Smithfield Foods invests $100 million to its Tar Heel, North Carolina facility
Smithfield will build a new distribution center and expand its blast cell cold storage capabilities at its processing facility in Tar Heel, North Carolina.
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Cautious optimism at 2017 WAPPA Industry Day
WAPPA’s AGM was part of a very successful 2017 industry day at the International On The Water Hotel at Ascot, attended by producers, industry stakeholders, sponsors and speakers.
Osborne's FAST Start wean-to-finish feeder named Producer Choice at World Pork Expo
Osborne’s new wean-to-finish feeder combines both gravity-flow feeding with Osborne’s no-waste, mechanical-flow feed delivery system, a signature feature of the Big Wheel family of feeders, also offered by Osborne.
Danish Crown signs Memorandum of Understanding with Alibaba Group’s Tmall
The agreement will make high quality Danish Crown products available to the 466 million annual active consumers on Alibaba’s e-marketplaces.
Pork CRC declares dividends from SA government investment
The funding has supported five Pork CRC IPP appointments at $70,000 each and $150,000 was allocated to the internationally acclaimed Autism in Agriculture Project to help employ nine young autistic adults at SunPork Farms in SA.
New Comprehensive Approach Aims to Modernize 100-Year-Old Meat Inspection Process
Leveraging an integrated approach to meat inspection, involving serology testing, to improve the pork value chain.
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This time we highlight the Good ..Biomin Mycotoxin Survey Indicates Higher Mycotoxin Risks in Corn and Feed in 2017
Worldwide, deoxynivalenol and fumonisins continue to top the list of most prevalent mycotoxins. Most countries in Asia have shown an increased risk of mycotoxin contamination.
New Swine Coronavirus Detection Kit Helps Strengthen Biosecurity
First detection kit to test for three coronaviruses using environmental or feed samples
The 2nd Animine Academy in Paris
This two-days international scientific conference brought together animal nutritionists from the industry and academy.
Finding new ways to improve feed efficiency
The primary aim of the project is to find genetics that give the best performance for a group of pigs in a pen. A second aim is also to find out how the microbiome influences feed efficiency, carcass quality, and behavior. A third aim is to find ways of more accurately fine-tuning feed and genetics.
Delacon and Cargill announce strategic equity investment
Partnership will advance the natural phytogenic feed additive category.
Pig farmers to earn more through new genetics project in Uganda
The project will enable farmers produce pigs which meet their needs and preferences as well as the market demand.
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The 2nd international distributors meeting in Paris for Animine
This workshop was an opportunity for 30 participants from 15 countries in Europe and Asia, to exchange about the latest experimental results and applications of HiZox® and CoRouge®.
Annual IRTA-CReSA results presentation day, the change is announced
Joaquim Segalés will cease his responsibilities as head of the Animal Health Program CReSA on August 31.
BIOMIN Submits EU Dossier for Digestarom® DC as Zootechnical Feed Additive in Piglets
Following the launch of the innovative phytogenic feed additive at VIV Asia in March, BIOMIN continues the global rollout by applying for zootechnical status in the EU.
Trial opens lid on effectiveness of disinfectants
Their effectiveness was altered according to whether they were used on dry, porous surfaces or in wet situations in the presence of organic matter.
Alarm warning to pig farmers
It is important that the back-up emergency ventilation system is triggered as soon as the alarm goes off so the mechanism operating the inlets and outlets must be checked.
ILDEX Indonesia kick-off and gathering 2017
The Kick-Off is carried out in order of ILDEX Indonesia 2017, which will be held in October 18th-20th, 2017 at Jakarta International Expo, Kemayoran, Jakarta.
How NIR technology is transforming new crop use across Europe after this year’s harvest
New crop variability can negatively affect feed conversion and other production indicators, impacting performance and profits. In a bid to tackle this, more producers are using information provided by the latest NIR (near infrared spectroscopy) technology.
Ridgetown Campus to open Swine Education Centre
The facility will house up to 150 animals. It will be used by about 300 students each year for studying courses such as livestock systems, animal science, pork production and animal health.
Produmix obtains the "Innovative SME" recognition
Produmix has been awarded with the Innovative SME Recognition, by the Spanish Ministry of Economy.
Hipra presents Previron®
HIPRA presents PREVIRON®, its new gleptoferron iron for the prevention of ferropenic anaemia in piglets.
Animine appoints two new collaborators
Animine is pleased to announce that it appointed two new people: Kostas Lymperopoulos and Shengsheng Li.
New ISU swine geneticist hopes to help improve reproductive efficiency in industry
Serão said he hopes and expects to be able to introduce new traits that are heritable, easy to measure and economically important, into selection indices, with the objective of improving genetic response for reproductive performance in sows and boars.