EuroTier 2010: Nedap Presents Nedap Velos Sorting
GERMANY - Growing commercial pigs to produce tasteful, healthy and safe meat requires the best of everything - healthy piglets, nutritious feed, fresh air and comfortable housing.

MU Unveils New Swine Teaching Barn
US - Producers, industry leaders, students and neighbors attended an open house 29 September for a state-of-the-art swine barn dedicated to teaching. Guests toured the facility and met with University...

Silver Medal for Innovation Goes to Ear Tag System
GERMANY - QuigTag from Big Dutchman Pig Equipment has been awarded a Silver Medal from DLG.

EuroTier Gold Medal for Innovative Pregnancy Checker
GERMANY - SonoCheck from Big Dutchman Pig Equipment has been awarded a coveted Gold Medal from DLG.

Big Dutchman Welcomes BongDong to Agent Family
SOUTH KOREA - On 4 September, at the Big Dutchman booth in VIV China, Mr Cho Youngil, President BongDong, signed a Dealership agreement with Mr Magnus Westerkamp, Managing Director Big Dutchman Pig Equipment....

Nedap Velos ESF on Chinese Farm
CHINA - Nedap Velos has won a contract from Guangxi Jingdeto install electronic sow feeding (ESF) systems into a farm with 600 sows, the first phase of a larger project.

Increased Alley Width in Swine Barns Recommended
CANADA - A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre is recommending increasing the alley width in modern swine barns to reduce stress and make the loading of near market pigs faster and easier, writes...

Plans in for 2,000-Pig Fattening Units in Lincolnshire
UK - Proposals for two pig-fattening units in Lincolnshire to house almost 2,000 animals are set to go before planners.

Montana Prepares for Arrival of 36 ESF Stations
US - More and more large US hog farms are planning to switch from conventional (single animal) gestation crates to group housing.

Stalling Choices of Gestating Sows Examined
CANADA - Researchers with the Prairie Swine Centre hope learn why, when given the choice, some gestating sows will spend the majority of their time in stalls while others will be in the free access area...

Research Shows Some Sows Prefer Stalls
CANADA - Research conducted by the Saskatoon based Prairie Swine Centre shows, given the choice, not all sows will choose to leave their stalls, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Pig Producers Applaud Agricultural Building Codes
CANADA - Manitoba's pork producers are expressing their support for plans to apply provincial building codes to the construction of new or expanded agricultural buildings, writes Bruce Cochrane.

Proposals for Constructing Agricultural Buildings
CANADA - Manitoba's Fire Commissioner estimates extending provisions of the Buildings and Mobile Homes Act to cover agricultural buildings will add one to three per cent to the cost of constructing new...

Sows Kept in Groups Produce Heavier Litters
NETHERLANDS - Topigs research shows that sows in groups produce heavier piglets.

Farmers Fear Possible Sow Stall Ban
AUSTRALIA - Pig farmers in the state of New South Wales are reported to be reluctant to end the use of stalls for sows.

Wens Starts a Trial on Changing Sow Feeding Method
CHINA - Huanan Poultry Equipment Co.,Ltd., a daughter company of Wens Food Group, started a close cooperation with Nedap by introducing Velos ESF into a farm of Wens Group in Shiba. Seventeen feed stations...

JSR Unveils 8500-Place Pig Finishing Facility
UK - Sustained investment in modern weaning and finishing facilities, which incorporate new ideas, science and technology, is vital to the ongoing success and growth of the UK pig industry.

Power-Saving Product a Boon to Pig Farmers
DENMARK - The ELFORSK Prize 2010 was awarded to a power-saving ventilation product in pig houses that scientists from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University, have been involved in dev...

Provisions of Buildings and Mobile Homes Act
CANADA - The Office of Manitoba's Fire Commissioner has indicated it plans to extend provisions of the Buildings and Mobile Homes Act to cover the construction of new or expanded agricultural buildings,...

Stall Design Affects Welfare of Pregnant Sows
US - Stall design may impact the well-being of gestating sows, according to researchers at the University of Illinois.

Farmers Concerned about Cost of New Building Rules
MANITOBA, CANADA - Pig producers in the province say farm building code changes being pushed by animal rights groups could put the industry out of business.

Big Dutchman Signs up for VietStock Expo
VIET NAM - Livestock equipment company, Big Dutchman, has confirmed its participation at VietStock '10 Expo && Forum as 'Anchor Exhibitor'.

Feedback Sought on Code; ‘Pigs in Crates Forever’?
NEW ZEALAND - The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) yesterday completed a review of the Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005 and a draft code was released for public consultatio...

Hopes to Cut Time Sows are Restrained in Stalls
AUSTRALIA - The Aussie pig industry could be on the verge of an animal welfare breakthrough.

Pork Board Alleged to be Damaging Industry
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board continues to damage its own brand with the revelation it is fighting to keep pigs in sow crates, Green Party Animal Welfare spokesperson Sue Kedgley has alleged. ...

Biogas Know-How from Calveslage
GERMANY - Tierzuchtgut Losten in Bad Kleinen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the most modern pig farms in Germany. In future, this innovative business enterprise will be heating its housing systems...

Keeping Pigs the Dutch Way in Russia
NETHERLANDS - Over the past two weeks, Russian pig farmer, Anastasia Kuzmicheva, has visited the Netherlands to learn about pig production there and to see Nedap Velos sow feeding stations in operation....

Better Welfare for Pigs in Trial Housing
NETHERLANDS - Scientifically designed houses and pens for pigs increase animal welfare, but from an economic point of view these are difficult to implement on existing pig farms.

RSPCA Calls for Ban of Intensive Pig Farms
TASMIANIA, AUSTRALIA - The new head of the RSPCA has called for a ban on intensive pig farming.

Swedish Pig Farms Flout Animal Protection Laws
SWEDEN - Living conditions for Swedish pigs are worse than previously realised, an animal rights group claims, citing its own video evidence.