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Smooth finish for outdoor pigs

An East Anglian contractor has come up with a system that can literally smooth out potential areas of conflict between outdoor pig-keepers and arable farmers. While they tick all the welfare boxes, free-range sows are no respecters of the land. Their rooting and wallowing can leave paddocks looking like battle fields, with crater-like holes pitting the surface.

Mexico - SAGARPA invests over 20 million pesos to promote Mexican meat products

The Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing, and Food (SAGARPA) invests almost 2 million dollars per year (about 24 million pesos) for the promotion of meat products in the international market.

Ukraine - Agriculture efficiency to rise significantly by 2015

Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said the projects provide for dynamic development of cattle, swine breeding and crop production. There is an ambitious task to increase grain output by 2015 up to 80 million tons a year, to increase the growing of seeds of oil-bearing crops up to 15 million tons and increase meat production to 4 million tons per year, he said.

JYGA Technologies Launches its New Website

JYGA Technologies is proud to release its new website: www.jygatech.com. Not only does this new website provide a lot more precise information about our product, the Gestal system, but it will allow us to share with producers our knowledge and expertise in lactating sow feeding strategies.

Lilly makes an irrevocable offer to acquire Janssen Animal Health

Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company, today announced that Lilly has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Company. The two companies have notified the appropriate European works councils of their intentions.

Foot and Mouth Disease in Israel and Botswana

Last week the OIE informed of the appearance of foot and mouth disease in Israel and Botswana.

Bulgaria - Livestock Advisory Board will be established at the Ministry of Agriculture

Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naydenov met with farmers on a regular meeting, held in Plovdiv. Formation of the Advisory Board on livestock breeding to work on problems in the sector were discussed at the meeting Various representatives of the sector, experts from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and members of trade unions.

France – The French government asks Banks to answer for the financial dificulties of livestock farmers

In February, the French Minister of Agriculture, Bruno Le Maire, and the Minister of the Economy, Christine Lagarde, held a meeting with the principal players in the French banking industry with the objective of getting them to answer for the financial difficulties that the French livestock farming industry has been experiencing for several months.

U.S. House passage of public health act Urges Senate action

The U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act (H.R. 525) on March 8. The measure now goes to the Senate.

VIV Asia 2011, bright prospects for the Asia-Pacific livestock industries

With 20% growth, VIV Asia 2011 indicates that world leading suppliers are expanding in Asia. The region is gearing to become the world’s most active livestock production zone as a result of impressive economic growth.

Less is more: VIV & ILDEX tie up in India

VNU Exhibitions Europe and N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer (NEO) have decided to bring their respective brands of VIV and ILDEX together in India. Both parties, together with Indian partner Inter Ads, have one single objective in mind: establish India’s largest professional “Feed to Meat” platform.

NEO launches ILDEX Bangkok 2012 to cater to rising technology demand

NEO has launched ILDEX Bangkok 2012 in order to satisfy the technology needs of the Thai livestock industry. The show will run in concurrence with Pig, Poultry & Dairy Focus Asia 2012.

United Kingdom – Decrease in number of pigs

The total number of pigs in the UK decreased by 0.9% since December 2009 to just under 4.4 million. The number of breeding pigs increased by 1.9% to 507 thousand in December 2010.

European Union - Total mount of pork in the private storage scheme

The full returns of the aid for private storage scheme that closed at the end of last month were made available today. The total mount of pork in the scheme is 131,752 tonnes at a maximum cost to the EU of € 58 m.

South korea - Parliament postpones approval of S. Korea-EU FTA to April

A parliamentary committee on Tuesday decided to put off its discussions on a ratification motion for South Korea's free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union until April, chief committee members said, as opposition members called for a full examination of the deal's possible impact on the domestic economy.

China - Ministry of Agriculture makes overall arrangements on veterinary drug control

On 21-22 Feb. 2011, the Bureau of Veterinary of the Ministry of Agriculture held a national meeting on veterinary drug control in Xiamen, Fujian. It was stated at the meeting that the work on veterinary drug control should be guided by the Scientific Outlook on Development.