Stonehaven team goes from strength to strength
Stonehaven Consulting has added further expertise to its already impressive team by appointing Brian Kopp as a Partner.
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Semen Cardona and PIC to collaborate in the new AI stud Tarazona, in Spain, to hold 300 boars
Last Friday, September 15th, Semen Cardona and Pig Improvement Company Spain (PIC) signed a collaboration agreement for the new Gene Transfer Center Tarazona , with a capacity for 300 boars.
Spain: publishing of a report on the fresh meat market in Italy
The ICEX Spain Exports and Investments has published a report drafted by the Economic and Commercial Office of the Spanish Embassy in Milan on the fresh meat market in Italy.
Drop in the European pork exports in the first six months of 2017
The shipments to China have dropped by 31% with respect to the same period in 2016.
Germany: Tierwohl Initiative, improving welfare to improve the end product
Tierwohl Initiative is an initiative that implies farms, abattoirs and supermarkets, and whose aim is to offer a better end product quality through the improvement of the animals’ welfare.
United Kingdom: Red Tractor pork changes from October 1
Red Tractor pork standards are changing this autumn, with most of the key changes coming in from October 1.
Colombia: Health Register number and Health Entry of the farms
The Agriculture and Livestock Institute of Colombia (ICA) established the requirements for the obtaining of the Health Register number (RSPP) and the Health Entry (ISPP) of farms in all the country.
Iowa State University Animal Science Faculty Involved in First-ever Big Data and Livestock Production Conference
A first of its kind conference focusing on the use and managing of big data as it pertains to research in production agriculture is a reality thanks to efforts of three Iowa State University animal science faculty and others who are part of the Livestock High-Throughput Phenotyping and Big Data Analytics steering committee.
United Kingdom: Antibiotic advisory website updated
A website set up to promote responsible use of antibiotics on farms has been updated to provide farmers with a 'one-stop shop' on the subject.
Colombia establishes the national veterinary pharmacovigilance system
With the aim of identifying, assessing and controlling the hazards related to the use of veterinary drugs and biopharmaceuticals, and to protect the animal life and health, the ICA has established the National Pharmacovigilance System.
Paraguay: serological sampling for the control of CSF
Paraguay starts with the serological sampling of pigs within the framework of the CSF control programme.
Challenging the Status Quo on Pig Handling
Low-stress handling techniques show that moving pigs does not need to be a challenge.
People are continually exposed to incorrect information about livestock and the environment
A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume.
Hypor Partners with Biotronics to Improve Accuracy and Safety in Ultrasound Scanning
BioQStation is a new product under development that integrates the BioSoft Toolbox II with BioQscan autoprocessing technology and the BioPigLift.
Colombia will recover its status as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country
The WOAH acknowledges that the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ended in Colombia, so it is expected that in 90 days Colombia will be deemed as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country.
UK: Pork companies approved for China exports
Seven new businesses in England and Northern Ireland have secured access to export pork – including three producers.