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Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Group, Inc., wholly owned by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is planning to expand the animal nutrition business in the next 4-5 years. AANG will reinforce its production capacity of feed-use amino acids by adding 150 KMT L-Lysine, 80 KMT L-Threonine and 7 KMT L-Tryptophan, utilizing next generation innovative fermentation technologies. AANG will also develop a wider range of feed-use amino acid products for nutrition, and accelerate the development of these value-added products for its customers.

A lavish ceremony, attended by over 150 dignitaries, celebrated the opening of The Hubei Liangyou JSR Breeding Limited, a new Chinese joint venture between JSR Genetics and state-owned Hubei Liangyou Livestock & Poultry Company on the 18th of October, 2011.

A massive shortage of fresh pork could result from short-sighted policies of major supermarkets, predicts Matthew Curtis, managing director of Yorkshire-based pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd.

"These FTAs have the potential to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. pork exports in the coming years, while creating new jobs that our country desperately needs."

De Heus Vietnam will distribute these genetics on the Vietnamese market.

AGCO, Your Agriculture Company, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, announced that it has agreed to acquire GSI Holdings Corp. from affiliates of New York-based Centerbridge Partners, L.P. for $940 million.

The sale of these distribution and logistics assets will allow Marfrig and Keystone Foods to focus strategically on their core proteins business and leverage their considerable global competency in beef, pork, poultry, and fish processing.

With an investment of R$ 145 milhões, the unit has an annual production capacity of 151 thousand tons of pork.

Pfizer Animal Health, a business unit of Pfizer Inc, and Jilin Guoyuan Animal Health Company, Ltd., an innovator in animal health vaccines based in Huinan, today announced an agreement to jointly develop, manufacture and distribute animal health vaccines in China. The new joint venture, Jilin Pfizer Guoyuan Animal Health Co., Ltd., will bolster the capabilities of both companies to offer a comprehensive range of vaccine products tailored to help China’s livestock producers meet increasing demand for a safe and abundant supply of pork, beef, dairy, and poultry from healthy animals.

On September 21, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of PKM DUDA SA will vote on a resolution authorizing the Board to increase the share capital of the Company within the target capital.

Merck Animal Health (MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada), formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, has opened today an expansion of a vaccine manufacturing unit at its Elkhorn Biotechnology Excellence Center.

In North America, Evonik Industries is doubling its capacities for producing the feed amino acid L-lysine.

Danish Crown is now ready with plans for a new factory in Council Bluffs in the U.S. to future-proof Plumrose USA, which has had problems in recent years keeping up with demand.

Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it will not proceed with the proposed acquisition comprising the business and assets of Plasvacc Holdings Limited.

JSR Genetics, UK-based international pig breeding company, has signed a £1 million contract with Chinese state owned import/export company the China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG), further accelerating its growth in Asia.

Manitoba Pork applauds the recent announcement of a $10 million federal investment to upgrade HyLife Foods’ pork processing plant in Neepawa. It is an economic boost to Manitoba pork producers and the provincial economy at the right time.