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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Company/Products
Friday, January 27, 2012
Cryovac Rolls Out New Ovenable Material at IPE 2012 US - Consumer-friendly ovenable rollstock is newest expansion to Oven Ease product line. The launch International Poultry of the product was during the 2012 International Poultry Expo in Atlanta.
Less Boar Taint with TOPIGS Nador Concept GERMANY & NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS introduces the Nador concept. With Nador it is possible to select and use finisher boars that produce offspring with 40 per cent less boar taint. With this innovation one...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
US Hog Margins US - Margins started 2012 off on a strong note, improving noticeably since the end of the year, writes Doug Lenhart.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Concerns Raised over Pork Products Labelled Halal SOUTH AFRICA - Concerns have been mounting in South Africa that pork has been labelled as being halal.
BPEX Launches Revamped Website UK - The BPEX website has been given a makeover to make it easier to navigate around the vast amount of information it contains.
PIC Opens New AI Research Centre UK - 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 BPEX UK - 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 Seminar CANADA - 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 Webster US - 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 April UK - 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 Markets VIET 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 Worries US - 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 Standard GLOBAL - 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 Drop US - 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 2012 SINGAPORE - 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...
Dioxin Scandal Company Files for Bankruptcy GERMANY - The company at the center of the scandal over dioxin-contaminated animal feed has filed for bankruptcy. It is facing criminal investigations and could face civil claims from farms which have...
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 Predicted MEXICO - 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 Weather UK - 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 Away GENERAL - 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 Award US - 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 Sharply US - 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 Complete US - 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 Open US 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 Way UK - The annual BPEX confidence survey has now been sent out across the whole industry.
