breeding pyramid...

Genesus Looks for Sales Person - US Midwest
US - Genesus is looking for Sales Representatives. You will see our ad in Feedstuffs (below). Why? Genesus sales and supply are growing rapidly. the company is adding sales people not replacing.

TOPIGS Boars from Canada to Russia
CANADA & RUSSIA - On 6 April 2011, TOPIGS transported 56 boars from Canada to four TOPIGS clients in Russia.

UK Genetics and Support Win German Franchise
GERMANY - World class genetics, backed by advanced technical support, has clinched a major franchise contract for UK based JSR Genetics, in the form of a new breeding company, JSR Hybrid Deutschland GmbH....

Pork Commentary: Canada-Mexico Win Trade Case
CANADA - In this week's Pork Commentary, Jim Long writes about the latest Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) win between Canada and Mexico.

Benefits of Recording Feed Conversion
UK - "Efficient feed conversion is the most important economic trait in pig production yet, as an industry, we are quite poor at measuring it," Ed Sutcliffe, geneticist and technical director of pig-breeding...

AI Specialists Come Together in Spain
SPAIN - The annual AI seminar of AIM Worldwide was hosted by AIM Iberica this year.

Vaccine to Reduce Boar Taint Treats Over 1M Pigs
EU - Pfizer Animal Health announced today that over one million pigs have already been treated in Europe with its innovative vaccine to reduce boar taint.

Czech Republic Farmers Require TOPIGS Genetics
CZECH REPUBLIC - There is a high demand for TOPIGS genetics in the Czech Republic.

Big Dutchman Considered 'Outright Image Leader'
GERMANY - Big Dutchman has an outstanding reputation amongst agriculturalists in Germany.

Key to Effective Vaccination Programme
US - A vaccine programme can help prevent many potential problems for producers. However, if vaccines are not stored and handled correctly, the programme can be ineffective, according to Pfizer Team Pork....

Pork Commentary: US Pork Exports Explode
US - In this week's Pork Commentary, Jim Long writes about US pig meat exports.

Training on Electronic Sow Feeding & BigFarmNet
GERMANY - With BigFarmNet, Big Dutchman has a cutting-edge technology on offer which makes pig production much easier: all controllers, computers and sensors on a farm are able to communicate with each...

First Nucleus Farms Start Collecting Tissue
NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, SPAIN & CANADA - In September, the first TOPIGS nucleus farms in the Netherlands, France, Spain and Canada started collecting tissue samples of sows as part of the extended and structural...

TOPIGS France Innov’space Award Winner 2011
FRANCE - TOPIGS France is one of the Innov’space award-winners 2011. They have won this prize by creating CHRONOS, a supporting tool to calculate the labour productivity of a pig farm expressed in kilogram...

PIC Announces Completion of Major Export to Korea
SOUTH KOREA - PIC has completed delivery of 2,300 grandparent stock from Canada to franchise partner, PIC Korea.

Controlling Disease in Young Pigs
US - Mycoplasmal pneumonia and porcine circovirus are two of the costliest diseases affecting pork producers. Helping provide protection before disease exposure is critical to the success of any vaccination...