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News Archive
National Pork Board to donate $1 million to center
14 Mar 2012 - The National Pork Board has agreed to donate $1 million to the proposed Fair Oaks Pig Adventure Center in Indiana with a second $1 million donation contingent on private fund-raising of $7.6 million.
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Canada: Pig Producers can access more funding to help with costs
14 Mar 2012 - Increased funding under the Manure Management Financial Assistance Program (MMFAP) will help pig producers access more funding to help with the cost of installing manure-management and treatment systems, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced.
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Fourth Feet First Seminar: Zooming in on a Mexican sow farm
13 Mar 2012 - A fourth series of Feet First seminars, organised by Zinpro Performance Minerals, was held last week in the North of Spain. Attention was given to sow longevity at a large Mexican breeding farm. Other themes discussed included lameness, heat stress and welfare.
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Russia: Pork prices increasing due to ASF
13 Mar 2012 - Pork prices over the past six months rose from 3% to 15% in Russia, depending on the region.
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Boehringer Ingelheim: First Asian Veterinary R&D Centre in Shanghai
13 Mar 2012 - Boehringer Ingelheim announced the expansion of its Animal Health business in China. One of the major moves is the opening of the Asian Veterinary Research & Development (R&D) Centre in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. The firm is investing 12 million euros in the center which is the largest of its kind established by a multinational pharmaceutical company in China.
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New NPPC president: 75,000 feeder pigs and one council to run
13 Mar 2012 - R.C. Hunt, a producer from Wilson, N.C., was elevated to the post of president for the National Pork Producers Council. He was elected to the post for a one-year term at NPPC’s annual business meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held in Denver March 1-3.
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IPVS 2012: Early bird registration deadline approaches
13 Mar 2012 - The early bird deadline for the upcoming International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress approaches. The event will be held in Jeju, South Korea, this year, from June 10 until June 13. Read more >>
MAGAZINE Pig Progress: Danish pride and African opportunities
13 Mar 2012 - The second edition of Pig Progress (28.2) is out and features interesting articles with an emphasis on liquid feeding and Scandinavia. Read more >>
Pig farmers urged to step up defences against swine dysentery
12 Mar 2012 - BPEX are urging pig producers to be extra vigilant for symptoms of swine dysentery and step up defences after further cases of the disease have been reported across the North Yorkshire region.
“The disease spreads rapidly, particularly in the current cold weather conditions,” warns BPEX’s Veterinary Projects Manager, Helen Clarke.
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Ireland pays €1.3 million for pork dioxin scare
12 Mar 2012 - More than €130 million has been paid by the Irish government to the pork industry in compensation for the dioxin contamination scare of 2008.
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Research: Processing effects of pig diets
12 Mar 2012 - A combined study of Norwegian Felleskjøpet Fôrutvikling and Kansas State University investigated the ileal digestibility of crude protein, amino acids, dry matter and phosphorous in pigs fed diets steam conditioned at low and high temperature, expander conditioned or extruder processed.
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Australia: Pork projects with a difference
12 Mar 2012 - Research projects demonstrating quality, system changing science that could successfully be adopted by Australia’s pork industry will be considered for funding by the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, which called for proposals on March 1.
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Induction into NPPC Hall of Fame
12 Mar 2012 - Allen Christian, former manager of Iowa State University’s Swine Teaching Farm and a pork producer from Ames, Iowa, was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Pork Producers Council at the organization’s annual business meeting – the National Pork Industry Forum – held in Denver March 1-3 for his outstanding contributions to the U.S. pork industry. Read more >>
Choice of pen mates does not affect boar mounting behaviour
09 Mar 2012 - A set of Dutch trials aimed at finding ways to overcome certain problems when finishing boars, has not yielded any new management options so far.
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Research: DDGS in nursery pigs
09 Mar 2012 - US scientists studied the impact of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS) and diet formulation method on dry matter, calcium, and phosphorus retention and excretion in nursery pigs.
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China aims for higher pork production by 2015
09 Mar 2012 - The Chinese government has put together a five year plan to increase meat production and also to modernise the meat industry.
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Danisco EU appoints business manager
09 Mar 2012 - Danisco Animal Nutrition has announced that in January 2012, former regional technical manager, Armin Vikari (PhD) took up the position of business manager covering Germany, Serbia and Ukraine.
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Merc awards pork industry scholarships
09 Mar 2012 - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange at the annual business meeting of the National Pork Producers Council – the National Pork Industry Forum – held in Denver March 1-3 awarded scholarships to four college students who intend to pursue careers in the pork industry. NPPC administers the scholarship selection process.
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Shuanghui Group plans major increase in pork production
09 Mar 2012 - Chairman Wan Long of Shuanghui Group, the largest hog processor in China, will increase pork production volume by 50% his year, Bloomberg reports.
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UK: New research projects to help pig farmers improve performance
08 Mar 2012 - An initiative started in 2009 to help pig farmers improve their performance, using developments in IT and monitoring expertise, has come to fruition with the simultaneous launch of two major projects with a total funding of £459,000.
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