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Smithfield Foods Releases Animal Care section of 2017 Sustainability Report, new virtual reality video of hog operations
Starting today, Smithfield will issue its 17th Sustainability Report in segments organized by the pillars of its comprehensive sustainability program each week during the month of May.
Vietnam is one of the World's top pork consumption countries and is 2nd in Asia, only after China
Despite being the world’s 6th largest producer of pork and growing global demand, Vietnam exports less than 1% of its total production.
Weighing up pork production priorities
Australian producers were not alone in receiving less for their pork, with EU prices down 7.6% on 2017; US down 22% in the past month; China down 23% in the past five weeks and UK down 2.5% on 2017.
CPF eyes Vietnam as the potential countries for its businesses
Vietnam has a vital role on CPF growth, thanks to the domestic consumption demand and its export, which has expanded more than 20% compared to previous year, which was resulted from Vietnam having Free Trade Agreement with European countries and United States of America.
CPF announces a global policy on Animal Welfare
CPF has set a goal to replace individual gestation pens with group pens, a method that provides more relaxed environment. The practice will be manage both in Thai and overseas operations within 2025 and 2028 respectively.

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First Tonisity distributor meeting in Bergamo, Italy
This three-day event was a brilliant opportunity for the Tonisity team to firstly meet with their wider distributor network across Europe and Asia but it also gave them the chance to hear feedback on how they can best implement new marketing and sales tactics for the next year.
Zinpro announces Russian language website launch
The additional language portal provides support for the company’s customers in Russia, CIS.
HKScan launches pork exports to China
Reducing production costs and securing profitability are the top management challenges for Europe’s farmers
DLG-Agrifuture Insights "Chart of the Month" for April focuses on European farmers’ management challenges. Tackling social acceptance is rated as the most important challenge by German farmers.
From greenhouse gas to carbon credits
Edwina Beveridge runs a mixed farming operation in New South Wales, Australia. At any given time, she has some 2,200 pigs on site - which adds up to a lot of methane. By investing in a methane digestion system, she now turns it into energy.
Pig face recognition - Artificial Intelligence revolution arrives to the pig farming
On 22 March, The world premiere of Yingzi Pig Face Recognition Technology was released by Yingzi Holding Co., Ltd in Guangzhou, China.

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Competition to zap bugs on screen – and on the farm
A survey showed that one-third of herds tested positive to the causative agent of bowel oedema, the strains of E coli which excrete lethal shiga toxins.
Prairie Swine Centre appoints new CEO
Dr. Murray Pettitt Appointed New CEO of Prairie Swine Centre.
Danbred launches Dutch subsidiary
MSD launches IDAL® 3G Needle-free, intradermal swine vaccination device
“The IDAL® Way” features newest device with broadest vaccine portfolio for control of major diseases affecting swine.
Tonisity Appoints General Manager and Chief Operations Officer
Faidley has more than 20 years of experience building sales teams and developing and implementing results-driven business models.
Iowa Pork Industry Center leads industry-wide collaboration to address sow mortality

Iowa Swine Day 2018 will showcase nationally recognized pork industry speakers
Blowers better for weaners
Blower heaters for weaner-grower pens may offer significant advantages over conventional in-pen bar heaters, according to Tim Miller environmental specialist with ARM Buildings.
40 million pigs in Topigs Norsvin’s breeding database Pigbase
Pigbase contains pig data gathered at nucleus farms, commercial farms, and slaughterhouses.
Australasian pork research proposals on the move
Perstorp now to offer advanced dosing equipment with acid portfolio
Perstorp offers a new solution where a broad range of organic acid based additives can be combined with highly accurate dosing equipment.
DAT-Schaub expands its activities in China
Danish Crown’s subsidiary DAT-Schaub has acquired a majotity stake in Shanghai Natural Casing Company. The purpose of the acquisition is to gain additional capacity in the selecting and processing of natural casings for sausage and salami production.

