European Union: support for the promotion of agricultural products
€ 35 million EU support for the promotion of agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.
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Danisco Animal Nutrition achieves FDA agreement for highly cost effective phytase dose for swine
DuPont subsidiary Danisco Animal Nutrition has achieved FDA agreement for a highly cost-effective lower Axtra® PHY dose level for swine (250 FTU/kg feed).
European Union: production of meat lower in 2012 than in 2011
According to Eurostat, poultry meat aside, production of other meat categories was lower in 2012 than in 2011: pig meat production for the EU‑27 declined by 2.1%.
Paraguay: preparation of a Pig Production National Plan is expected
The Vice-Minister of Stockbreeding, Dr. Luis Antonio Goiburú Vera, declared than a Pig Production National Plan must be prepared in Paraguay.
Benin confirms an outbreak of African swine fever
The outbreak is located in Parakou (Parakou), at the same location than in 2005.
Fancom: Pig farmer misses out on money
On 30 October last 20 pig farmers and other interested guests visited Fancom for a meeting on 'Smart Farming', organised by VarkensNet in collaboration with Fancom.
TOPIGS starts to banish boar taint from dam lines
TOPIGS has started to breed sows that produce offspring with less boar taint.
Ready to go Excenel® RTU EZ is now easier to use
Zoetis introduces new formulation of popular anti-infective.
European Union: GMO: Commission has requested a discussion with Member States
Commission asks Council to agree on its proposal to grant Member States more subsidiarity on GMO cultivation.
Brazil has increased its pig meat exportations by more than 600% in the last 15 years
Brazil exported 81,565 tonnes of pig meat in 1998, whilst in 2012 it exported 581,477 tonnes - an increase by more than 600%.
European Union: Commission publishes brief on financial implementation of rural development programmes
Rural development funds were split between three axes.
United States: commercial red meat production down slightly from last year
Pork production totaled 1.84 billion pounds, down 4 percent from the previous year.
United Kingdom: tight supply situation to ease in 2014
Productivity gains should mean that slaughterings resume their upward trend as 2014 progresses, with throughputs for the year as a whole forecast to be 2% up on 2013.
EU authorizations for Mycofix® Secure and Biomin® BBSH 797; first-ever products with official anti-mycotoxin claim
BIOMIN announces the authorization of two BIOMIN products as “substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins”.
DRAXXIN® 25 now available for convenient use in small pigs
DRAXXIN 25 is a lower concentration of DRAXXIN, making it optimized for use in small pigs to treat and control SRD with nine days of protection.