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Ireland: new agreement on organic fertiliser control set to reduce administrative burden for pig and poultry sector

Minister Coveney highlighted 'this agreement will significantly assist the industry and make the transfer of pig or poultry manure to both new users and existing farms much easier [...]'

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Less boar taint with the TOPIGS Nador concept

With Nador it is possible to select and use finisher boars that produce offspring with 40% less boar taint.

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Elanco Animal Health Announces Lilly's Agreement to Acquire ChemGen Corp.

Deal will provide Elanco with feed enzyme products; underscores commitment to animal productivity.

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New training manuals for improving small-scale pig production: With lessons from northeastern India

A new set of training manuals for pig farmers is now available. The manuals inform poor rural pig farmers in developing countries how to ‘intensify’ their production, using lessons gathered from a research-for-development project in India. Among other recommendations, the manuals offer ways of improving smallholder pig farming, including basic veterinary care, and pork production and marketing.

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Ireland: Irish agriculture to consolidate its recent growth through 2012

Teagasc pigs specialist Michael McKeon said that profitability in the pig sector is set to be restored in 2012 as pig prices rise and the cost of feed decreases.

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Germany: chloramphenicol residues detected in urine samples from pigs

The Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety has detected chloramphenicol in urine samples from pigs.

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Russia lifts last restriction on pork import from Lithuania

The restriction was applied from June when classical swine fever virus was detected in pig farms.

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EU animal welfare strategy

Some delegations pointed out the need for measures to ensure global competitiveness of EU operators vis-à-vis third countries that do not apply the same standards on animal welfare.

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Philippines: Minimum Access Volume meat import allocation nearly used up

For 2012, the MAV quota for pork imports stands at 54,210 tonnes.

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Kazakhstan: swine herd decrease

During the past year the number of pigs has decreased by 9.8% (132,800 head).

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Pig grading system wins OFC/RASE Practice with Science Award

The winner of the 2012 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC)/ Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Practice with Science Award sponsored by AB Agri, has been won by PiGIS, a pig grading information system established in Northern Ireland (NI) by the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) and CAFRE.

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