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Organic diet for organic pigs and poultry

28-Nov-2011
In a new research project, scientists from Aarhus University and from universities in Switzerland, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands, among others, will develop organic feeding strategies for the European pig and poultry market based solely on organic products.

TOPIGS imports top genetics into China

28-Nov-2011
TOPIGS has successfully imported 1003 top breeding pigs to China. These animals originate from TOPIGS nucleus farms in Canada. The great grandparent pigs are the top of the TOPIGS breeding pyramid and have the highest SPF health status.

Netherlands: No limit to giant factory farm size

25-Nov-2011
The cabinet has no plans to introduce a maximum size for factory farms and there are so few at the moment there is no need for the government to intervene, junior environment minister Henk Bleker told parliament on Wednesday.