DanBred International reveals a new logo
25 May 2012 - DanBred International, the original exporter of DanBred genetics, has revealed a new logo.
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Ukraine introduces oracle pig to predict European Cup match outcomes
24 May 2012 - Ukraine will go for an enormous beer-loving pig to predict the outcome of football matches at the upcoming European Championships, from 8 June until 1 July in Poland and Ukraine.
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Danish Crown to shut down pig slaughterhouse
11 May 2012 - At a meeting, the Pork Producer Committee has recommended that the Danish Crown slaughterhouse in Esbjerg be closed down at the end of August this year.
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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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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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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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Croatian pork exports hampered by EU regulations
09 Apr 2012 - European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos, said that for a return to the European pork markets, Croatia needed to prove that farm reared pigs were separated from wild pigs to ensure that there was no re-transmission of swine flu, the Croatia Times reports. Read more >>
Ukraine imported lots of low-quality pork in beginning of 2012
03 Apr 2012 - Analysts state that in the first two months of this year, Ukraine imported 2.3 times more pork than in the same period in 2011. Read more >>
Market crisis in Ukraine: Strong pork imports expected
20 Mar 2012 - In the first quarter of 2012, Ukraine’s import volumes of pork and beef could rise by 1.5-2 times, and poultry imports could rise by 30-40%. These data have recently been revealed by Alexander Yaroslavsky, deputy director of Ukrainian agrarian confederation. Read more >>
Research: Processing effects of pig diets
12 Mar 2012 - A combined study of Norwegian Felleskjøpet Fôrutvikling and Kansas State University investigated the ileal digestibility of crude protein, amino acids, dry matter and phosphorous in pigs fed diets steam conditioned at low and high temperature, expander conditioned or extruder processed.
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Belarus plans to abandon imports of protein feed ingredients by 2020
08 Mar 2012 - Belarus plans in the coming years to minimise the import of protein components of compound feed due to the significant rise in domestic production.
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Ukraine bans livestock product imports from Belarus - ASF suspected
01 Mar 2012 - The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service (Gosvetfitosluzhba) of Ukraine has, as of today, temporarily suspended meat from animals susceptible to African Swine Fever (ASF), and products and raw materials from the animals. Also, the import of all milk and dairy products from Belarus to Ukraine have come to a halt. 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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Ukrainian pork producer invests in feed production
03 Feb 2012 - APK-Invest Company (Donetsk region), one of Ukraine’s largest pork producers, plans to invest UAH 300 Ml (€28.4m) in compound feed production by 2015 and boost compound feed output 2.2 times against 2011.
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PEOPLE: New purchasing director at Pancosma
02 Feb 2012 - To support the company’s growing business, Pancosma has announced the appointment of a purchasing director at its headquarters in Geneva.
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Animal welfare in the spotlight at EFSA
26 Jan 2012 - EFSA has published important guidelines on the risk assessment of animal welfare and an opinion on the use of animal-based measures to evaluate the welfare of and pigs. They come soon after the adoption of the EU’s new Animal Welfare Strategy 2012-2015.
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Belarus calls for extra measures against African Swine Fever
13 Jan 2012 - The Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs of Belarus has urged authorities to take on more measures in order to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Belarus region. This comes as Russia is in the midst of fighting ASF.
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Romania can start to export pork to the EU
08 Dec 2011 - European Union countries will soon see pork coming from Romania, as the country has been cleared to start pork exports as of 1 January 2012. A ‘channelled’ pork system will allow Romania to sell pork in the EU. Read more >>
Pigs culled in Ukraine - defending industry from ASF
08 Dec 2011 - In the Lugansk region of Ukraine 14 thousand pigs have been culled in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) from the border regions of the Russian Federation. This has been recently announced by the deputy head of Agricultural Development Department, Ivan Kolesnik.
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Blood parameters and weight gain in piglets at birth
07 Dec 2011 - Parameters recorded at birth and day 1, and weight gain at day 1 are highly associated with survival at weaning.
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