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Leading specialty chemicals company Perstorp has appointed Jimmy Paulakuhn as Vice President for North and Central America, responsible for the Feed & Food Business Area.

At this year's EuroTier fair in Hannover, Swedish Smart Agritech Solution of Sweden launches a patented digital camera solution which will bring significant improvements for pig production worldwide.

Updating DanBred’s breeding goals ensures greater overall genetic gain in the future via greater focus on finishers’ traits. With the new trait ’Maternal early gain’, the breeding goals of DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire now include a maternal trait with impact on the growth of piglets.

Dry feeding systems for feed supply must cover ever longer distances in the barn. This increases mechanical stress on conveyor chains and drive units.

Russia’s largest pork producer, reports an increase in pig production by 1.9% to 312 thousand tons in live weight from January to September 2018 in comparison with a same period of last year.

The $28 million USD feed mill, located in Binh Duong province, is Cargill’s 12th in Vietnam.

Water meters are now being fitted as standard equipment to all new pig houses supplied by ARM Buildings.

A newly-developed vaccine against swine influenza is being launched in the UK by Hysolv Animal Health UK.

Kansas State University researchers and the Biosecurity Research Institute have several projects focused on stopping the spread of African swine fever and preventing it from reaching the U.S.

Stomach size is a limiting factor in feed intake and profit potential.

October’s "Chart of the Month" from DLG-Agrifuture Insights survey: African Swine Fever presents a greater risk to Europe’s pig sector.

Pork producers with biogas systems now benefit from reduced odour, save on energy costs, sell excess biogas-derived electricity to the supply grid and sell Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) and renewable energy certificates.

This hallmark is an initiative organised by CEPYME to recognise and promote a group of 500 medium-sized companies that are leaders in business growth in 2018.

In theory, the secret to boosting your pork profits is simple: spend less and make more.

This year was the 32nd time that SPACE opened its doors to the industry. This time around, there were 1,410 exhibitors from 42 different countries and a total of 108,347 delegates from 121 countries around the world.

Canada’s major pork industry event is off and running as the first registrations roll in for the 2019 Banff Pork Seminar (BPS). It runs Jan. 8 to 10, 2019 at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alta.

This state of the art, 1200 sow farrow-to-finish operation in Ituna, Saskatchewan, Canada will be equipped with the latest innovations in housing and automatic data recording equipment.

Dopharma is a growing player on the market, already distributing in more than 50 countries.

The new R&D center of 14,500 square meters is a high-tech facility employing more than 200 employees.

New device in combination with PORCILIS^® vaccines provides quick and easy prevention of two of the most common swine diseases.

Omega-3 Pork^® from Finnish family-owned farms will soon be sold to highly demanding Chinese consumers in packages portraying the Nordic Arctic and the magical northern lights. The new premium packages continue to build Finland’s rising image in Chinese markets.

The show fills up the whole BITEC in Bangkok with more than 1250 exhibitors representing all species and sectors of the value chain.