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Big Dutchman Asia (BD Asia), Shah Alam, Malaysia, has recently expanded its distribution network for the Australian continent by appointing Stockyard Industries as one of its distributors.

Science will enable farmers to produce enough grain to meet the growing demand for food, biofuels and materials if public and private agriculture enterprises, regulators and policymakers from around the globe take a more holistic approach to the solution, William S. Niebur, vice president – DuPont Crop Genetics Research and Development, said here today.

The supervisory board of DLG AgroFood Sp.z.o.o. (Poznan/Poland), a subsidiary of DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society, Frankfurt am Main), has appointed Ludwik Apolinarski as its new managing director with effect from 1 April 2009.

The supervisory board of DLG-Agriservice GmbH, a subsidiary of DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society), has appointed Bernd Koch as its new managing director with effect from 1 April 2009.

AgFeed Industries, Inc. (FEED), one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, today announced its entry into a genetics program arrangement with Hypor, a Hendrix Genetics Company.

International pig-breeding company, ACMC, has delivered 525 genetically-advanced breeding pigs to China, in a deal, including technical support, valued at one million pounds Sterling.

After two years of research, the Aragonese company Magapor launched the first mixed insemination system for swine, a mixed catheter with double semen deposition.

Chinese farm equipment subsidies are to increase 300 percent to 1.46 billion US dollars this year with targets including doubling of mechanisation in the country’s rice harvest within five years. A special Preview in Beijing heard that momentum like this underlines the crucial importance of Agritechnica, the world’s biggest farm mechanisation event, as shop window, discussion platform and world meeting place for agricultural investors from expanding farming sectors in countries such as China.

Exports of biogas plants more than tripled in value during 2008, reports the German manufacturer EnviTec Biogas AG. The Lohne-based company said that installations increased from 8.2 million Euros to 29.7 million Euros.

The search for the top trainees in the pig and poultry industries has begun with the launch of the 2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards.

A new technology that kills dangerous pathogens on food at home, and in restaurants, grocery stores, beverage-manufacturing and food-processing facilities, was licensed this week to the maker of FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash™.

Murphy-Brown LLC, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., announced today that it is on schedule to complete the certification and farm site assessment components of the Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) program for all its company-owned and contract grower-owned swine production farms in the United States before the end of 2009.

Cranswick, the Yorkshire-based food manufacturer, is to acquire the pork processing business of Bowes of Norfolk Limited for cash funded from existing bank facilities, subject to clearance from the UK Competition Authorities.

Farmers Cooperative Company announced today plans to build a state-of-the-art feed mill in Coon Rapids, Iowa. At capacity, the proposed mill would have 400,000 tons annual output, employ up to 25 people, and consume approximately 9 million bushels of corn per year.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced availability of a testing method that it has developed to help food producers detect deadly Salmonella contamination in their products. The Salmonella Rapid Culture Method delivers highly accurate results in less than 48 hours, compared to up to four days for other methods.

The UK pig industry could save nearly £2.5 million a year simply by enclosing creep areas in the farrowing house. In addition, it could reduce CO2 emissions by 15,000 tonnes, thereby making a positive contribution to environmental change.