Pig farmers protest big business
BANGKOK - About 300 pig farmers rallied at the Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) building, claiming the agribusiness was monopolising the business and cutting pork prices.

VIV Asia 2007 - A New Focus on Aquaculture.
BANGKOK - VIV Asia opened in Bangkok Wednesday with a smartly choreographed, flambuoyant, launch ceremony; something more familiar with a new car launch than to a food industry Expo.

Commerce Ministry to put a stop to piglet slaughter in public
THAILAND - The Commerce Ministry and the Livestock Development Department are to conduct a campaign urging swine breeders to stop killing piglets in public, a practice which is illegal.

Pork exports on the rise
THAILAND - Thai pork exports are on the increase, with more markets and growth in most of them.

CPF to build better swine farm complex
THAILAND - Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF), the SET-listed flagship of the agribusiness conglomerate CP Group, has announced a plan to build a new farm complex to beef up its swine business to serve domestic and overseas markets.

Thailand Set Target To Increase Pork Consumption
THAILAND - The President of the Swine Raisers Association, Mr. Surachai Sutthitham, has set the target to increase the consumption of swine in Thailand.

Thailand set target to increase the consumption of pork
THAILAND - The President of the Swine Raisers Association, Mr. Surachai Sutthitham, has set the target to increase the consumption of swine in Thailand. He is also preparing to negotiate with the Internal Trade Department on tax reduction on the imports...

Thai agribusiness Betagro growing in Vietnam
THAILAND - Thailand’s leading agribusiness Betagro Group is beefing up its investments in animal feed and other farm businesses in Vietnam this year after success in Dong Nai province, Bangkok Post reported Friday.

Chr. Hansen invited to lecture at Asia's leading technical pig conference
ASIA - From February 20th to 22nd, 2006 Bangkok will host the leading Asian pig conference, drawing the participation of industry experts from all over the world. As the leading producer of probiotics, Chr. Hansen has been invited to present its views...

Denmark buys Carbon Credits from Thai Farmers
BANGKOK - H.E. Ulrik Helweg-Larsen, Danish Ambassador to Thailand, has on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed an agreement with a group of Thai pig farmers on purchase of carbon credits.

Challenged by bird flu, Thai firm rechannels
THAILAND - In their protective armor of color-coded plastic hats, face masks, gowns, gloves and rubber boots, the production line workers at Charoen Pokphand Food's Saraburi factory could be mistaken for workers in a biological warfare facility. In...

Frozen pig semen used for breeding
THAILAND - Pigs with good genetic make-up could be genetically reproduced an unlimited number of times as a result of Thai veterinarians’ success in developing a new method of artificial insemination – that involves freezing pig semen. Padej...

Charoen Pokphand Foods future lies in pork and seafood
THAILAND - Bird flu takes bite out of chicken sales, but Asia wide open for shrimp, red meat products. Mention Charoen Pokphand Foods and most people think immediately of the country’s largest chicken breeder and processor. But over five years...

Thailand to separate swine, poulty in effort to contain bird flu
THAILAND - Senior government officials and international organizations will meet here next week to map out regulations to separate pigs and poluty in separate production pens on local farms in a bid to reduce the opportunity for bird flu virus to jump...

Banned antiobiotics given to Thai pigs to speed up growth.
THAILAND - The Agriculture Ministry yesterday seized some 10,000 pigs in Prachuap Khiri Khan as they were given carcinogenic feed to hasten their growth. After inspecting 400 farms with more than 200,000 pigs in the province, the ministry decided keep...