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Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage Company, LLC, including its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, LLC.

Ecoporc Shiga induces a high level of immunity against shigatoxin, produced by E coli bacteria which cause edema.

TOPIGS has reorganised its worldwide activities into three regions; Europe, the Americas and Asia/Pacific/Africa.

U.S. beef and pork exports set new value records in 2012, topping highs set in 2011, according to end-of-year statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

International pig-breeding company, ACMC, is expanding its Philippines operation with the appointment of a new franchisee breeder on the island of Luzon.

With effect from January 1 Jacques Sips has joined Hypor in the role of General Manager Asia. Jacques is an active team player who strives for a good balance and outstanding performances

With the high price of feed focusing attention on feed conversion, ACMC veterinary consultant, Paul Thompson, advises pig producers to check that the basics are correct.

New farrowing stalls by Osborne address the two major economic concerns in farrowing: pre-wean mortality and sow appetite.

BPEX is offering help for pig producers with their cleaning and disinfection (C&D) – made harder now as temperatures rise above zero, thaw sets in and units become muddier.

Truly Irish Country Foods are behind a recent drive towards more sustainable agriculture in Europe which has led to the development of a €1.68 million EU funded group called ‘THRIVE RITE’.

Genesus is pleased to announce Rick Barva joining with us as Territory Manager – Alberta, Saskatchewan and Montana.

Anitox has announced a number of key appointments to its Senior Executive Team to further enable the company to develop new global markets, expand into exciting new sectors and further enhance customer service.

The Humboldt, Saskatchewan company had been placed in receivership last September.

TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Jose Cordoba DMV, MSc, MBA, as General Manager of TOPIGS de Mexico.

ITOCHU Corporation announced today that it has acquired a 33.4% stake (5 billion Japanese Yen scale) in HyLife Group Holdings Ltd., one of Canada’s leading pork producers.

Against stiff international competition, British pig-breeding company ACMC has won an order to supply genetically-advanced pigs to the Georgia, the strategically-important country where Europe meets Asia.

The system includes automatic liquid and dry weighing with operator displays utilising touch screen technologies.

Sow nutrition and management can help producers meet birth weight benchmarks.

The impact of the 2012 drought – which continues into 2013 – cannot be minimized. An estimated 80 percent of U.S. agricultural land was affected, according to USDA reports.

The global leader in swine genetics has announced the successful completion of a series of exports from North America to Vietnam to populate two new multiplication units and an AI facility.

Nick Bird a director and co-owner of Reading-based control and monitoring specialists, Farmex Ltd, died, suddenly, from a heart condition on 13th January 2013, aged 60.

Located south of the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba on University of Manitoba lands, the Farm & Food Discovery Centre includes a public interpretive facility covering all aspects of agricultural food production including grain and crop production and animal agriculture.

TOPIGS has found several SNPs which explain genetic variation in litter birthweight and litter uniformity and can be used to breed sows that farrow large, heavy and uniform litters.