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ThePigSite Latest News
News from France
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Climate Change and Disease Challenges Linked FRANCE - Climate change will have considerable impacts on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases, warned delegates at the General Assembly of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
France Wants Help with Exports FRANCE - At next week's meeting of the European agricultural council, France will call for the reintroduction of pigmeat export subsidies.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Study on Replication of Porcine Circoviruses FRANCE - Porcine circoviruses (PCV) have been found to replicate in a way similar to plasmids and single-stranded viruses. Florence Faurez and colleagues at the French Food Safety Agency (Afssa) in Ploufragan...
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Pfizer’s Vaccine Against Boar Taint Approved FRANCE - Pfizer Animal Health today announced that The European Commission has given Pfizer the go-ahead to market its innovative swine vaccine, Improvac®, across the European Union (EU).
Thursday, May 14, 2009
France Plans National Research Consortium FRANCE - French farm and fisheries minister Michel Barnier and research minister Valerie Pecresse have announced a plan to create a national research consortium to manage the country's food, farming and...
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Heavier Litters for Sows on High-Fibre Diet FRANCE - Piglets born from sows fed the high-fibre diet during pregnancy grew faster than those from sows fed a standard control diet, without compromising sow body weight or backfat.
Friday, January 16, 2009
New Membrane Bioreactor Passes the Test FRANCE - A membrane bioreactor performed well in greatly reducing odours and soluble phosphorus levels in wastewater at a small piggery, according to research at the University of Rennes.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Award Handed for Study of E.coli Infection FRANCE - Jean-François Daudelin received the first prize of the Rosell Probiotic Challenge for his study concerning the effects of Bactocell® and Levucell® SB administration on F4+ enterotoxigenic E....
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Lallemand Pursues Growth Strategy in NZ FRANCE - Lallemand Animal Nutrition has acquired New Zealand animal nutrition company, Vitec Nutrition Ltd.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
SIAL Report: Talks to Open New Export Markets FRANCE - Quality Meat Scotland is in talks with the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to unlock potentially valuable export markets in Dubai and Hong Kong.
Monday, October 06, 2008
French Industry Places Salmonella Research Contracts FRANCE - The French pig institute IFIP (Institut de la Filière Porcine) this month has highlighted the importance of reducing salmonella incidence in the country’s pig industry.
Monday, September 29, 2008
White Knuckle Ride Continues for French Pig Industry FRANCE - While French pig producers finally started to see finished pig prices catch up with production costs in August, according to the French national agricultural statistics agency Agreste, they have...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Jean Caby Closes Plant FRANCE - Jean Caby, manufacturer of cooked pork products and subsidary of French food group, Aoste, has announced its plan to shut down its factory in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez in the Loire department, before...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
SPACE Sees Rationalisation of French Industry FRANCE - SPACE is one of the few remaining livestock shows that is still held annually. This is in part due to the fact that thousands of farmers from Brittany and Normandy continue to descend on Rennes...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Dynamic Group Housing for Sows FRANCE - Mr. and Mrs. Sergaent will be opening their farm's doors to the public on Friday, September the 19th.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Pfizer: Former Schering-Plough Products Added FRANCE - Pfizer Animal Health has announced that its acquisition of multiple product franchises in Europe from the Schering-Plough Corporation has been completed and approved by the European Commission....
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Terrena Turns Its Attention Downstream FRANCE - The merger of French pig co-ops Cooperl and Terrena's pig-producing arm Arca is being agreed this week and take effect on December 31. However, the final effective membership on January 1 is unlikely...
Friday, August 01, 2008
Hypor Finalizes France Hybrides Bid FRANCE - Hypor, the pig breeding division of Hendrix Genetics, has acquired France Hybrides from Groupe Glon.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Big Dutchman: Rebuilding of Fire Ravaged Sow Farm FRANCE - Paul, David and Vincent Pelletier from La Chapelle Thémer in the west French departement Vendée have not given up: just one year after a fire almost completely destroyed the sow farm of the Pelletier...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
French Pig Industry Body Faces Constitutional Row FRANCE - France's largest pig co-operative Cooperl is preparing to merge with smaller co-operative ARCA. The result will be France's largest pig business, producing 7million pigs/year.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Rémi Maguer New Manager of TOPIGS France FRANCE - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Rémi Maguer (48) as manager for TOPIGS France.
French Pig Producers Make Use of Electronic Sow Feeding FRANCE - Last May, a new facility for 250 pregnant sows was brought into operation in Sergent, Brittany, France.
Friday, June 20, 2008
France Calls for End to Lower Quality Imports FRANCE - In a memorandum to the European Union Farm Council, France is calling for an end to the distortion of competition that takes place when imports are allowed into Europe from countries with lower...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Lending an Ear to the 76th Annual OIE Session PARIS - Approximately 600 participants representing the 172 OIE Member Countries and organisations took part in the 76th Annual General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The session...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Food Producers Unite Against Retail Domination FRANCE - A seven-strong alliance of French food production industry bodies is opposing proposed legislation that would remove such protection as the current law affords from unreasonable retailer dema...
