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Thursday, May 03, 2012
Promotion Aimed at Driving Down Pork PricesTAIWAN - The Council of Agriculture (COA) has launched a pork promotion campaign, with discounts of 20 percent being offered on frozen products to help drive down the retail price of pork.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Government to Ensure Agricultural Food SafetyTAIWAN - To promote and restore public confidence in Taiwanese agricultural products, Premier Sean Chen said at a press conference on 29 March that the Cabinet would ensure food safety in the country using...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
FMD NEWS: Further FMD Cases Reported in TaipeiThe latest news on Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreaks around the world.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Pig Farmers Expect Mass Bankruptcy by OctoberTAIWAN - Despite assurances of support from the government, the country's pig farmers, worrying that pork prices might remain low until mid-2013, on Sunday expressed their belief that about half of them...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Taiwanese Pig Farmers Anxious About BankruptcyTAIWAN - Hog industry representatives yesterday voiced their worries about how 50 per cent of hog farmers are likely to face bankruptcy by October as a result of the country's falling pork prices.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Large Scale Meat Safety Tests UnderwayTAIWAN - The Department of Health (DOH) and local health authorities will conduct its largest scale tests to date from March 20-22 to check for the leanness enhancing drug ractopamine in 1,000 products,...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Safety Fears Tighten Pork Control MeasuresTAIWAN - Premier Sean Chen said earlier this week that the government has imposed tighter control measures on pork products to ensure food safety, after a lawmaker said some locally produced products were...
Monday, March 12, 2012
Building an Industry with New StandardsTAIWAN - Taiwan's Council of Agriculture is under pressure from feed millers and poultry producers to establish national mycotoxin standards for grains and feedstuffs.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
First Shipment of Hypor Breeders to TaiwanTAIWAN - Hypor, the pig breeding division of Hendrix Genetics, announced that their first delivery of Hypor breeders arrived to Taiwan on 30 December. All 111 pigs arrived at Taipei Airport Taiwan in good...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sub-Clinical FMD Reported in TaipeiTAIWAN - Sub-clinical foot and mouth disease (FMD) infection has been found in pigs on one farm during routine surveillance.
Monday, September 19, 2011
USGC Consultant Boosts Mycotoxin UnderstandingTAIWAN - A Kansas State microbiology expert has completed an intense schedule of briefings in Taiwan in an outreach effort to update industry and government officials on mycotoxins, reported Clover Chang,...
Friday, August 12, 2011
Campaign Starts Against 'Cruel & Inhumane' RitualTAIWAN - Animal welfare campaigners are calling for an end to the ritual of rearing so-called 'divine pigs'.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Potty Training for Pigs Successful in TaiwanTAIWAN - Taiwan has been experimenting with a simple solution to the perennial problems of pollution, smell and excessive water use on pig farms: train the pigs to use a toilet.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Taiwan Potty-Trains Pigs as an Anti-Pollution SolutionTAIWAN - Taiwan's environmental authorities said Wednesday they are planning to promote potty training for pigs to help curb water and waste pollution.
Friday, December 24, 2010
EPA: Sustainable Villages Through Clean Pig FarmingTAIWAN - Taiwan’s hog output has surpassed rice since 1986 to become the No. 1 item of agricultural and livestock products.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
DDGS Feed Formulation Workshops in TaiwanTAIWAN - Sixty-three feed specialists and animal nutritionists gathered in Taiwan last week for a four-day workshop on the use of US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in animal feed rations....
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
A/H1N1 Flu Breaks Out in Swine; Issue ResolvedTAIWAN - The Taiwanese veterinary authorities have reportted an outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza in the country, affecting swine herds.
Friday, April 16, 2010
JSR Sets Sights on TaiwanTAIWAN - JSR, one of the world’s leading pig genetics businesses, has reaffirmed its keen interest in working with pig producers in Asia by signing a franchise contract with Evabiotech Ltd of Er Lun...
Monday, December 14, 2009
Taiwanese Pigs Potty-Trained to Curb PollutionTAIWAN - Farmers in southern Taiwan have started to potty-train their pigs in response to a planned water pollution fee, breeders and officials said earlier today.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Taiwanese Nutritionists Learn About DDGSTAIWAN - The US Grains Council (USGC) has held a series of worskshops for nutritionists in formulating feeds with distillers dreid grains with solubles (DDGS).
Monday, November 16, 2009
Taiwan's Pigs No Longer Under H1N1 Flu ThreatTAIWAN - No new outbreaks of the H1N1 influenza have been reported in the country.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Pigs Recovering from H1N1 VirusTAIWAN - The pigs on a farm in Taitung, eastern Taiwan diagnosed with the influenza A (H1N1) virus last month are reported to be recovering and showing no new traces of the virus
Friday, November 06, 2009
Influenza A/H1N1 Outbreak in Swine ConfirmedTAIWAN - A new outbreak of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 has been reported in Taiwan's swine.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Taiwan Set on Purchasing US Corn and DDGSTAIWAN - The Taiwanese Agricultural Goodwill Mission signed a letter of intent Thursday, 24 September, with the US Grains Council, committing to purchase 7.7 to 10.5 million metric tons, or 303 to 413...
Friday, August 14, 2009
Livestock Industries Suffer in the Wake of TyphoonTAIWAN - The Council of Agriculture has estimated losses amounting to nine billion new dollars (TWD) as the result of Typhoon Morakot.
Monday, August 03, 2009
Taiwan Has Resumed FMD VaccinationTAIWAN - Vaccination of pigs against foot and mouth disease (FMD) has resumed.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Reported in Central TaiwanTAIPEI - Agriculture authorities have slaughtered hundreds of pigs in central Taiwan in a bid to contain the island's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 12 years.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Pork Actually Cheaper Than Tomatoes?TAIPEI - Believe it or not, the price of pork has now gone lower than that of tomatoes.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Pig Farmers Accuse DOH of Double StandardsTAIWAN - Pig farmers have accused the Department of Health (DOH) of planning to loosen restrictions on ractopamine content in pork to open up the country to more US pork imports. It is likely that farmers...
Monday, October 27, 2008
Taiwanese Trade Team Explores Possibilities of DDGSTAIWAN – Taiwan is looking at the benefits of high protein dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) feed, a co-product of corn-based ethanol, made in Ohio.
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