New publisher for Pig Progress Reed Business, publisher of Pig Progress, intends to sell all publishing activities of the Dutch agricultural...
Wrapping up February: What’s new in the world of pigs? Big Data and sensor technology increasingly make their entry into the global swine business, so much became...
Irish pig meatpacker Dunbia joins Dawn Meats Two Irish based meat processors have agreed to join forces and will form a new partnership operation that will...
Business Update – It’s takeover and merger season The last weeks of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 showed an interesting activity with many agribusiness companies...
Danish Crown and Tican merger under review Business competition authorities in Denmark will review the proposed merger between Danish Crown and Tican,...
JBS USA Pork purchases Cargill pork business JBS USA Pork has entered into an agreement with Cargill to acquire the company’s US-based pork business for...
Merger creates largest Belgian pig processor Two major Belgian pig processors, Covalis and Westvlees, have announced a merger that would create the largest...
Danish Crown, Tican: Slaughterhouse merger approved An overwhelming majority of Tican and Danish Crown’s owners approved the merger of the two cooperative societies.
Danish Crown, Westfleisch join forces Danish Crown and Westfleisch have decided to join forces regarding deboning and sales of sow meat. With a...
Danish Crown and Tican to merge Denmark’s two cooperative slaughterhouse companies have agreed to combine their activities in a joint company.
Tyson and Hillshire Brands merger complete Tyson Foods, announced yesterday (28 August) the completion of its merger with The Hillshire Brands Company, the...
Topigs and Ruibang sign JV agreement Ruibang, a private Chinese company, and Topigs China, have signed a strategic joint venture agreement.
Topigs and Norsvin merger announced at WPX Dutch breeder Topigs International and Norwegian breeding company Norsvin International have joined forces in a...
Danish Crown to take-over Polish meat processor Following a ten-year partnership with the Nordic meat company HKScan Group, Danish Crown is now taking full...
Rabobank: Hog margins to rise in United States Hog margins in the US are bound to rise to unparalleled highs in the months to come. This projection was made by...
Murphy-Brown: $100 million renewable biogas project Murphy-Brown of Missouri, LLC (MBM) and Roeslein Alternative Energy, LLC announced their joint plans to develop...
Hungry in the wrong direction It wasn’t too long ago when Vion Food aimed to become Europe’s largest meat company in North West Europe....
Why producing pigs in China is a big challenge The Chinese love pork – and in the future, more Chinese will love even more pork. With many limiting factors, it...
French pig cooperative eyes Chinese and Russian market It’s not only companies that roam the world in search of new markets. France’s largest pig cooperative Cooperl...
Safe food is key for Chinese meat giant Shuanghui Having acquired Smithfield Foods, the Chinese company Shuanghui hopes to gain access to in-depth knowledge about...
Assistance for the eye: Analysing semen by computer Only the highly trained eye of an experienced breeder is able to judge correctly whether sperm is successful or...
China becoming aware of on-farm health and hygiene China is slowly waking up to the notion that investing and growing alone is not enough to be successful in pig...
China buys America's largest pork processor Last month China's largest meat processor, Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd., agreed to pay USD $4.7 billion...