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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Pig Industry News from Global Investor Wants Smithfield Sliced Up
US & 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
Pig Industry News from Global Weekly Overview: Biosecurity Hits the Headlines
ANALYSIS – 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...
Pig Industry News from Global Checkfarm in Deal to Supply Global Pig Production Training
GLOBAL - 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...
Pig Industry News from Global M-COOL Continues to Create Uncertainty for Producers
US & 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
Pig Industry News from Global Experts Respond to GM Feeding Study in Pigs
GLOBAL - 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...
Pig Industry News from Global FAO Forecasts More Balanced Food Markets Ahead
GLOBAL - 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....
Pig Industry News from Global New Report on Animal Disease Status in Indian Ocean States
INDIAN 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...
Pig Industry News from Global Newsham, Pen Ar Lam Become Choice Genetics
GLOBAL - Newsham Choice Genetics and Pen Ar Lan have changed their name to Choice Genetics and announce new genetic selection technology....
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Pig Industry News from Global Study Shows Effects of Mixed GM Diets on Pig Health
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global US Joins Call to End Food Waste
ANALYSIS - The US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has joined the mounting global call to end food waste. ...
Pig Industry News from Global Smithfield-Shuanghui Deal Hits Snags
US & 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
Pig Industry News from Global Strong US Support for Canadian Opposition to M-COOL
US & 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
Pig Industry News from Global OECD-FAO Expect Slower Global Ag Production Growth
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Chinese, Mexican Presidents Discuss Bilateral Cooperation
CHINA & 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
Pig Industry News from Global Weekly Overview: Shuanghui-Smithfield Agreement Grabs Industry Attention
ANALYSIS: 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...
Pig Industry News from Global Shuanghui's Acquisition Deal Win-win for China, US
CHINA & 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....
Pig Industry News from Global US Farmers Attack Smithfield Takeover
US-CHINA - US farmers have attacked the takeover of Smithfield Foods by the Chinese meat processor Shuanghui. ...
Friday, May 31, 2013
Pig Industry News from Global FAO/IFIF Feed Manual Published in Arabic
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global OIE Adopts New Chapters on Animal Health, Welfare
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Smithfield and Shuanghui Announce Pork Merger
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Weekly Overview: European Pig Vets Discuss Swine Flu
ANALYSIS - 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'...
Pig Industry News from Global Farm Animal Diversity Declines as Accelerating Losses Threaten Humanity
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Insects as Sustainable Food and Feed Source
GLOBAL - 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...
Pig Industry News from Global Risks of African Swine Fever Spread Assessed
GLOBAL - 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'. ...
Pig Industry News from Global Report Looks at Feed Enzyme Market
GLOBAL - The global feed enzyme market is a fast growing segment of the feed additives market, according to a new report....
Friday, May 24, 2013
Pig Industry News from Global Future of Zoonosis Linked to Farming and Environment
GLOBAL – As agriculture intensifies and climate changes, so too will the risk posed to us by zoonotic diseases....
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Pig Industry News from Global Phytogenic Feed Additives (PFA) in Pig Production
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Foot and Mouth Detection Improved Through Cell Line Discovery
US - 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
Pig Industry News from Global Weekly Overview: Progress on PRRS and Other Pig Health Issues
GLOBAL - 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
Pig Industry News from Global FAO Reports Strong Cereal Production and Food Price Rise
GLOBAL - 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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