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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...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Big Dutchman inaugurates new logistics centre in MalaysiaGERMANY - 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...
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Further step in generation change at Boehringer Ingelheim decidedGERMANY - 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.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
250,000th Big Dutchman-dispenser deliveredGERMANY - 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...
Monday, May 15, 2006
Four million piglets benefit from oral ileitis vaccineGERMANY - More than 4 million doses of Enterisol® Ileitis, the oral ileitis vaccine, have been supplied to German vets since the vaccine was launched...
Friday, May 12, 2006
Germany Puts Swine Fever Controls in PlaceGERMANY - 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...
Friday, April 21, 2006
Classical Swine Fever In Germany: Revised MeasuresEU - 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...
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Classical Swine Fever In Germany: Revised Measures On North-Rhine WestphaliaGERMANY - 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...
Friday, April 07, 2006
Swine Fever In GermanyGERMANY - The Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday voted in favour of a Commission proposal to tighten the movement restrictions imposed on German pigs due to classical swine...
Monday, April 03, 2006
Classical Swine Fever: Movement Restrictions On Pigs In North-Rhine WestphaliaGERMANY - The European Commission has today decided to suspend the movement of all pigs within and from the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia, due to a new case of classical swine fever in...
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Kesko group becomes new Big Dutchman distributorGERMANY - The worldwide leading manufacturer of housing equipment, the Big Dutchman group, receives prominent support on the Finnish market: as of 15 March, 2006, Kesko Agro Ltd. took over the distribution...
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Pigs slaughtered after swine fever oubreak in GermanyBERLIN - German authorities have ordered the slaughter of some 2,600 pigs following an outbreak of classical swine fever, officials said. The disease, contagious among animals but not transmissible...
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Pig manure swamps German villageGERMANY - A village in the German state of Bavaria is recovering after being flooded with liquid pig manure, reports Reuters.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
German farms test negative for dioxin, still closedGERMANY - Tests on five farms in Germany put under quarantine because of fears pig feed was contaminated with the carcinogen dioxin have proved negative, but the farms remain sealed off, authorities said...
Friday, February 03, 2006
Europe's Dioxin Crisis Reaches GermanyGERMANY - Just days after the southern German state of Bavaria was hit by a new scandal involving mislabeled spoiled meat, Germany had to temporarily close off five pig farms suspected of using dioxin-contaminated...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Eight stars for Big Dutchman innovationsGERMANY - Once again Big Dutchman receives official awards for its current new product developments.
Monday, October 24, 2005
First vaccine for the control of porcine Ileitis now available across EuropeGERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH, have announced the pan-European launch of Enterisol® Ileitis, the first enteric vaccine to have received marketing authorization in the EU to improve...
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Big Dutchman AG appoints new board member increasing support for production coordination and logisticsGERMANY - Sven Guericke from Oldenburg has been appointed Member of the Board of Management of Big Dutchman AG. As of October 1, 2005, the 48-year-old graduate of agricultural engineering will be responsible...
Monday, October 03, 2005
Spectacular step: Big Dutchman takes over HOWEMAGERMANY - HOWEMA GmbH & Co. KG from Visbek-Wöstendöllen will within short be taken over by Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH located in Vechta-Calveslage. These two renowned and internationally successful...
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
EDEKA Südwest and PIC Deutschland Sign Technology Contract for Meat QualityGERMANY - PIC's German subsidiary, PIC Deutschland GmbH, has signed a contract with EDEKA Südwest Fleisch GmbH for collaboration on quality control for the EDEKA "Gutfleisch-Programm", a...
Friday, April 25, 2003
GERMANY - A regional agriculture minister has promised to oppose attempts by the German government to goldplate the EU welfare regulations (which are already in force in UK).
Monday, March 24, 2003
Classical Swine Fever in GermanyGERMANY - Follow-up report No. 2. An outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) has been reported (via OIE) in the Bad Dürkheim district, Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) Land, Germany
Thursday, February 06, 2003
Difficult year ahead for German farmersGERMANY - German consumer protection minister Renate Kunast (Green party) predicts that the current year will again be difficult for German farmers owing to the general weakness of the economy.
Thursday, January 30, 2003
German Pig Herd GrowsGERMANY - The total pig herd in Germany has increased in size by just under one per cent, or 214,000 head, to almost 26.2 million head, according to results of the country's November census.
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