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Monday, May 23, 2011
Pig Welfare Remains a Big IssueUK - Welfare will continue to be a big issue in the pig industry and genetic selection for improved efficiency and ethics are not necessarily antagonistic to ethical production.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Focus on Feed ConversionUK - Pig producers intent on surviving the current pig crisis could save themselves thousands of pounds by utilising a little knowledge, according to Matthew Curtis, managing director of ACMC.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Walling to Lead JSR Genetics BusinessUK - JSR Genetics has appointed Dr Grant Walling as Managing Director, taking overall responsibility for JSR's sales business and breed improvement programmes.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Chinese Delegates Visit East YorkshireUK - Staff from Yorkshire-based pig breeding company, JSR, were “honoured” to host a group of business delegates visiting from the Xiangfan province of China. The delegates were visiting the North...
Friday, October 22, 2010
JSR Looks to the FutureUK - Laura Russell and Mark Woodall have been appointed to boost JSR Genetics' international and UK sales force, respectively.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Co-Op Chief Appeals to Retailers Over Pig Crates SCOTLAND, UK - The boss of one of Scotland’s biggest pig marketing co-operatives has appealed to retailers not to jump to hasty decisions on the type of indoor farrowing systems farmers use for sows...
Friday, September 17, 2010
Science - the Answer to Feeding the World?The theme of this year's JSR Technical Conference was Science – the Key to Feeding the World, writes Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, who attended the event at the University of Nottingham...
Thursday, August 12, 2010
JSR’s Technical Conference Offers Food for ThoughtUK - The 21st JSR Technical Conference, this year entitled Science – The Key to Feeding the World, takes place on 14 September at Nottingham University’s Sutton Bonnington Camp...
Monday, April 12, 2010
Investment to Yield Improvements in Pig PerformanceUK - Pig producers can continue to expect large improvements in efficiency from advances in genetics, Yorkshire-based pig-breeding company ACMC, will be telling pig producers at this year’s British Pig...
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Comparison of Terminal Sire Pig Genetics AvailableNORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Historically, Landrace was one of the main terminal sire breeds of slaughter generation pigs in Northern Ireland. With the onset of PMWS (Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome)...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New Virus Threatens UK Pig IndustryUK - HP-PRRS (Highly Pathogenic Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome) is a new disease that poses as great a risk as foot-and-mouth disease.
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Science Behind Meat QualityUK - An interview with Caroline Mitchell, meat scientist with JSR Genetics, which includes details of a trial she has recently conducted for one of the company's customers.
PCV2 Vaccines Perform WellUK - Preliminary results suggest that PCV2 vaccines improve pig lifetime performance and shorten the time to slaughter. These are the initial findings of a controlled BPEX trial.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
PCV2 Vaccines Reduce Time to SlaughterUK - PCV2 vaccines improve the lifetime performance of pigs and shorten time to slaughter, according to preliminary results from a BPEX trial.
Friday, September 11, 2009
NPA Calls for Rethink on Vitamin AUK - To protect consumers, the European Food Standards Agency has proposed new maximum levels of vitamin A in animal feed.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Trial for Comparison of Terminal Sire GeneticsNORTHERN IRELAND, UK - With the onset of PMWS in Northern Ireland, Pietrain and Tempo genetics became popular choices of terminal sire.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Getting Gilt Integration RightUK - With good returns on finished pigs, attractive cull sow prices and a contracting EU pig herd, many producers are building up their breeding herds again, some of which have been run at below optimum...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Pig Industry Welcomes 'Academia & Industry Link'UK - The country's largest pig breeding company, JSR, is supporting the recent change in the way the government is making higher education more accountable to industry.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
JSR Strengthens UK Sales TeamUK - The UK pig industry is witnessing a renewed resurgence in the south of the UK, according to JSR’s latest employee Len Phoenix.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
New UK JSR Sales Director Sees Potential of IndustryUK - Giles Christie has been promoted to UK Sales Director at JSR and takes charge of their UK genetics business.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Accurate Labelling on British Pork ProductsUK - Naturally occurring isotopes of five common elements found in pork will be measured to prove its provenance and thereby protect the integrity of the Quality Standard Mark.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Investing Significantly in AgricultureUK - Quantech Solutions has recently undertaken an analysis of the innovation intensity of agriculture, i.e. how much does agriculture invest in innovation relative to other sectors.
Monday, January 26, 2009
GM Pigs to be Bred for Organ Transplant HarvestingUK - Lord Winston, a fertility researcher, has announced plans to breed genetically engineered pigs, for the purpose of harvesting their organs for transplant into humans.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
New porcine AI productsUK - Innovis Ltd, which is a multi-species operation, works in close partnership with PIC in the operation of two GTCs and supplies all PIC’s AI products and semen processing services.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
New semen sexing technologyUK - Welsh start-up company Ovasort Limited has signed a global deal with the owners of Danish Bacon for a new genetic technology which could allow pig breeders to pre-select the sex of new-born animals,...
Friday, July 15, 2005
ACMC Pigs-Tested, approved and recognisedUK - In the 36 months since the launch of its seven new breeds of production pig, Yorkshire, UK, based ACMC has seen demand soar for its genetics, technical support and profitable pigs. Available as live...
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