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News Archive
EFSA supports phenol derivatives in pig feed
28 Feb 2012 - EFSA's feed safety panel, FEEDAP, has recently published scientific opinions on the use of phenol derivatives in pig and animal feed. Read more >>
Addressing the pork industry’s North American market
28 Feb 2012 - The Canadian pork industry would like to acknowledge the Canadian Government’s efforts to further Canada’s trade interest at a recent meeting in Washington. Canadian Pork Council’s Chair Jean-Guy Vincent and Vice-Chair Rick Bergmann joined Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Gerry Ritz in Washington for an important roundtable discussion with American pork industry representatives on strengthening the North American integrated market for pigs and pork.
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2012 Alltech Symposium: Feeding the world in 2050
27 Feb 2012 - The world population is growing at an incredible rate, which means that people and industries alike must explore innovative ideas in order to plan for the future. Read more >>
BPEX: Pork is still selling well
27 Feb 2012 - The latest BPEX Quarterly Report is available giving an overview of what is happening in the retail market.
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Miratorg intends to build 10 new pig farms by 2018
27 Feb 2012 - Within the new large investment project agro holding Miratorg intends to build ten new pig farms on the south-west of Russia in the Kursk Region with a total production capacity of 50 thousand tonnes of meat in live weight per year. According to the representatives of the company the total amount of investments will be about 10 billion rubles (US$ 330 mln).
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Pig farmers in Taiwan to protest against ractopamine meat
27 Feb 2012 - Taiwan’s pig farmers have decided to stage their protest on the import of US beef containing the feed additive ractopamine on the 8th of March, days after the visit by the US under-secretary of commerce for international trade. Read more >>
Prairie Swine Centre to host meetings to help pork producers
27 Feb 2012 - Prairie Swine Centre will be hosting a series of pork producers throughout Canada. These meetings will focus on helping pork producers improving the bottom line of their operations, and the long term sustainability of the industry.
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First phytogenic performance enhancer approved for use in piglets in EU
24 Feb 2012 - Phytogenic performance enhancer Fresta F, manufactured by Austrian feed additive company Delacon, has been approved in the European Union for use in piglet feed.
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Advancia International Methionine seminar
24 Feb 2012 - The 5th Advancia International Methionine Seminar, that took place in Çesme, Turkey, presents its main conclusions... Read more >>
Canadian ag minister visits Chinese pig producer Cofco
24 Feb 2012 - A Canadian trade mission to China, headed by Gerry Ritz, agricultural minister, recently stopped at Cofco, a $22 billion per year corporation mainly involved in food and ingredient procurement for the Chinese market. Read more >>
UK pork sales up 0.8% in volume in 2011
24 Feb 2012 - Pork sales in the United Kingdom have been up 2.4% in value and 0.8% in volume in 2011. Read more >>
USA: Price takes on greater role when purchasing pork
24 Feb 2012 - The impact of the economy and higher prices for meat and poultry products are making a significant difference for consumers at the meat case. Read more >>
Study: New swine flu virus – pandemic potential
24 Feb 2012 - According to a new study, flu viruses of swine origin that caused infections in the United States late last year appear to have pandemic potential. The findings are based on a transmission study in ferrets.
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Russia announces use of microchips to fight African Swine Fever
23 Feb 2012 - Russian authorities have decided to implant an innovation microchip in the ear of every pig, which will contain all the information about the animal. The new microchip will provide information about changes in the health of the pig and will help farmers to timely detect the infection of the animal with African Swine Fever. Read more >>
BSAS conference to focus on healthy, sustainable food
23 Feb 2012 - Farmers are being encouraged to produce more food to feeding a growing global population. But what role can livestock production play in offering healthy, nutritious and sustainable food? That is this year's theme of the annual BSAS conference. Read more >>
Genetiporc USA launches the G 6.0 terminal sire line
23 Feb 2012 - Genetiporc USA has launched a new boar type, the G 6.0 boar. This type has been engineered to reduce production cost for today’s heavier market weights, due to significant improvements in feed conversion. Read more >>
NutriScan launches homemade yoghurt product for piglets
23 Feb 2012 - Danish animal feed producer NutriScan has introduced to the market a yoghurt product for use in young piglets. Read more >>
Study suggests origins of MRSA strain in food animals
23 Feb 2012 - A strain of the antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from food animals to humans, according to a new study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ, USA. Read more >>
Feeding the world summit: Focus on 2050 again
22 Feb 2012 - The world’s population has now surpassed the seven billion mark and is predicted to reach nine billion by 2050. With a billion people already hungry, this raises the question– how can we feed them and the billions still to come?
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Germany’s largest pork processor may be cut in two
22 Feb 2012 - Shareholders within Germany’s largest pork slaughterer and processor Tönnies have intensified their internal power struggle, potentially leading to a dissociation of the company.
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