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Bellota Importers, part of the Wagshal’s Group of companies, is receiving its first shipment of fresh-frozen Ibérico de Bellota on Friday, March 19, 2010 for wholesale/retail distribution to the food service industry and general public.

Only 2,5 weeks to go before VIV Europe opens its doors from 20-22 April at the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. Over 570 exhibitors from 39 countries covering 25,187 m2 booked their stand at the international platform for innovations in the animal protein industry. This means over 25,000 m2 full of innovations!

Attendees at the 2010 Iowa Pork Regional Conferences learned about pig comfort, energy efficiency and producer profits, and now those same presentations are available to the public as streaming videos.

Veterinarians and others in Iowa’s pork industry have the opportunity to become Pork Quality Assurance Plus® Advisors under the National Pork Board's PQA Plus® program. The certification process requires attendance at a daylong training session and passing an exam at the conclusion of that session.

A fact sheet about mycotoxin contamination of corn is now available from the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University (ISU).

To encourage the 2010 growing of Berkshire, the new high yielding triticale, meetings of triticale growers, agronomists, pork producers and feed mills were recently hosted by Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), co-developer of the variety with The University of Sydney and the Grains Research and Development Corporation.

The JSR farming group has launched a new website for both its operational companies; JSR Genetics Ltd, the highly successful international pig genetics company, and JSR Farms Ltd who operate and manage 3,600 hectares of land extensively throughout East Yorkshire.

Between September 26 to 29, 2010, Argentina will host the 18th World Meat Congress. The event, organized by the International Meat Secretariat, is held every two years and gathers producers and professionals of beef, sheep and swine.

HIPRA PHILIPPINES INC. celebrated l its AMERVAC®PRRS DAY II with the theme “High Protection for High Productivity and High Profitability". The event was composed of interesting topics from HIPRA’S own foreign as well as local technical experts in pig diseases and production.

From the earliest days of European unity, agricultural policy has always occupied a central position. Over the years, the policy has undergone various radical reforms and another new radical change awaits us in 2013.

Small changes in reproductive performance in piggeries can translate into big economic gains, according to Hilduard Swarts, Global Marketing Director, Global Swine Business Unit, Intervet-Schering Plough Animal Health.

The Danish producer of climate and production control, SKOV A/S, has experienced a heavy increase of turnover on the Asian markets during the past few years.

Ecolab Inc. announced today that it has been recognized by Ethisphere Institute as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the fourth consecutive year.

China's Agricultural Vice Minister Niu Dun meets with DLG President Carl-Albrecht Bartmer

There has never been a better time for pig producers to save energy — and they can claim up to £20,000 for doing so, points out Nick Bird, director of Reading-based energy control specialists, Farmex.

Following recognition under the UFAS feed approval scheme UK pig farmers now have access to a new product, Digeston-K, a feed supplement that can improve sow productivity by at least one pig per sow a year.