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News Archive
AB Vista confirms RCI as distributor in Australia
24 Aug 2011 - AB Vista, the global supplier of animal feed ingredients, has announced that Ruth Consolidated Industries (RCI) will be its Australian distributor.
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New Zealand: Pork industry pushes to stop the import of uncooked pork
24 Aug 2011 - The pork industry in New Zealand is causing a stir by challenging revised import health standards that were issued by the Ministry of Agriculture in April this year.
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Smithfield Foods awarded ‘highest mark’ for Corporate Sustainability Report
24 Aug 2011 - The Roberts Environmental Center of Claremont McKenna College has given Smithfield Foods, Inc. its top grade of 'A+' for the company's sustainability reporting for 2009-10 and ranked Smithfield first out of the 35 companies analysed in the food and beverages sector.
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Merck Animal Health: President appointed
24 Aug 2011 - Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced the appointment of Richard R. DeLuca Jr. as executive vice president and president, Merck Animal Health, effective 15 September 2011.
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EU food watchdog: Pork imports from Brazil not likely soon
23 Aug 2011 - Brazil still has a long way to go in traceability issues before it can sell pork in the European Union. That was the conclusion of the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office after an inspection journey to Brazil. Read more >>
Fancom participates in European BioBusiness Project
23 Aug 2011 - Seven European universities and research institutes and three industrial partners have joined forces to form the BioBusiness Project team. The BioBusiness Project is a European project allied to the Marie Curie Actions, an initiative that helps early stage researchers embark on improving their career. Fancom will be contributing to the research and Pig Progress editor, Vincent ter Beek, will be speaking at a Biobusiness workshop.
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Ukraine allows pork imports from Azerbaijan
23 Aug 2011 - Ukraine cancelled the ban on pig imports from Azerbaijan, also raw materials and their products, which has been introduced in 2008. According to the State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine, the decision was made due to the fact that there were no cases of African swine fever outbreaks in Azerbaijan since March 2008.
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Feral pig in Michigan tests positive for Aujeszky’s Disease
23 Aug 2011 - USDA Wildlife Services have shot a feral pig infected with pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s Disease) in Midland County, Michigan, USA. Read more >>
Benzoic acid: No lasting negative effects on grower pig bones
22 Aug 2011 - Combined Swiss-French research has shown that the presence of benzoic acid in pig feed does not have any lasting negative effects on bones of growing pigs. Read more >>
Aarhus Uni feeding model can help improve sow milk production
22 Aug 2011 - Scientists from Aarhus University’s Research Centre Foulum have developed a pig model that can provide answers to how pregnant and lactating sows should be fed to improve their milk production. Read more >>
Hendrix introduces feeding simulation programme Watson 2.0 for pigs
22 Aug 2011 - A feed simulation programme for pigs, originally developed in Canada, and closely predicting consequences of management strategy changes on herd productivity, has been launched on several markets in Northern Europe, e.g. Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. Read more >>
Chinese test acidifier for effects on pig performance
22 Aug 2011 - Recent trials in China into the use of acidifiers in pig production have indicated that potassium diformate is capable of increasing micro villi in pig intestines by up to 14%. Read more >>
German research: Piglets benefit from yoghurt diet
22 Aug 2011 - Recent German research has confirmed that providing yoghurt to young piglets helps in achieving good piglet performance. Read more >>
China may pull in more pork imports
19 Aug 2011 - The price of pork in China has been a major concern lately. If prices continue to increase then the country will opt to increase pork imports. For the first six months of 2011, the US exported 16 times more pork to China compared to the same period last year.
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AMI: Obama, not congress, must act on trade agreements
19 Aug 2011 - President Obama remarked earlier this week at a town hall meeting in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, that passing trade deals is something that “Congress can do right now.” This statement, however, is misleading, said AMI president and CEO J. Patrick Boyle in a guest column published on The Hill’s Congress Blog.
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African swine fever - outbreaks continue in Russia
19 Aug 2011 - On 18 August at a private farm located in Ezvino village, Tver Region, Russia a number of dead pigs have been found. Based on the result of laboratory examination of pathological material samples from the corpses of the pigs, African Swine Fever was detected, said the officials of the sanitary epidemiological services of the region.
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Canadian firm recalled bacon products due to listeria
19 Aug 2011 - Aliments Prince, S.E.C., an establishment from Ontario, Canada, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of diced bacon products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
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Pig Progress meets Kemin (watch video)
18 Aug 2011 - Pig Progress recently met with Kemin AgriFoods North America Division president Jeff Murphy. The global animal nutrition company is embarking on a period of expansion at its headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. Murphy explained more about the need for this expansion and his thoughts on current matters affecting the pig industry. Read more >>
Ukraine - setting up a pig farming development program
18 Aug 2011 - “In the coming years Ukraine should become a strong exporter of pork,” this statement was recently announced by the Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine Nykolai Prisyajnyuk during his visit to a number of pig farms in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
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Rising pork prices in Thailand need quick addressing
18 Aug 2011 - New Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has instructed the country’s ministry of commerce to quickly address the rising price of pork in Thailand. Read more >>
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