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News Archive
Iowa experts develop new plastic swine ID tags
26 Apr 2012 - Metal swine identification tags, long a bane of the industry, may soon be a thing of the past.
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Delacon and Greenvalley enter distribution agreement
26 Apr 2012 - Delacon has announced that Greenvalley International B.V. has been appointed distribution partner for northern Germany as of 1 April 2012. Read more >>
PEOPLE: Hamlet Protein - new manager appointed
26 Apr 2012 - Effective as of 1 March Sandor Zsarnoczay will join Hamlet Protein responsible for ales and marketing for the CIS- and Balkan markets as well as the East- and Central Europe markets.
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Effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on weanling pigs
26 Apr 2012 - Taiwan biotechnology scientists have published an evaluation of the effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on weanling pigs, given as a feed additive dietary supplement, in April’s Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition.
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Diamond design to guarantee hygiene in liquid feeding tanks
25 Apr 2012 - Austrian equipment manufacturer Schauer Agrotronic recently launched Easy Diamond, a feeding tank concept which enables the best possible hygiene inside.
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Fermented liquid feeding for pigs: Knowledge of processes stressed
25 Apr 2012 - A recent study, published by scientists at Aarhus University, Denmark, gave a good overview of the current state of affairs in research related to fermented liquid feeding (FLF) in pigs. Knowledge of the process is vital, they say.
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LFA working on live yeast for liquid feeding systems
25 Apr 2012 - French yeast product manufacturer Lesaffre Feed Additives has announced the coming launch of a new yeast type dedicated to liquid feeding systems in pigs.
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Pre-fermented proteins for better liquid feed (see Video)
25 Apr 2012 - Danish feeding company Fermentation Experts is working on an affordable liquid feeding strategy which takes away the fermentation process from the farm. The aim is to create cheap, European protein sources.
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New Weda container for liquid feeding
25 Apr 2012 - Weda – Dammann & Westerkamp from Lutten are introducing a new type of container for liquid feeding systems, which enables the dosification of smallest feed amounts for pigs.
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MAGAZINE: A Russian farm, potato peptides, focus on iron
24 Apr 2012 - A glimpse inside a Russian farm, how fermented potatoes can benefit piglets and an overview of uses of iron are just some of the ingredients of this year’s third issue of Pig Progress, containing 44 pages.
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Over 1,000 PIC breeding pigs head for San Miguel Foods
24 Apr 2012 - PIC Philippines has flown in 1,317 GGP and GP breeders from Canada to stock the first phase of the newly constructed 5,000-sow unit of San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) in Quezon province.
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PEOPLE: Topigs appoints new director, Asia Pacific
24 Apr 2012 - Topigs has announced the appointment of Glen Illing as regional director of Asia Pacific.
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President Aquino assures Philippine hog industry
24 Apr 2012 - The Philippines’ economically stunted growth in hog and poultry industries, along with the issues of unfair completion surrounding the illegal imports of meat and meat products has prompted Department of Agriculture to schedule meetings with leaders in the hog and poultry industries, according to Philippine Informatino Agency. Read more >>
Australia: Consumers can now be sure of free range pork
24 Apr 2012 - Consumers can at last be confident that the pork they are buying is truly free range following the release of the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance (APIQ) program Free Range standards, in conjunction with the Australian Pork Certified Free Range logo for pork products.
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Optivite: Salmonella control programme for pigs launched
24 Apr 2012 - Optivite, one of the UK's largest specialist animal nutrition companies, has launched a new ‘solution driven’ salmonella control programme for pigs.
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Canada's next agricultural policy framework
23 Apr 2012 - With record high farm incomes and a positive economic outlook for the Canadian agriculture industry as a backdrop, Agriculture Ministers met and launched the final stage of negotiations of the next agriculture policy framework for the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.
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BPEX: Water-saving advice for pig farms
23 Apr 2012 - Practical steps to save water and money on pig farms have been published by BPEX. There are a number of short-term and long-term measures producers can take to conserve water in this latest Knowledge Transfer (KT) Bulletin.
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Two outbreaks of classical swine fever in Russia
23 Apr 2012 - In the middle of March representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia said that classical swine fever in Russia has been completely eliminated, because outbreaks in the country were registered for several months. However, in Russia last week two new outbreaks of classical swine fever were found.
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Brazil not pleased with Argentina's decision on pork imports
23 Apr 2012 - Brazil has criticised Argentina's decision to restrict the import of Brazilian pork, threatening to also put in place the same measures in response to Argentina.
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PEOPLE: Anitox takes on a new manager
23 Apr 2012 - Anitox, the premier manufacturer and marketer of patented mold and bacterial inhibitors for animal feed and feed ingredients announces a new addition to the Latin American sales team.
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