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.

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.

New 'clean air' finishing barn pulls in the crowds
NORDHORN - Well-attended Open Day

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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,...

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,...