Ridley Hit by Falling Demand for Feed
GLOBAL - Ridley Inc. has reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the three months ending 30 September 2009.

Acquisition Puts Boehringer among Top Health Companies
GLOBAL - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has closed the deal to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health business from Pfizer.

Merck, Schering-Plough Merger Approved
GLOBAL - Merck and Schering-Plough have received approvals from the US Federal Trade Commission, Swiss Competition Commission and Canadian Competition Bureau for their proposed merger but significant divestitures...

Global Opportunity for Pig Industry People
GLOBAL - People with a passion for the pig industry have a unique opportunity to study and travel as BPEX and Merial Animal Health are jointly sponsoring a Nuffield Scholarship award this year.

Boehringer to Acquire Fort Dodge Assets from Pfizer
GLOBAL - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Fort Dodge Animal Health from Pfizer. The acquisition will strengthen Boehringer Ingelheim's position...

Another New Assignment for 'Virtual Walk the Pens'
US - The latest assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pens' simulator has just been released. In this fourth scenario, the players' wean-to-finish operation is experiencing sudden deaths....

Award Winning Green Feed Technology Debuts in US
GENERAL - Award winning Australian technology which produces nutritious green feed for livestock in just six days is making its debut in the United States.

New Assignment for 'Virtual Walk the Pens'
US - The latest assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pens' simulator has just been released. In the third scenario, the players' wean-to-finish operation is experiencing sudden deaths,...

Sanofi-Aventis to Acquire Merck's Interest in Merial
GLOBAL - Sanofi-Aventis and Merck & Co., Inc. today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Merck will sell its 50 per cent interest in the companies' current animal...

Boehringer Ingelheim Sees Sales Rise
GLOBAL - The pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim saw sales rise by 8.3 per cent in the first six months of 2009 compared to the previous year and because of a positive exchange rate this translated...

Pfizer May Sell Animal Health Assets
GENERAL - Pfizer Inc. is 'actively engaged in negotiations’ over animal-health assets that it must divest to win US regulatory approval for its acquisition of Wyeth, a Pfizer executive said.

Hendrix Genetics Names Hypor General Management Team
GLOBAL - To oversee the company’s plans for further expansion in the pig breeding sector, Hypor has appointed Antoon van den Berg, Raf Beeren and Enrique Satué as the Hypor General Management Team.

Meriden Increases SE Asia Regional Technical Sales Team
SE ASIA - Meriden Animal Health Limited has appointed Dr Vinita Perera MRVCS to join the Regional Technical Sales Team for the South East Asia Region.

CPF Plans Large Overseas Investments
GLOBAL - The good performance of the overseas businesses of Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) have helped to offset a local slump. The company plans to invest about THB 2.5 billion this year...

World Swine Vaccine Market Driven by PCV2 Vaccination
GLOBAL - PCV2 vaccination has driven the pig vaccine market, according to Boehringer Ingelheim.

Fruitful Meeting with Japanese Partners
GLOBAL - A Japanese delegation has visited Big Dutchman Asia for fruitful discussions.

More Smithfield Experts Visit Farm in Mexico
GLOBAL - Smithfield Foods of the US has sent a second expert team to its farm in La Gloria, Mexico, where some believe that the influenza A H1N1 may have started. Local opinion is divided on the matter,...

Smithfield Global Operations Unaffected by H1N1 Virus
GLOBAL - Smithfield Foods, Inc. has reiterated its prior statement that it has found no clinical signs or symptoms of the presence of North American influenza in the company's swine herd or its employees...

Pig Equipment Group Unveils Global Team Approach
GLOBAL - The PigTek Pig Equipment Group has introduced organizational changes and a global team approach as part of the company’s plan for better serving customers and enhancing its product offerings,...

Hypor Inc Forms New Alliance with Mag Inc
GLOBAL - Meeting the breeding needs of both Canadian and mid American producers has lead to the strategic alliance between Hypor Inc. and newly incorporated Mid-America Genetics International Incorporated...

New Boar Taint Website Launched
GLOBE - Now, more than ever, the journey of meat from its source to the dinner table is in the spotlight. Across the globe, consumers are acting on the knowledge that their Sunday roast did not begin life...

DSM Commits to Safety with 'Quality for Life'
GLOBE - Global reports of contaminations have increased governmental and consumer awareness of the importance of feed and food safety issues.

Pork Commentary: European Breeding Herd Plummets
GLOBAL - The significant fall in inventories of the EU's 27 countries is good news for all of Europe and North America's hog producers, writes Jim Long, Presicent and CEO of Genuses Genetics.

BPEX and EBLEX Strengthen Meat Export Team
GLOBAL - Two new agents have been appointed by EBLEX and BPEX to cover Spain and Germany.

Merck and Schering-Plough to Merge
GLOBE - Merck & Co., Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation today announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will...