AgFeed Industries, Inc. announces agreement to acquire leading U.S. hog production company

[Company news]

AgFeed Industries, Inc., one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, announced today that it has reached an agreement in principle to acquire the operations of M2P2 LLC based in Ames, Iowa.

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Denmark - Less salmonella in outdoor pigs

[Latest swine news]

In a survey from the Food Institute of Danish Technical University (DTU) there were salmonella in over ten percent of conventional indoor slaughter pigs, in seven percent of organic pigs, and in only five percent of outdoor pigs.
source: www.food.dtu.dk

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Ukraine - Increasing pig population

[Latest swine news]

The Ukrainian Committee of Statistics reported that as of June 1, 2010, the number of pigs in all
types of farms increased by 14.2% up to 8175.8 thousand pigs against the same period in 2009.
source: www.bpex.org.uk

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European Union - European Commission fines animal feed phosphates producers €175 647 000 for price-fixing and market-sharing in first "hybrid" cartel settlement case

[Latest swine news]

The European Commission has concluded its first settlement of a cartel case in a hybrid scenario, where both the settlement and ordinary procedures were followed. It has fined producers of animal feed phosphates a total of €175 647 000 for operating a cartel that lasted over three decades and covered a large part of the European Economic Area (EEA) territory.
source: europa.eu

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Effects of dietary lactose levels during different starter phases on the performance of weaning pigs

[swine abstracts]

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate dietary lactose levels during different starter phases on growth performance, nutrient digestibility and fecal microbial populations.

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Birth programming II

[Management]

Carles Casanovas
The gestation period in the majority of sows is usually around 113 to 115 days. However, a percentage of sows can give birth up to 3 days before or after, with complete normality.

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Russia - Foot and mouth disease

[Latest swine news]

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Russia. Russia is suffering from its first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease since 2006.

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