2009 BSAS Hammond Prize for Professor Bishop
UK - Professor Steve Bishop of the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh has won the 2009 BSAS Sir John Hammond Prize.

Top Welfare Award for Dr McGreevey
UK - Dr Paul McGreevy is the recipient of the 2009 prestigious BSAS/RSPCA Award, presented for innovative developments in animal welfare.

Mayne Elected BSAS President
UK - Dr Sinclair Mayne, Departmental Scientific Adviser with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, was recently elected President of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) at the Society's...

Meeting Addresses Antibiotic Use in Food Chain
US - A conference last week entitled Minimizing Antibiotic Resistance Transmission Through the Food Chain revealed widespread concern among academics and the USDA that antibiotic resistance remains...

Good Industry Response to Pig and Poultry Live 09
UK - Groundbreaking new business day, Pig and Poultry Live '09, has generated huge demand from producers and companies throughout the pig and poultry supply chains. The event takes place at Stoneleigh...

2009 Royal Show to be the Last
UK - The Royal Show 2009 will be the last in its present form to be held by the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) at Stoneleigh Park. It takes place on 7 to 10 July.

Lack of Confidence Brings Down Pig Numbers
SCOTLAND, UK - More pig producers will leave the industry, which is in danger of collapsing altogether, if confidence does not improve, NFU Scotland’s Pigs Committee Chairman, Philip Sleigh told MSPs.

BSAS 2009 - UK Science Meeting Opens with Discussion on Food Security
UK - The annual meeting of the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) opened yesterday in the seaside town of Southport on the north-west coast of England. The well-attended first session addressed the...

Overwhelming Support for PQA Plus
US - Reaffirming their commitment to the US pork industry and its customers, Pork Act delegates at the recent National Pork Industry Forum passed two resolutions dealing with Pork Quality Assurance Plus®...

Tasting Tempo in Spain
SPAIN - Visitors of the TOPIGS Iberica stand during the FIMA GANADERA exhibition in Zaragoza could taste for themselves just how good the meat of the Tempo offspring is.

OIE Confers on Animal Identification and Traceability
ARGENTINA - The OIE and its Members move forward on the global implementation of animal identification and product traceability 'from the farm to the fork' at the close of the OIE International Conference...

BPEX Change for Success KT Event
UK - The BPEX Change for Success KT event that took place on 18 March was a huge success with more than 100 delegates attending from all sectors of the industry.

'What We Know about Feeding Liquid By-products'
GERMANY - Dr Jerry Shurson of the University of Minnesota, USA, gave a lecture on the advantages and challenges of liquid feeding at Big Dutchman's 5th International Agents' Meeting in Bremen, Germany,...

VIV ASIA 11 – 13 March 2009
Meriden Animal Health Limited was very pleased to welcome many of their distributors and customers to their stand at the recent VIV ASIA 2009

VIV ASIA - Show Opens to Help Animal Industries Tackle Global Economic Crisis
THAILAND - VIV Asia 2009 opened today, with the overall theme of helping the Asian livestock industries to tackle the global economic crisis. At the opening ceremony, the speakers were optimistic about...

VIV ASIA - Dutch and Thai Groups Co-Operate over Vietnamese Show
THAILAND - Thailand's N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer (NEO) and VNU Exhibitions Europe of the Netherlands are to strengthen their co-operation in ILDEX Vietnam, it was announced at the VIV Asia show.

VIV ASIA - Asian Personalities Announced
THAILAND - The winners were announced of the Pig or Poultry Personality Awards at the opening ceremony of VIV Asia 2009 in Bangkok today, writes ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden. They were Gordon Butland,...

TOPIGS Present at VIV Asia
THAILAND - TOPIGS was also present at the international exhibition VIV Asia in Bangkok, Thailand.

QMS: Euro Debate on Future of Food Quality Labelling
SCOTLAND, UK - Food experts from all over Europe are converging on Prague on Thursday (12 March) to debate the future of food labelling including the use of quality marks such as the Protected Geographical...

All Star Lineup Wows NFU Convention
US - Attendees to the 2009 National Farmers Union Convention heard from an outstanding line-up of policy makers, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary...

NPPC: New Elected Officers and Board Members
US - The National Pork Producers Council on Sunday (7 March) at its annual business meeting, the National Pork Industry Forum, elected new officers and members to its board of directors.

NPB: Various Honours Awarded for 2008 Announced
US - The National Pork Board has given recognition to the latest class of Environmental Steward Award winners at the National Pork Industry Forum in Dallas, Texas held on Friday (6 March 2009). These...

New Date Set for Outlook Conference
UK - A new date has now been set for the Outlook Conference jointly hosted by EBLEX and BPEX.

EU Hosted Global Conference on Trade, Welfare
EU - On 20-21 January 2009, the European Commission hosted a Conference on Global Trade and Farm Animal Welfare. The highlights are presented as as USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN report in the...

SafePork Conference to be Held in Québec
CANADA - The 8th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Pork will take place in Québec City from 30 September to 2 October 2009.