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Experts expect price increases in second half of 2009 with wheat in the Paris exchange rising to 200 €/t. Recommendations include forward selling when prices high.

The Dutch newspaper Trouw dated 28 January 2009 included an article on stunning pigs using CO2. This has occasioned a number of questions and responses. We therefore think it would be a good idea to once again feature a prior statement we issued on CO2 stunning

Pfizer and Wyeth announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Pfizer will acquire Wyeth in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at $50.19 per share, or a total of approximately $68 billion.

The first of 600 genetically-advanced breeding pigs have been shipped out to Cambodia as part of a 20-year franchise agreement in a deal clinched by Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd. It is believed to be the first time ever that Cambodia has imported genetics from Britain.

Canadian Pork Council (CPC), announced today that it has implemented a new board structure, moved to a new office located on Laurier Ave in downtown Ottawa and unveiled a new corporate logo.

Our new range of Freedom Food endorsed pork gives you an even bigger choice of affordable meat from pigs raised in better conditions, to welfare standards approved by the RSPCA.

Producers and supply chain businesses looking to make a positive contribution to the industry are showing strong interest in Pig and Poultry LIVE 09, a recently announced groundbreaking event offering a unique opportunity to directly influence the food supply chain.

VION Food Group invests in a new slaughterhouse structure / municipal and district councils hail positive effect on local industry

Maple Leaf Foods has issued the following statement in response to the appointment of Sheila Weatherill as an Independent investigator into the August 2008 listeriosis outbreak...

2008 will be remembered as the year of instability in the money markets and was unprecedented for our generation. This is as true for the pig sector as it is for the whole UK economy (or even the world).

Cherkizovo OJSC, one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, participates in the annual international food and agricultural exhibition Green Week-2009 in Berlin.

Johan Andersson has been appointed as Vice President of Danish Crown’s Swedish subsidiary, Danish Crown Livsmedel AB.

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has appointed Andrew Kuyk CBE to the post of Director of Sustainability and Competitiveness, effective immediately.

Dr. Peter Juul Kristensen has assumed the responsibility of European Key Account Manager, Swine at Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica

Dick Bond, president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., announced he is leaving the company, effective immediately

The United Soybean Board has approved soybean checkoff funding for the development and distribution of the National Swine Nutrition Guide by the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence.