Hypor signs deal to ship thousands of pigs to Russia
THE NETHERLANDS - Hypor B.V, a Hendrix Genetics company and "Znamensky Selekcionno-Gibridny Center" LLC, an Exima company have signed an agreement to co-operate in the field of pig breeding in Russia....

Intervet opens new FMD vaccine facility
BOXMEER – Intervet, the largest vaccine producer world-wide, has opened a new formulation and filling unit at the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne, Germany. With this factory Intervet...

Big Dutchman Celebrate Mod Hog Air Washer
NETHERLANDS - New House With Modern Air Washer For 2,000 Finishing Pigs

25.7 Weaned Pigs/Sow/Year In The Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS sows in the Netherlands weaned on average 25.7 pigs per year. TOPIGS gathered the technical results of 768 farms with in total almost 290,000 sows.

More TOPIGS Sows In The Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS Nederland sold 2.8 % more gilts. In total 215,000 gilts were sold.

TOPIGS Nederland: semen sales plus 6.5%
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS Nederland sold 3.38 million doses of semen, 6.5% more than in 2005. Over the past 4 years, sales have increased by 14% and TOPIGS market share on the Dutch semen market has...

Vostermans latest creation: the five blade Multifan 130
NETHERLANDS - The Multifan 130: 5-blade version is Vostermans latest editioin to cutting edge ventilation technology, promising a performance it says, competitors simply cannot match.

Schering-Plough To Acquire Intervet
NETHERLANDS - American based company Schering Plough has announced it is to acquire the Dutch veterinary company Intervet as part of its buy out of Organon BioSciences, the pharmaceutical division of chemical...

Hypor Grows R&D team
NETHERLANDS - Hypor is pleased to announce the appointments of Xu Bai and Abe Huisman to the Research and Development team. Both geneticists fill newly created positions, with Abe Huisman as the Program...

Intervet sees 6% global growth
THE NETHERLANDS - Revenues at Intervet increased by 3% to EUR 1,125 million boosted by strong autonomous growth of 6% across all regions and product lines.

Intervet opens new vaccine plant
THE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the world’s largest producer of vaccines for animals, has just opened a new production facility for vaccines in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.

Nutreco has signed an MoU to sell the animal breeding activities of Euribrid to Hendrix Genetics
THE NETHERLANDS - Nutreco Holding N.V. and Hendrix Genetics B.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the sale of the animal breeding activities “Euribrid”, including its related Animal...

PowerFlow™: "Uniformity under Control" in larger pig sections
THE NETHERLANDS - Controlling the climate in large sections or buildings housing pigs is often more difficult than in smaller sections. The entirely new Fancom PowerFlow™ ventilation concept deals with...

First use of commercial genomic selection
THE NETHERLANDS - Euribrid announces the first large-scale commercial use of "Genomic Selection" technology in poultry. This is also the first time such a large set of DNA markers has been used in commercial...

Patrick van de Kerkhof appointed Director Sales AND Services at Fancom B.V.
THE NETHERLANDS - Patrick van de Kerkhof has been appointed as Director Sales & Services at Fancom BV in Panningen as per 1st December 2006.

Croatian enterprise Žito starts with TOPIGS in-house breeding system
THE NETHERLANDS - The Croatian-based agricultural company Žito d.o.o. is to start producing sows based on the TOPIGS in-house nucleus system.

"Get Connected" with your PDA for total access to control computers in the house
THE NETHERLANDS - Under the name “Get Connected” Fancom will be presenting a new platform for integral control of climate, feed and process data in pig and poultry houses at VIV Europe.

New Fancom I-fan for energy efficient ventilation
THE NETHERLANDS - The latest development, the I-fan, represents a valuable contribution to Fancom's ventilation concepts such as MTT, Combi ventilation, ProFlow and PowerFlow. Energy savings of up to 75%...

Intervet appoints Ellen de Brabander as a member of the company’s Executive Committee
THE NETHERLANDS - Intervet, Akzo Nobel’s veterinary pharma business, announces that Ellen de Brabander – van den Berg (43) has been appointed as a member of Intervet’s Executive Committee, effective October...

Vostermans Ventilation Acquires Indolec B.V.
THE NETHERLANDS - Vostermans Ventilation B.V. situated in Venlo has reinforced its position on the international fan market through the acquisition of companion fan manufacturer Indolec B.V. from Zaltbommel....

Revolutionary new tool: the IDAL Vaccinator
THE NETHERLANDS - Intervet's IDAL Vaccinator is a revolutionary needleless vaccination device, that allows intradermal application of swine vaccines. Due to its unique nature it has a number of advantages...

Foot-and-Mouth disease vaccine factory now owned by Intervet
THE NETHERLANDS - Five months after signing an agreement on sale and purchase the Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne Bayer HealthCare AG and Intervet International bv have completed the a...

Hypor's Multiplication Dealer Wins Prestigious Agriculture Award
THE NETHERLANDS - Hypor’s multiplication dealer for northern Holland, Johnny Hogenkamp, accepted The Netherlands most prestigious agricultural award, “Agricultural Entrepreneur 2006,” on March 29, 2006...

Akzo Nobel BV to separate Pharma from its Chemicals/Coatings businesses
THE NETHERLANDS – Akzo Nobel NV has announced today that it intends to separate its pharmaceutical activities from its chemicals and coatings businesses. The aim is to create two independent companies...

Intervet acquires FMD vaccine factory from Bayer HealthCare AG
THE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the animal health business unit of Akzo Nobel, announced the agreement with Bayer HealthCare AG to acquire the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne, Germ...