Pig Industry News: Global
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Investor Wants Smithfield Sliced UpUS & CHINA - A minority shareholder of Smithfield Foods Inc says a buyout offer of $7.1 billion, including debt, from China's Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd is far less than what the US pork processor...
Monday, June 17, 2013
Weekly Overview: Biosecurity Hits the HeadlinesANALYSIS – The importance of good biosecurity for the whole supply chain has been highlighted in the last week. New Zealand's Supreme Court has banned imports of raw pork cuts to reduce the risk of PRRS...
Checkfarm in Deal to Supply Global Pig Production TrainingGLOBAL - A new deal will see consultancy business, Checkfarm, offer Pig Production Training (PPT) Ltd programmes across the globe, meaning more producers than ever before will have access to world-class...
M-COOL Continues to Create Uncertainty for ProducersUS & CANADA - Fast Genetics says the uncertainty created by US Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling (M-COOL) continues to create problems for pork producers and packers on both sides of the border, Bruce...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Experts Respond to GM Feeding Study in PigsGLOBAL - Four experts in the analysis of scientific data, statistics and risk have commented on a recently published study examining the long-term health effects in pigs of a diet containing genetically...
FAO Forecasts More Balanced Food Markets AheadGLOBAL - Food commodity markets, in particular for cereals, are set to be more balanced in 2013/14, according to FAO's 'Food Outlook' report published today....
New Report on Animal Disease Status in Indian Ocean StatesINDIAN OCEAN STATES - To mark the first International forum on Public Health Surveillance and Response in island territories, held in St Denis, Réunion, from 11 to 13 June 2013, Eric Cardinale, a researcher...
Newsham, Pen Ar Lam Become Choice GeneticsGLOBAL - Newsham Choice Genetics and Pen Ar Lan have changed their name to Choice Genetics and announce new genetic selection technology....
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Study Shows Effects of Mixed GM Diets on Pig HealthGLOBAL - A long-term study of pigs fed a combination of genetically modified (GM) soybeans and GM corn maize has revealed differences in the animals' reproductive and intestinal tracts and liver compared...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
US Joins Call to End Food WasteANALYSIS - The US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has joined the mounting global call to end food waste. ...
Smithfield-Shuanghui Deal Hits SnagsUS & CHINA - State limits on foreign ownership of farmland and concerns over US pork exports to Japan have emerged as possible challenges to Shanghui's planned $4.7 billion takeover of US industrial hog...
Monday, June 10, 2013
Strong US Support for Canadian Opposition to M-COOLUS & CANADA - The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council says there's strong support within the US for the Canadian position on US Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling, Bruce Cochrane writes....
Friday, June 07, 2013
OECD-FAO Expect Slower Global Ag Production GrowthGLOBAL - Global agricultural production is expected to grow 1.5 per cent a year on average over the coming decade, compared with annual growth of 2.1 per cent between 2003 and 2012, according to a new...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
Chinese, Mexican Presidents Discuss Bilateral CooperationCHINA & MEXICO - President Xi Jinping met his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto in Mexico City on Tuesday (4 June) to discuss bilateral cooperation....
Monday, June 03, 2013
Weekly Overview: Shuanghui-Smithfield Agreement Grabs Industry AttentionANALYSIS: News that China’s Shuanghui Foods has bid for Smithfield Foods of the US has given pig industry watchers plenty to talk about over the last few days. In Russia, Cherkizovo Group has reported...
Shuanghui's Acquisition Deal Win-win for China, USCHINA & US - China's largest meat processor's acquisition of a leading US pork producer will be a win-win deal that benefits both countries, a Chinese expert said on Friday....
US Farmers Attack Smithfield TakeoverUS-CHINA - US farmers have attacked the takeover of Smithfield Foods by the Chinese meat processor Shuanghui. ...
Friday, May 31, 2013
FAO/IFIF Feed Manual Published in ArabicGLOBAL - The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have launched the Arabic language version of the "Manual of...
Thursday, May 30, 2013
OIE Adopts New Chapters on Animal Health, WelfareGLOBAL - At the 81st General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) in Paris, France, new standards were agreed in a number of areas, including antimicrobial...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Smithfield and Shuanghui Announce Pork MergerGLOBAL - Shuanghui International and Smithfield Foods have agreed to a strategic combination. The new leading global pork enterprise will have greater access to the large and growing Chinese market and...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Weekly Overview: European Pig Vets Discuss Swine FluANALYSIS - Taking a health theme this week, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the highly successful meeting of pig veterinarians in Edinburgh last week, as well as the impacts of the 'new'...
Farm Animal Diversity Declines as Accelerating Losses Threaten HumanityGLOBAL - The accelerating disappearance of Earth's species of both wild and domesticated plants and animals constitutes a fundamental threat to the well-being and even the survival of humankind, warns...
Monday, May 27, 2013
Insects as Sustainable Food and Feed SourceGLOBAL - Insects as food and feed are a particularly relevant issue in the 21st century due to the rising cost of animal protein, food and feed insecurity, environmental pressures, population growth and...
Risks of African Swine Fever Spread AssessedGLOBAL - In the latest issue of Empres Watch, FAO has published a report entitled 'African swine fever in the Russian Federation: risk factors for Europe and beyond'. ...
Report Looks at Feed Enzyme MarketGLOBAL - The global feed enzyme market is a fast growing segment of the feed additives market, according to a new report....
Friday, May 24, 2013
Future of Zoonosis Linked to Farming and EnvironmentGLOBAL – As agriculture intensifies and climate changes, so too will the risk posed to us by zoonotic diseases....
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Phytogenic Feed Additives (PFA) in Pig ProductionGLOBAL - In praxis feed producers or farmers find themselves confronted with an unprecedented number of products with widely varying composition and claimed effects. ...
Friday, May 17, 2013
Foot and Mouth Detection Improved Through Cell Line DiscoveryUS - Agriculture Research Service Scientists have developed a new cell line that rapidly and accurately detects the foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus. ...
Monday, May 13, 2013
Weekly Overview: Progress on PRRS and Other Pig Health IssuesGLOBAL - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is among the world's most costly pig diseases and it is proving challenging to control, particularly because of the different viral strains...
Friday, May 10, 2013
FAO Reports Strong Cereal Production and Food Price RiseGLOBAL - New reports from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) forecast strong cereal production this year with a new record expected for coarse grains. A second successive monthly rise in its...
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