Big Dutchman Co-Founder Passes Away
GENERAL - Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, Michigan on January 6th, 2012.

PIC Announces First Shipment from US to Russia
US and RUSSIA - PIC has completed delivery of 1,071 high-health breeding pigs from the US to key account Gvardia in the Stavropol Region of Russia.

Pork Commentary: Swine Industry Gets Support
CANADA & US - The North American Swine Industry is mostly situated where grain and soybeans are grown. The high price of these crop commodities has increased farm land values in North America in there...

Endocrinology: the Answer to Seasonal Infertility?
GLOBAL - For years the annual cycle of infertility has had major implications for the pig industry globally, from indoor producers in Korea to outdoor units in Scotland, writes Stephen Waite, Head of Science...

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.

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.

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

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...

Pork Commentary: Road Trip to Montana and Alberta
US & CANADA - Last week, we went to the state of Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta to meet Genesus customers and prospects. Of course, we got to hear about markets and other industry issues,...

Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum Takes Centre Stage
ASIA - Biomin again hosted the biennial event, Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum, this month.

Pork Commentary: Pork Demand Phenomenal
US & RUSSIA - This week, Jim Long compares the health of the pork and chicken industries in the US and states that Russia is very short of meeting its domestic pork needs.

Hypor Making Major Progress
GLOBAL - Hypor is growing every day - growing as new markets learn it is are and what it does, growing through the targeted acquisitions of 2008 through 2010 and growing with new technologies, new products,...

Pork Commentary: US Exports Continue Record Pace
GLOBAL - This week's Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

North & Latin America Boost Genus Results
GLOBAL - In its results for the financial year, Genus has reported an increase of seven per cent in operating profit to more than £45 million.

Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum Takes Centre Stage
ASIA - Biomin has announced the dates and destinations for the company's biennial event, Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum in October.

September is ‘Exhibition Month‘ for CID Lines
GLOBAL - CID Lines will be exhibiting at seven events this month.

Pork Commentary: US - Canada Hogs & Pigs Inventory
US & CANADA - Last week the United States and Canada combined inventory was released. To say it was ‘steady’ is an understatement, writes Jim Long in this week's Pork Commentary.

TOPIGS Around the World
GLOBAL - TOPIGS breeds pigs by deploying the best breeding tools on a global scale, says the company, presenting results from its top-performing clients in the Netherlands, Canada, Russia and Brazil.

Pork Commentary: Road Trip to Thailand & India
THAILAND & INDIA - "The odyssey continued last week, not quite Jason and the Argonauts but we are covering a lot of ground. As you probably read in previous commentaries we have travelled one week Russia,...

Merck Supports Recovery of Japanese Animal Sector
NETHERLANDS & JAPAN - Merck Animal Health has donated about US$30,000 (Â¥2.3 million) to three veterinary and farmer associations in Japan to support recovery of the Japanese animal sector following the...

Genesus Breeding Stock Sold in Russia
CANADA & RUSSIA - Canada's Agriculture Minister Ritz has announced that Genesus breeding stock have been sold to Russia.

Merck Announces New Name for Animal Health Group
GLOBAL – Merck’s animal health division, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announced that effective today it will begin using the new name, Merck Animal Health. It will...

Canada & Russia Increase Trade Opportunities
CANADA & RUSSIA - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz underlined the importance of Canada's growing partnership with Russia in the agriculture sector at the opening of the first Canada-Russia Livestock Forum...

Financial Innovation & Reforms Vital for All Markets
GLOBAL - Financial innovation and reforms are strengthening emerging markets and expanding the market for agricultural productivity investment, according to the Chief Sustainability Officer of Novus I...

PIC Takes Lead in Testing for Profit-Robbing Reciprocal Translocations
GLOBAL - Reciprocal translocations (RTs) are chromosomal rearrangements that lead to the development of genetically ‘unbalanced’ sperm cells that can result in a significant economic impact over the...

Merck, Sanofi-Aventis to Keep Separate Businesses
US & FRANCE - Merck and sanofi-aventis announced today the mutual termination of their agreement to form a new animal health joint venture by combining Merial, the animal health business of sanofi-aventis,...

Hypor Increases Investment in Feed Intake Recording
GLOBAL - Between 60 and 70 per cent of the cost of production is feed. Now more than ever feed conversion efficiency is critically important in pig production.

World's Fastest Growing Piétrain Lands in N America
NORTH AMERICA - The Hypor Maxter has landed in North America.

Big Dutchman Trainees Visit Malaysia, Michigan
SOUTHEAST ASIA & US - First hand reports from the Big Dutchman trainees Natalia Krieger and Christian Sauer about their internships in two of the company's subsidiaries in South-East Asia and in North...