BPEX Seeks Ideas and Entrepreneurial Spirit
UK - Rekindling the entrepreneurial spirit in UK pig producers and helping them put new ideas into practice. That is the aim of the BPEX Innovation Fund.

New Training Course for Pig Producers Launched
IRELAND - A new training course for pig producers has been launched by Teagasc, Ballyhaise Agricultural College.

Pfizer Updates its Pig Health Educational Tool
US - There is a new assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pen' simulator.

First Phase of Green Pig Project Completed
CHINA - Residents of Nanmeng village hailed the completion of a training center as a success in the Monsanto Green Village charity programme. Courses have been given in pig production, and a biogas system...

Register for Lauren Christian Pork Chop Open Event
IOWA, US - With the registration deadline less than two weeks away, organizers of the Lauren Christian Pork Chop Open say just a few team spots remain for golf portion of the 21 July event. Both golfers...

Bryan M. Retales New Manager of TOPIGS Philippines
PHILIPPINES - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Bryan M. Retales, DMV as manager of TOPIGS Philippines with effect from May 2009.

Mark Wilson Moves on from BPEX
UK - Mark Wilson, who created the Knowledge Transfer team at BPEX, is making a career move to a leading meat company.

Pig Industry Welcomes 'Academia & Industry Link'
UK - The country's largest pig breeding company, JSR, is supporting the recent change in the way the government is making higher education more accountable to industry.

Producers to Ensure Animal Welfare and Food Safety
MINNESOTA, US - Pork producers do an excellent job producing a safe, nutritious, and economic product. However, today’s consumers want assurances that the products that they eat have been produced in an...

Rally to Discuss Pork Industry Crisis Planned
CANADA - Manitoba Pork Council says it wll make a concerted effort on the part of pork industry stakeholders and government to come up with the solutions necessary to address the economic crisis facing...

Food Traceability Not to be Confused with Food Safety
CANADA - The Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors is encouraging the public to not confuse food traceability with food safety, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Walk the Pens Virtually with a New Simulator
US -Pfizer Animal Health is launching a new on-line educational simulation that can be played from any standard computer, "Virtual Walking the Pens," to help demonstrate the importance of Individual Pig...

WPE REPORT: Industry's 'We Care' Initiative Endorsed
US - A program that formalizes and verifies pork industry efforts to operate responsibly has been publicly endorsed by Tyson Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s leading pork processors. The company made...

Role of Pork Checkoff in Today's Industry
US - The Pork Checkoff is helping US pork producers as they work to earn the trust of their customers by demonstrating accountability and social responsibility in all they do.

Expertise Provided to Chinese Swine Managers
US - The US Grains Council's Chinese Swine Management Team traveled to Kansas State University (KSU) on Monday and yesterday for a two-day course on swine health and disease management as well as US pork...

Checkoff Selected Leadership Program Participants
US - Twenty US pork producers were selected to participate in Pork Leadership Academy (PLA), a program sponsored by the Pork Checkoff, which is used to identify and train swine industry leaders.

ICoMST: Meat – Muscle, Manufacturing and Meals
DENMARK - The 55^th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST 2009) will take place at the Bella Centre near Copenhagen, Denmark, from 16 to 21 August 2009.

Pork Checkoff Presents PORK Academy at Expo
US - The Pork Checkoff is sponsoring Producers Opportunity for Revenue and Knowledge (PORK) Academy Wednesday, 3 June through Friday, 5 June during World Pork Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des...

New UK JSR Sales Director Sees Potential of Industry
UK - Giles Christie has been promoted to UK Sales Director at JSR and takes charge of their UK genetics business.

Food Recalls Heighten Demand for Traceability
CANADA - A Trace R&D 2009 organizing committee member says a recent series food recalls has heightened public awareness of the need to be able to trace food products back to the farm, writes Bruce Coc...

Genetic Research to Produce Tastier Healthier Meat
UK - How to produce pigs that provide consumers with healthy and yet good tasting meat is part of research being carried out at the University of West of England.

Animal Health Expert Network Established
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), and the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) today announced a $1.2 million partnership to enhance animal health...

Swine Producers Increase Overall Capacity
VIET NAM - The US Grains Council has been working in the Vietnamese swine industry in order to expand the use of US feed grains and their co-products.

Pork Seminar Offers Everything but the Oink
SCOTLAND, UK - More than 50 chefs from throughout Scotland have been learning about the opportunities in using everything but the ‘oink’ from pig carcases to help profitability.

Chance for Pork Producers to Get Certified in 2009
US - The University of Minnesota Swine Extension team, in partnership with the Minnesota Pork Board, is offering multiple training and certification courses for both Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA+)...