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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
PIC Opens New AI Research CentreUK - Pig breeding company PIC opened a gene technology research centre in the UK on Tuesday – believed to be the first of its type in the UK and probably in Europe.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
New Head of Marketing for BPEXUK - BPEX has appointed a new Head of Marketing to replace Chris Lamb who is retiring at the end of February after more than 20 years in the industry.
Pork Commentary: Banff Pork SeminarCANADA - This past week we attended the Banff Pork Seminar held annually in the mountain resort town of Banff Alberta, writes Jim Long.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Pfizer Animal Health Promotes Scott WebsterUS - Pfizer Animal Health announces the promotion of Scott Webster, MS, to director for the IMPROVEST® (gonadotropin releasing factor analog-diphtheria toxoid conjugate) team.
eAML2 Demo Ready & Compulsory by AprilUK - The countdown is on to when the eAML2 pig movement system becomes compulsory at the beginning of April 2012 in England and Wales.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Hermitage MaxgroTerminal Line - Alternative to Castration IRELAND - The issue of piglet castration has become a major animal welfare concern in many European countries. Some supermarket chains have decided to only sell products from pigs that have not been physically...
Viet Nam Hog MarketsVIET NAM - Throughout 2011, the large price increase in pork has been quite pronounced amongst the livestock product groups. From early 2011 until now, all prices for livestock products increased continuously,...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Pfizer Ends Residue Violation WorriesUS - Pork producers now have a worry-free solution to help them continue their track record of producing safe, wholesome pork. The Pfizer Pork Residue Free Guarantee is an innovative solution that ensures...
GAP: New Compound Feed Manufacturing StandardGLOBAL - After an intensive multi-stakeholder consultation process, the revision of the GLOBAL G.A.P. Compound Feed Manufacturing Standard has been finalised.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Helping British Pig Exports Succeed UK - A call has been put out to support the British pig industry and to back quality British pig meat after a UK pig meat processing company was blocked from exporting to China, writes Lucy Towers, ThePigSite...
Hermitage Builds New AI Station in Italy ITALY - In 2005, Hermitage Italia srl launched their high health boar stud ‘Centro Verri Italia’ which services the genetic requirements of the dynamic Italian pig industry.
Pork Commentary: Corn, Soybean, Weath Prices DropUS - Corn, soybean, wheat prices all dropped last Thursday, Friday after the USDA released several grain inventory, production and usage reports, corn declined 60 cents a bushel, soybeans 46 cents a bushel,...
World Nutrition Forum 2012SINGAPORE - Top international animal-health specialists and feed-industry experts will meet at the World Nutrition Forum 2012 to exchange knowledge on key trends in animal production and debate the major...
Eat Yourself Happy, Urges Vion UK - Vion Food Group is to launch the second phase of its "Put Pork on Your Fork" campaign, encouraging the nation to eat more British pork, with a New Year promotion entitled, Eat Yourself Happy
Monday, January 16, 2012
Hermitage UK - Restock Reports Excellent Results UK - Having been without pigs for the previous five years, Stephen Tuer from Northallerton, restocked his unit with 400 high health Classic 1 gilts from Hermitage Seaborough in the second half of last...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Good Pork Prices but Grain Price Rise PredictedMEXICO - This year will continue the pressure on the prices of commodities such as grains, especially corn and wheat but also we expect a good year for pork price in Mexico, writes Fernando Ortiz, Ibero-America...
AI – Take Care of Semen in Cold WeatherUK - Semen for AI on pig farms should be stored at 17°C in temperature-controlled cabinets. AI suppliers take care to ensure that semen is in good condition on delivery.
Hermitage Supplies Leading Producers in Siberia SIBERIA, RUSSIA - During the months of October and November 2011, Hermitage Genetics supplied approximately 3,000 high health breeding pigs to Titan-Agro Ltd. in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Big Dutchman Co-Founder Passes AwayGENERAL - Jack DeWitt, who founded Big Dutchman in 1938 with his brother, Dick DeWitt, passed away at his home in Zeeland, Michigan on January 6th, 2012.
Swine Semen Packaging System Receives AwardUS - ASABE, The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers has announced that ReproQuest, Inc. has won an AE50 award for its RQ800 Swine Semen Packaging System.
Cargill Earnings Fall SharplyUS - International producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services, Cargill, has reported an 88 per cent fall in earnings in the second quarter of the 2012 financial...
Installation of Next Generation Technology CompleteUS - Premium Standard Farms (PSF) announced yesterday that it has successfully completed installing Next Generation Barn Scraper Technology at its farms in north Missouri seven months ahead of schedule....
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
IPVS 2012: Registration & Abstract Submission OpenUS and SOUTH KOREA - On behalf of the Organising Committee of the 22nd International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS 2012), AASV welcome you to Jeju, Korea. The Congress will be held in the Jeju...
BPEX Confidence Survey Under WayUK - The annual BPEX confidence survey has now been sent out across the whole industry.
Friday, January 06, 2012
PIC Announces First Shipment from US to RussiaUS and RUSSIA - PIC has completed delivery of 1,071 high-health breeding pigs from the US to key account Gvardia in the Stavropol Region of Russia.
China Hog Markets in January 2012CHINA - Looking at the size of the breakdown of the inventory for November 2011-breeding stock was around 49.05 million and total on farm inventory was around 476.25 million (as compared to October 2011-breeding...
Testing Females to Improve AccuracyUK - Over 1,000 female pigs annually are currently individually tested at nucleus level for feed intake, feed conversion and growth rate by the Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC...
Thursday, January 05, 2012
VION Food UK Increases Graduate IntakeUK - VION Food UK’s Graduate Management Development Programme, Emerge, has increased its intake of graduates - the second cohort of the programme that was first launched in 2009.
Streptococcus Suis Disease Model ValidatedUK - Moredun Scientific has recently completed the validation of a Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 disease model in weaner piglets for use in vaccine and therapeutic efficacy studies.
Animal Agriculture Alliance's 25th AnniversaryUS - Yesterday, the Animal Agriculture Alliance debuted a new logo to kick off its 25th anniversary celebration. Founded in 1987 as the Animal Industry Foundation, the Alliance is the nation’s oldest...
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