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VION Food Netherlands will not be issuing prices today (Monday 17 January 2011). This applies to both the pig price and the prices of meat cuts.

Australia's pork industry has welcomed the announcement by Federal Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr, that the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has been funded for a further eight years.

Pig finishers should now be thinking about their marketing strategy over Christmas. With high feed costs and lower pig prices, it is important to optimise returns by planning ahead.

Expert insights into the changes and challenges facing pig production in China and Europe have been presented to an international audience at the EuroTier exhibition held in Hanover, Germany 16 – 19 November 2010.

Theft on farms is increasing. Pig rustling is no exception and is not confined to free-range animals. Security of housed animals has become a big worry for pig farmers.

Youth and students gather at Young Farmers Day

The Pork Commission Meeting was presided by Geert Janssen, Executive Secretary, who considered that demographic growth was a great opportunity for the sector, which should take advantage of such factor "in a sustainable way".

World population growth is increasing steadily. It is predicted that by the year 2050 there will be 9.1 billion people on the earth.

The Farmex Dicam Daylength Controller is a software package that improves pig welfare, cuts costs and is good for the environment.

AgFeed Industries, Inc., one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of M2P2 LLC based in Ames, Iowa. M2P2 is a leading U.S. hog production company, having set standards of excellence in innovation, productivity and efficiency in pork production.

OJSC Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia's leading integrated and diversified meat producers, commences construction of two new greenfield pork farms in the Tambov and Voronezh regions.

Reproductive data of more than 40,000 TOPIGS sows from 59 Dutch farms in the period 2008-2009 show that group-housed sows produce piglets with an average birthweight 61 gram higher than those of individually housed sows.

Research supported by Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) suggests changes to how sows are managed and mated in lactation may enable a smooth transition from stalls to group housing, without reproductive performance declining.

Sustained investment in modern weaning and finishing facilities, which incorporate new ideas, science and technology, is vital to the ongoing success and growth of the UK pig Industry.

Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), is increasingly convinced that fresh Australian pork has a range of largely untapped health and nutrition attributes.

While many producers at least have some form of recording system for their breeding herds, many still do not record the performance of their feeding enterprises...