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North American Pig Production
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World Pork Expo 2012: Valuing manure nutrients
Agriculture’s environmental impact is becoming a focal point for US consumers, governments, the public and the farmers. As pork producers look forward to the 2012 World Pork Expo, many are interested in the high demand for manure as a source of plant nutrients and organic material for crop farmers.
Just like in previous years, there will be plenty of pork available for all visitors at the WorldPorkExpo... read more »
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Alternative protein sources head for across the ocean
With feed prices rising, everywhere around the world livestock producers are looking for alternative feed ingredients. Anticipating further growth, animal nutrition company Hamlet Protein opened its second production plant at the end of January, in Findlay, Ohio, USA.
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Successful cross-border pig farming in North America
Producing finishers across the border sometimes comes with a lot of advantages. Canadian pork producer Rod Weenink, from Lacombe, Alberta, found himself a more cost-effective way of doing business by relocating his finisher sites to the United States – with a welfare bonus as a consequence.
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Murphy-Brown going for cleaner air using ionisation
Negatively charged ions may soon be clearing the air of dust and other harmful emissions such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide in your hog and poultry facilities. Electrostatic particle ionisation (EPI) is the key word for this novel environmental technology. read more >
Can we wean up to 40 piglets per sow per year?
Where in some countries 30 piglets per sow per year is only a distant target, others are already talking about achieving a target of 40. The number was key in several series of presentations at this year’s edition of Alltech’s International Animal Health and Nutrition Conference, in Lexington, held in Kentucky, USA, in May. Below is a Danish and a British view.
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Boar stud facility as a last step of the integration
The Mexican Olea Ruiz family has developed its Grupo Soles enterprise into many parts of the agricultural business. It consists of a swine integration, from AI to slaughter. Recently, a new boarstud facility was added to the family’s business plant near the city of Obregon.
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