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News Archive
Canadian Pork Council addressing animal care
11 May 2012 - The past several weeks have seen a series of announcements by fast food companies and food retailers about animal welfare. Some firms are dictating what should happen on farm, others leaving the industry and experts to chart the way forward.
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NPPC: Statement on animal abuses at a farm
10 May 2012 - Undercover video from a Wyoming hog farm released by an animal rights group shows practices that are abhorrent to US pork producers. Read more >>
Lucta to hold pre-conference symposium on gut chemosensing
10 May 2012 - Spain-based feed additive producer Lucta will organise a pre-conference symposium, prior to this year’s edition of Digestive Physiology of Pigs, held in Colorado, United States. Read more >>
China: US produced pork quarantined due to ractopamine
10 May 2012 - China's quarantine bureau has rejected a 103.5 tonne US pork consignment after standard tests on the frozen meat showed positive results for the banned drug ractopamine, Reuters reports. Read more >>
New rules cost Irish pig farmers a lot of money
10 May 2012 - Teagasc, the Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, estimates that new regulations on sow housing will cost Irish pig farmers at least €300,000 to meet compliance, the Irish Independent reports.
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Zhengchang to participate at Animal Farming Ukraine 2012
10 May 2012 - China’s largest manufacturer of feed machinery, Zhengchang (ZCME), has confirmed its participation at Animal Farming Ukraine 2012. Animal Farming Ukraine 2012 will present the entire range of products in the field of animal farming and directly related businesses.
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New Japfa-Hypor jv to build 700 sow breeding unit
10 May 2012 - Vietnam's animal feed producer Japfa Comfeed Long An and swine genetics company Hypor have finalised their joint venture at the end of April. A 700 sow high health pig breeding unit will be established in Vietnam. Read more >>
Optivite launches water disinfection system
09 May 2012 - A new ‘intelligent’ system which will automatically chlorinate and make drinking water safe for all animals has been launched.
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Ukraine: Pork crisis gets worse
09 May 2012 - Starting earlier this year the Ukraine crisis of pig farming has been gaining momentum. During the first three months of 2012 the volume of pork production decreased by 2% to 731.4 thousand tonnes.
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Dutch to open three layer breeding sow house
09 May 2012 - A first in the Netherlands – and unique on a global scale, is the opening of a three layer pig breeding facility near Lunteren, the Netherlands, this weekend.
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Animal Farming Ukraine planned for autumn 2012
09 May 2012 - The 3rd International Exhibition for animal farming will take place 31 October - 2 November 2012 at the International Exhibition Centre, Kiev, Ukraine.
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RESEARCH: Group housed lactating sows score well
09 May 2012 - In group housing systems for lactating sows, technical results achieved can be similar to systems housing lactating sows individually. This was confirmed in a research by the German trial farm Futterkamp, located in Blekendorf, in the Northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Read more >>
US: Safeway to abandon pork from farms using gestation crates
08 May 2012 - US store chain Safeway Inc. has announced that it will sell pork that comes from farms that do not use sow gestation stalls.
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NPPC comments on Safeway’s sow housing decision
08 May 2012 - NPPC president statement: NPPC supports the position taken by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, which recognise gestation stalls and group housing systems as appropriate for providing for the well-being of sows during pregnancy.
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RESULTS: Slightly lower profits for pork processor Danish Crown
08 May 2012 - For the first half of the year 2011/2012, Danish pork and meat processor Danish Crown has posted slightly lower profits, but higher revenues. Read more >>
New Zealand court upholds pork import standards
08 May 2012 - New Zealand’s High Court has validated the rules used by the Ministry for Primary Industries when developing import requirements for pork from countries where PRRS occurs.
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Canada-Japan EPA will increase Canadian pork exports
08 May 2012 - Ottawa Canadian Pork Council’s chair, Jean-Guy Vincent and Canada Pork International’s president, Jacques Pomerleau appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade as witnesses to the committee’s study on a comprehensive and high level economic partnership agreement (EPA) with Japan.
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RESEARCH: S. aureus in 16% of state fair pigs in USA
08 May 2012 - Pigs are a potential reservoir for Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in US state fairs, as antibiotic-resistant S. aureus have been found in exhibited pigs at two state fairs. S. aureus was found in almost 16% of the tested pigs. Read more >>
French pig sector decreased by 1.3% in 2011
07 May 2012 - With the annual agricultural show of SPACE approaching in September, it is interesting to see how the French pig industry has been doing in the last year. 2011 showed a decreasing tendency as total pork production shrunk by 1.3% in comparison to 2010.
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RESULTS: Maple Leaf reports more sales in Q1, 2012
07 May 2012 - Canadian hog producer and pork processor Maple Leaf reported that sales for the first quarter of 2012 increased 1% to CAN$1,160.8 million, compared to $1,147.9 million last year. Read more >>
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