decrease font size
increase font size
change type face
bookmark this page
email this page
print this page
ThePigSite Latest News
Monday, September 17, 2007
Home-mixing - can it help feed costs? GERMANY - The production of mixed feed using home-grown cereals always becomes a topic for livestock owners when the grain prices and compound feed costs rise. However, this unfortunately sometimes coincides with low prices for pigs.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Crisis point fast approaching for the German pig industry GERMANY - For 10 consecutive months German pig producers have been operating at an average loss of €7 per weaner sold.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
EU PCV-2 Annual Research Award launched by Boehringer Ingelheim GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health announced the launch of the European PCV-2 Award, which recognizes excellent research proposals in the area of applied immunological PCV-2 research.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Big Dutchman seeks sales managers GERMANY - The Big Dutchman group develops and sells housing equipment and computer-controlled feeding systems for modern pig and poultry management and the company is currently seeking two sales managers for positions in Asia and Western Europe.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Pigs outnumber people in German state GERMANY - For the first time in 20 years, pigs outnumber people in the state of Lower Saxony, the pig capital of pork-loving Germany.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Focus-Test confirms excellent performance DLG test certificate for Big Dutchman guide vane GERMANY - The higher, the better: air and odour emissions from livestock buildings have to be led away from the buildings as far as possible so that they spread before they start to bother anybody.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Solid success in 2006 GERMANY - Chr. Hansen experienced growth in all business areas and regions in 2005/06. Expectations for 2006/07 are on continued growth, both organic and through acquisitions, as well as continued improvement of the profit margin.
Friday, November 17, 2006
Classical Swine Fever In Germany GERMANY - This is follow up report No.4 via OIE on the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in domestic pigs in Germany.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Euro Tier 2006: BioEnergy Europe heralds in new era for world’s farmers - sustainable energy production. HANNOVER - The premier of BioEnergy Europe at Euro Tier creates an impressive backdrop to a new world opening up for all farmers, and makes a persuasive case for the immediate practical potential offered by the technology.
250,000th Big Dutchman-dispenser delivered GERMANY - Big Dutchman’s volume dispenser for individual feeding of sows has become a real bestseller, with the 250,000th model being sold recently.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Euro Tier success follows refocus on core EU pig production. GERMANY - With a record number of over 1600 exhibitors, international visitors up - an expection of over 100,000 visitors in total - and following a major refocus on its pig production core together with new themes around Bio Energy production, Euro Tier...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Big Dutchman inaugurates new logistics centre in Malaysia GERMANY - Two-digit growth rates, reliable partners and an ever-increasing number of satisfied customers: Big Dutchman has been reaping the benefits of its investment in the Asian market for some time now.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Further step in generation change at Boehringer Ingelheim decided GERMANY - Dr Heribert Johann, Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee of Boehringer Ingelheim, will retire at the end of 2006 after more than 31 years with the Corporation.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Chr. Hansen Expands Culture Production in Germany GERMANY - On August 31, 2006, Chr. Hansen has inaugurated the expansion of the existing Pohlheim site in Germany, which produces lactic acid cultures that are used in the meat and animal health industries. The new facilities will comprise state-of-the-art...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
250,000th Big Dutchman-dispenser delivered GERMANY - Big Dutchman's volume dispenser for individual feeding of sows has become a real bestseller, with the 250,000th model being sold recently. The recipient was the Westermeyer and Sehlmeyer GbR in Bohmte, Northern Germany.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Four million piglets benefit from oral ileitis vaccine GERMANY - More than 4 million doses of Enterisol® Ileitis, the oral ileitis vaccine, have been supplied to German vets since the vaccine was launched in December 2004, said a spokesman for Boehringer...
Friday, May 12, 2006
Germany Puts Swine Fever Controls in Place GERMANY - The European Commission is to suspend the movement of all pigs and impose precautionary measures in the "Regierungs-bezirke" Arnsberg, Munster, and Dusseldorf, in North-Rhine Westphalia following a fresh outbreak of classical swine fever. The...
Friday, April 21, 2006
Classical Swine Fever In Germany: Revised Measures EU - The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Commission proposal to ease certain measures which were put in place due to the recent outbreaks of classical swine fever in certain parts of North-Rhine Westphalia,...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Classical Swine Fever In Germany: Revised Measures On North-Rhine Westphalia GERMANY - The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today voted in favour of a Commission proposal modifying the measures adopted last week due to the classical swine fever which have occurred in the last forty days in North-Rhine Westphalia,...








