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News Archive
NFUS: Action on pigs welcome but not enough
27 Apr 2009 - NFU Scotland welcomes the Scottish Government’s reassurances to Scottish pig producers that it is treating the sector as a priority. However, the Union firmly believes that more must be done to ensure the sector’s survival in the long term. Read more >>
NPPC: Pork safe to eat
27 Apr 2009 - “Pork is safe to eat, and direct contact with swine is not the source of, and US pigs have not been infected with, the hybrid influenza that has been identified in a number of people in the United States and more than 1,300 in Mexico” the NPPC has said in a statement. Read more >>
EU pig production down 2.3% in 2009
27 Apr 2009 - The European Commission expects that pig production in Europe will decrease by 2.3% (minus 6 million pigs) in comparison to 2008, German agricultural statistics agency ZMP reports. Read more >>
Dry feeding system for 15,000 weaning piglets
27 Apr 2009 - German company, Weda have completed an ambitious project of installing a state-of-the-art dry feeding system for 14,400 weaning piglets. Read more >>
WHO: Swine flu is ‘public health emergency’
26 Apr 2009 - An emergency committee of the World Health Organization (WHO), has agreed on Saturday that the current situation around a swine influenza outbreak in humans in Mexico and the USA constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Read more >>
Dutch focus on finisher feed and health status
24 Apr 2009 - Dutch scientists have started a four-year research in March, into specified finisher feeding for animals with a different health status. Read more >>
NPPC examines food safety requirements
24 Apr 2009 - To be effective, the nation’s food-safety system must have adequate funding and personnel, food-safety policies and procedures based on sound science and a partnership between federal food-safety agencies and food producers, the National Pork Producers Council told a congressional panel. Read more >>
Intervet/SP launches new PCV2 vaccine in Europe
24 Apr 2009 - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has introduced its new Porcilis PCV vaccine against Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection. Read more >>
EU: marketing authorisation for boar taint vaccine is near
24 Apr 2009 - It is expected that in the coming two to three months, EU marketing authorisation will be granted for Improvac, a vaccine to control boar taint. Read more >>
US: Human swine flu cases rises to 7
24 Apr 2009 - Health officials are reporting that a unique type of swine flu has now been diagnosed in seven people in California and Texas, up from the two reported earlier this week. Read more >>
BI announces swine mgmt sessions at World Pork Expo
24 Apr 2009 - Swine producers attending the 2009 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA, can attend several swine management sessions sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. Read more >>
Reality show ‘Pig Brother’ underway in Austria
23 Apr 2009 - Austria’s latest reality show, Pig Brother, began this week. For the next six weeks, four little piglets Piggy, Lilly, Pauli and Fredi will be followed by live cameras and their private lives splashed across the Internet, all part of a marketing ploy by a local food fair, Speck Spectacle. Read more >>
S Korean scientists clone a GM mini-pig
23 Apr 2009 - Scientists in South Korea have cloned a piglet whose organs were genetically modified to make them more suitable for human transplants.
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China: Pig experts meet at Global Pig Forum
23 Apr 2009 - The Global Pig Forum is the first industry-wide conference for pig production. The forum, taking place in May, brings together international experts from the entire pig industry.
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De Heus acquires Neokorm in Russia
23 Apr 2009 - Dutch feed company De Heus has completed the acquisition of Neokorm in Laginsk, Vladimir Oblast (about 150 km East of Moscow). The acquisition is realised by a joint venture in which De Heus and MKorma participate. Read more >>
US: Human swine flu cases in California
23 Apr 2009 - Two California children have been diagnosed with Swine flu. US health officials are now trying to determine whether many people will be susceptible to the infection. Read more >>
US pork production expected to decline in 2009
22 Apr 2009 - US pork production in 2009 is expected to be 2.4% lower than a year ago, new figures by the US Department of Agriculture have shown. Pork exports were off 13% in February. Read more >>
Hypor forms new swine breeding alliance
22 Apr 2009 - Meeting the breeding needs of both Canadian and mid American producers has lead to the strategic alliance between Hypor and newly incorporated Mid-America Genetics International Incorporated (MAG) a Manitoba based genetic company. Read more >>
Enzymes for animal nutrition green lit for sale
22 Apr 2009 - BASF has cleared an important regulatory hurdle for the EU market approval of the animal feed additive Natugrain® TS.
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Dutch start up pig integration for producers
22 Apr 2009 - Dutch pig producer Johnny Hogenkamp has announced the start of a pig producer integration, called FarmFocus, Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports. Read more >>
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