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.

USDA Conference to Address Antibiotic Resistance
US - USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service is teaming up with Ohio State University to host a conference on minimising antibiotic resistance transmission through the food chains....

NFU AGM REPORT - Government Calls for Partnership
UK - Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn, called for a partnership between the agriculture industry and government as a means of producing an environmentally friendly sustainable food industry, writes ThePigSite...

NFU AGM REPORT - Move to Country of Origin Labelling
UK - The Conservative party has launched the Honest Food campaign at the annual meeting and conference of the National Farmers Union in Birmingham this week.

NFU AGM REPORT - Agriculture Must Produce More
UK - The UK agriculture industry has to start producing more while at the same time taking care of the environment.

NFU Conference Calls for New Farming Agenda
UK - Farming should sit at the core of economic thinking, with food production having an equal footing with the environment in Government policy as agriculture rises to the challenge of producing more...

Breeding Pigs and Pork Full of Eastern Promise
UK - A major push by BPEX and the British Pig Association is under way to get breeding pigs and pork into Far Eastern markets.

Changes in VIV Calendar in Asia-Pacific
GLOBAL - The organiser of the VIV trade shows has announced changes in the trade show calendar in Asia-Pacific: VIV China will become an annual event, and VIV India is re-scheduled in a new location.