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Yorkshire pig farmer Ian Broumpton has scored a hat-trick by winning the Supreme Championship for the third time in succession with a pen of five cutter pigs at the Hull Market Christmas Show and Sale.

In these times of high feed prices one of the biggest drivers of financial efficiency is food conversion ratio.

For 17 years, he was the director of Varkens K.I Nederland, the leading Dutch AI organisation and sister company of TOPIGS. Before that he held various positions in the international pig genetics business.

When Agromek 2012 closed on Friday, the Exhibition had been attended by 45,248 visitors including 5,127 foreign guests and visitors.

October 2012, on invitation of the MOA (Ministry of Agriculture of China) Minitube International has organized a two-day long seminar in the boar station Kexinyuan in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Province, South China.

Investment in the latest semen dosage counting technology will ensure all JSR semen products now offer customers even higher levels of consistency and far exceed existing industry audit standards.

The UK government and commercial organisations have signed an agreement pledging to achieve 100 per cent sourcing of ‘credibly certified sustainable palm oil’ by the end of 2015.

Cherkizovo Group launches a second production line for hams and deli products at the "Otechestvenniy product" meat processing plant in Pravdinsk in the Kaliningrad region.

Herrero, an agricultural systems analyst at ILRI, gave an up-to-date overview of ways the livestock sector in developing countries can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, which are causing global warming.

In collaboration with its distributor for Myanmar, Frontline Co. Ltd, BIOMIN Asia recently organised a “Nutritional Solutions” seminar in Taungoo, Bago State.

Chinese professionals had an outstanding presence, and their good knowledge of PRODUMIX brand is a proof of the expansion the company is gaining in the Asiatic giant.

Assuming all broilers and pigs in the world are fed DELACON products, up to 29 million tons CO2-equivalents per year could be eliminated from the environment.

Dutch-based food producer VION NV has announced that it has embarked on a process to sell its UK food businesses to concentrate on its core markets in the Netherlands and Germany and the development of its global ingredients business.

The changing of seasons may result in seasonal Vitamin D deficiency in sows.

Three new sector representatives have been elected to the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) executive committee for three-year terms.

Dennis Mutton and Sandra Di Blasio were elected to the Board of Directors of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork at its 2012 annual general meeting in Melbourne.

Dr. Baysinger will be responsible for implementation of the health program in PIC’s genetic dissemination system and work with customers to improve the performance of PIC products.

The 2013 Banff Pork Seminar is set to go January 15 to 17, 2013, with the theme of “The Challenge of Change.”

The conference brought together some of the greatest leaders in the field of mycotoxin management with the ultimate goal to bring new, innovative solutions to the increasing challenge of mycotoxins.

Around 160,000 animal husbandry farmers and experts and 38,000 international visitors.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. today announced that it has purchased 7.0 million shares of its common stock from COFCO Corporation, China's largest national agricultural trading and processing company.

How can the pig industry stay profitable in the face of high feed costs, increased government regulations and consumer demands intensifying?

Chinese swine production had increased by 22% in the last 10 years making China by far the largest pig producer in the world.