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Friday, May 25, 2012
Pressure on VION's Profits in 2011NETHERLANDS - Food producer VION Food Group achieved a sven per cent increase in total turnover to €9.5 billion in 2011, but there was heavy pressure on its results.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Piglet Castration and Animal WelfareNETHERLANDS - The European Commission and the Danish presidency of the EU organised a Conference on the EU Animal Welfare Strategy: 'Empowering consumers and creating market opportunities for animal welfare'...
Thursday, March 01, 2012
13th ISVEE Conference to be in MaastrichtNETHERLANDS - The 13th Conference of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE XIII) will be held from 20 - 24 August 2012 in the city of Maastricht, close to the border...
Friday, February 24, 2012
BIG Challenge: Fight Against CancerNETHERLANDS - BIG Challenge is an initiative by the pig breeding industry against cancer.
Monday, February 20, 2012
New Structure for TOPIGS DepartmentsNETHERLANDS - TOPIGS has given its research, support and development department a new structure.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Nutreco Achieves Excellent Progress in 2011NETHERLANDS - Nutreco saw excellent progress in 2011 where it achieved a total EBITA of €241 million.
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Nutreco CEO to Step Down at End of 2012NETHERLANDS - Nutreco announces that CEO Wout Dekker (1956) will be leaving Nutreco by the end of 2012. This will mark the end of a career at the company encompassing almost thirty years, of which twelve...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Growth Set to Challenge Dutch Agricultural SectorNETHERLANDS - Between now and 2025, agricultural production in the Netherlands will be confronted by environmental limits, particularly with regard to the disposal of manure. Nevertheless, the prospects...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Major European Genomics Report Published NETHERLANDS - The Sustainable Animal Breeding (SABRE) Report on genomics for sustainable breeding of cattle, pigs and poultry has been published, reports Wageningen UR.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Trainee Says Foreign Internship was WorthwhileNETHERLANDS - "Every trainee who gets offered such a chance should take it!" Carolin Schlömer was absolutely thrilled when she recently returned to the Netherlands from Malaysia where she completed a...
First Swine Toilet Undergoes TestingTHE NETHERLANDS - The Swine Research Farm Sterksel (Wageningen UR) in the Netherlands recently started to test the first prototype of a swine toilet.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Westerhof Appointed Director of TOPIGS NederlandNETHERLANDS - Michiel Westerhof has been appointed as the new director of TOPIGS Nederland.
Friday, December 09, 2011
SNPs for More Uniform and Bigger Litters FoundNETHERLANDS - TOPIGS researchers have found a series of SNPs that define the region of the genome that explains genetic variation for litter size and uniformity between litters.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Driving Sustainable Growth is Nutreco's Aim for 2016NETHERLANDS - Nutreco, a global company in animal nutrition and fish feed, has announced its Strategy Update for the coming five years, which has the theme 'Ambition 2016 – driving sustainable growth'....
Monday, November 21, 2011
Nutreco Agrees to Sell Hendrix to ForFarmersNETHERLANDS - Nutreco has signed an agreement on the intended sale of Hendrix to ForFarmers.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
IKEA Netherlands Stops Meat from Castrated PigsNETHERLANDS - Eurogroup has been recently confirmed that IKEA Netherlands decided to completely remove castration in their pig supply chain.
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Swine Dewormer Receives Positive Opinion in EUNETHERLANDS - Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) yesterday announced that it has received positive opinion from the CVMP in the European Union for PANACUR® AquaSol...
Monday, November 07, 2011
Reducing Antibiotic Use Will Not Stop MRSANETHERLANDS - The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium, which is resistant to antibiotics, has spread rapidly in the past few years on pig farms. Extensive use of antibiotics...
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Nutreco Raises Quarterly RevenueNETHERLANDS - Animal feed and meat company, Nutreco, achieved an increase in revenues for the last quarter, with performance particularly strong in its Meat business.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
TOPIGS and Schothorst Feed Research to CollaborateNETHERLANDS - TOPIGS and Schothorst Feed Research are going to collaborate. In its stalls, Schothorst Feed Research will do research for TOPIGS. The information obtained will be used for TOPIGS’ breeding...
Monday, October 10, 2011
Conference: Boars Heading for 2018NETHERLANDS - On 30 November and 1 December 2011, an international conference will take place to end surgical castration of pigs in Europe.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
TOPIGS Introduces New Feeding Advice for SowsNETHERLANDS - TOPIGS is introducing a new feeding advice for their sows. Nowadays, highly productive sows have different nutritional needs compared to sows a few years ago. Sow feeding guidelines therefore...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Average Gain TOPIGS Finishers 806 Grams/DayNETHERLANDS - TOPIGS finishers realised an average daily gain of 806 gram in 2010.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Dutch Pig Producers in Dire StraitsNETHERLANDS - The number of pigs in the Netherlands is dropping for the first time in years.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Nutreco Records Half-Year Revenue up 14 Per CentNETHERLANDS - Nutreco's revenue exceeded €2.57 billion for the first half of 2011, with especially storng performance in the fish feed sector.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
DSM & Nutreco Consider Feed Firm Acquisition NETHERLANDS - Royal DSM and Nutreco announce they are exploring the possibility to acquire Provimi.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Merck Breaks Ground for Vaccine Plant ExpansionNETHERLANDS - Merck Animal Health, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, has announced that it has embarked on the expansion of a vaccine manufacturing unit at its Biosciences Center...
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Vostermans Presents a New Version of Basket FansNETHERLANDS - As of mid-2011, Vostermans Ventilation will release a new version of the Basket Fan.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
End to Slaughter Without Stunning Welcomed NETHERLANDS - Welfare campaigning organisation, Eurogroup for Animals, has welcomed the vote earlier this week by the Dutch Parliament which makes stunning prior to slaughter, including for religious slaughter...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Better Piglets and Stronger SowsNETHERLANDS - Extra balanced breeding can result in sows producing stronger and heavier piglets concludes TOPIGS’ researcher, Rob Bergsma, in his PhD research.
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