£Million Breeding Stock Order in Jeopardy
UK - Orders for breeding stock from Russia, worth £1 million to Yorkshire-based pig-breeding company ACMC and due to be shipped in September and November, have been placed in jeopardy as a result of the...

Merial acknowledge the interim report issued by the HSE today
UK - Merial fully support the investigation and will continue to co-operate and provide complete access to our centre to enable these investigations to continue.

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

New 'clean air' finishing barn pulls in the crowds
NORDHORN - Well-attended Open Day

Big Dutchman Inaugurated Major Projects In Croatia
CROATIA - The Croatian town of Belje located in the border triangle of Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, is looking back on a tradition of more than 100 years in pig management. The special trait of local pig...

Rik Verweij New Manager For TOPIGS Russia
RUSSIA - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Rik Verweij (41) as manager for TOPIGS Russia, with effect from 15 July 2007. Mr Verweij will be responsible for the further development of the...

TOPIGS genetics: 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.

EU PCV-2 Annual Research Award launched by Boehringer Ingelheim
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announced the launch of the European PCV-2 Award, which recognizes excellent research proposals in the area of applied immunological PCV-2 research.

Pork Commentary: No Fun in Mudville?
CANADA - Last Friday, the Iowa-Minnesota lean price averaged 66.21 (49¢ liveweight). There is no fun in Mudville with hog prices at these levels in July. Too many hogs, too much pork, more beef and chicken...

A more cultured sausage
DENMARK - Ingredients and additives specialist Chr. Hansen has launched two novel starter cultures for sausages. The two products, BFL-F02 and BFL-F05, are primarily aimed at customers in Europe and offer...

New appointments to Pfizer UK's pig and poultry team
UK - Two new appointments have been made by Pfizer Animal Health to its pig and poultry team serving the UK and Ireland - David Roberts joining as veterinary relations manager and Freddie French as a key...

Pork Commentary: US Swine Inventory Continues to Grow – Big Question Pork Demand?
CANADA - There is no doubt, by any measurement, that there are more hogs in the US compared to a year ago, writes Jim Long in this week's commentary.

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....

One scoop or two - how dense is your feed?
UK - Ever thought about the density of your pig feed? It is something you should consider says ACMC Vet Paul Thompson of Garth Partnership, a dedicated Pig Heath and Veterinary Consultancy.

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...

Customers will profit from expert nutritional service
UK - Rising feed prices, higher welfare standards, more demanding consumers: keeping pig production profitable is becoming ever more challenging.

Brits should work together to vaccinate against PCV2, says French vet
UK - Merial's PCV2 vaccine Circovac arrives in Britain this September.

Pfizer Introduces Superior Treatment for Swine Respiratory Disease
NEW YORK – A new, single-dose antibacterial that provides more effective treatment of complex swine respiratory disease (SRD) has been discovered and developed by Pfizer Animal Health.

Pork Commentary: Lean Hog Prices Reach 80¢
US - In May, the usual suspect ag-economists (soothsayers) pronounced from the mountain top that the lean hog prices for the year had reached their top. We disagreed (as usual), writes Jim Long.

British pigs loved in Russia
Business is booming for British pig breeders at Agrofarm, Russia's first agricultural trade show.

75,000 Euro's available for PCV-2 Research - Apply here!
EU - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH is offering a total sum of 75,000 €uro's annually for the best research proposals in the field of applied immunological PCV-2 research.

JSR brings the world to Yorkshire
UK - Britain's leading pig breeding company, JSR Genetics, welcomed delegates from around the world to a two day World Partners Conference in Yorkshire. Delegates from ten countries including Japan, South...

Pork Commentary: Finally Some Live in the Price
US - Last Friday, the Iowa-Minnesota average lean price averaged 74.76 (55¢ liveweight lb). It’s good to see prices move up, but they seem to be struggling to go higher, writes Jim Long.

Pig Recording Via The Internet
WORLD - PigCom, the Windows-based PC herd recording system, can now be downloaded direct via the Internet. Developed over the past four years by pig-breeding company ACMC for their own in-house recording,...

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