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At Eurotier Fancom introduces the Pig Cough Monitor that continuously monitors the occurrence of coughing in a compartment of pigs, by automated analysis of sounds recorded in the pig house.

The Medallion will be awarded to Lyons on Dec. 11 at the Governor's Mansion in Frankfort, Kentucky, during a gala hosted by the Henry Clay Society of Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate in Lexington.

Cargill’s Value Added Meat businesses in London and Jarvis, Ontario, and Spruce Grove, Alberta, will accept the 2014 Canada Order of Excellence for Quality award from Excellence Canada in Toronto on Oct. 30, 2014.

Nedap introduces ‘Farrowing Feeding’: a new system that facilitates a simple and trouble-free transition from traditional to fully automated feeding of sows in farrowing pens.

From 1 December this year, five of Danish Crown's cooperative owners will be participating in a trial to produce pigs for slaughter without the use of any antibiotics.

An estimated $50 million had been invested in housing and production systems during the past five years to meet new guidelines for sow housing and production efficiency.

A total of 2.463 million tonnes of feed. That’s the amazing estimated saving that could be made if the feed conversion of all the 246.3 million pigs finished in the EU was improved by just 0.1, reducing feed consumption by about 10 kg per pig. The value of this would be over 819 million Euros.

How do you ventilate a piggery in a country that can have extremes of temperature ranging from – 30⁰ C to + 30⁰C (-22⁰F–+86⁰F)?

The announcement comes just one week before Plasson and Osborne will introduce their partnership to the Brazilian market at PorkExpo, Brazil’s largest pork-specific conference and tradeshow, October 28-30, 2014, in Foz de Iguazu, Brazil.