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New colleague Dr. Manfred Andratsch responsible for scientific communication

A privately-owned 650-sow Georgian farm, established with genetics from Britain in 2012, is on target to produce over 30 pigs per sow a year, around 20 per cent above budget.

Adequate intakes of high-quality vitamins are necessary for sows to maintain strong structure and enable maximum reproductive capabilities

Alltech is proud to announce the opening of its newly extended European Headquarters at the site of its facility in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland.

Company is focused on bringing greater gains, improved performance to North American swine producers

Animine publishes a 3-minute video that compares the technological properties of various zinc products used in the feed industry.

European based feed additives company Orffa and its global subsidiary Excentials will launch a new type of nutritional emulsifier for the global animal nutrition market.

BIOMIN has now launched a Thai version of the corporate website www.biomin.net.

$100,000 grant supports study for virus characterization and immunobiology of porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome.

The 6th edition of Pig, Poultry & Dairy Focus Asia 2014 will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 3-5th March 2014.

A major milestone was reached this week when industry fundraising achieved 50% of its target to establish a National Chair in Swine Welfare.

Tosh Farms of Henry, Tenn., a leading producer of pork and grain, has been recognized with the Customer Diversity and Inclusion Award from Zoetis.

VION has announced that a final agreement has been reached on the proposed sale of its Ingredients division.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced expanded responsibilities for Robert W. Manly as executive vice president and chief synergy officer and the promotion of Kenneth M. Sullivan to chief financial officer.

P. Scott Shearer, one of the leading advocates for American agriculture and agricultural exports, has been named the 2013 recipient of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s Distinguished Service Award.

Ceva sealed its synergistic collaboration with partners Jinyu Baoling following the signature of a technical and trademark license to produce international standard brucellosis vaccines in China.

Harrisvaccines, today announced it has been awarded a grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) research.

The Managements of JBS S.A. and Marfrig Alimentos S.A., collectively the “Companies”, as amended, announce that yesterday, September 30th, the two Companies have closed the transaction agreed under a certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Equity Interests and Other Covenants

Updated look speaks to a proven brand promise in precision equipment for feed management, livestock weighing, harvesting technology, planting solutions and nutrient management.

Two pilot barns that were identified from a number of applicants from Saskatchewan and Manitoba have entered into the first stages of the planning process to look at options for converting to group sow housing.

Most swine vets agree that Swine Influenza is an increasing problem, according to a survey recently conducted by Merial Animal Health.

Mycotoxins, toxic contaminants produced by molds, are a major challenge for Asian producers and are a serious risk to their livestock.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that veterinarians and farmers across the globe have reached the milestone of protecting more than 500 million pigs from the potentially devastating consequences of Mycoplasma hyopneumonia, by using Ingelvac MycoFLEX®.

The European Project farmsUP! runs an online photo competition on agricultural entrepreneurship.