Zhongpin to Increase and Streamline Production Capacity
The new pork production facility, located in the Jinghai Economic Technical Development Area in Tianjin City, will increase total annual pork production capacity by 136,000 metric tons.
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Canada - New industry programs help Alberta's livestock and meat sector move forward
Grant funding supports a competitive future through innovation, diversification.
USA - California Takes First Step to Feed Antibiotic Ban
The state Senate committee in California has approved the measure to ban routine use of antibiotics for farm animals - a first step towards a future ban.
China - $9.5b earmarked to help farmers
The central government will spend 65 billion yuan ($9.5 billion) on infrastructure and services in rural areas to help farmers cope with the economic downturn, the State Council said yesterday. The move to support the agricultural sector includes investment in pig raising and dairy farming and improving grain production.
Russia - Meat production to Grow by 11.4% in the Ist Quarter
Russian meat production grew by 11.4% to 749 thousand tons in the first quarter of the current year compared to the same period in 2008, as Federal State Statistics Service reports.
Vietnam subsidies livestock farmers and aquaculturists
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked the government to provide subsidised loans for livestock farmers to buy machinery and vaccines.
UK - Yorkshire producers 'up for something big' - Regional Health Improvement Scheme
Funding is now in place to build a healthier, more efficient and more internationally competitive Yorkshire and Humberside pig herd.
Italy - The numbers of Italian porciculture
Current figures of porcine production, importation and exportation in Italy (original in Italian)
Chinese deal lifts off for ACMC
International pig-breeding company, ACMC, has delivered 525 genetically-advanced breeding pigs to China, in a deal, including technical support, valued at one million pounds Sterling.
AgFeed Industries Enters Into Hog Genetic Program Arrangement with Hypor, the Pig Breeding Division of Hendrix Genetics B.V.
AgFeed Industries, Inc. (FEED), one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, today announced its entry into a genetics program arrangement with Hypor, a Hendrix Genetics Company.
USA - Organic growth slowing: new report
During the first part of this decade, the organic food and drinks market grew rapidly; sales in the U.S. and the nine largest European markets reached more then $40 billion in 2007. However, growth appears to have slowed in the market in 2008.
Brazil - New Tax Incentives for Agricultural Processors and Exporters
The Brazilian Government published on April 2, 2009 Joint Directive No. 1 in Brazil's Official Gazette regulating the so-called integrated yellow-green drawback system to allow agricultural processors to be exempt from local taxes on domestic or imported inputs for the processing of agricultural and food products for exports.
2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards
The search for the top trainees in the pig and poultry industries has begun with the launch of the 2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards.
Biogas exports boom
Exports of biogas plants more than tripled in value during 2008, reports the German manufacturer EnviTec Biogas AG. The Lohne-based company said that installations increased from 8.2 million Euros to 29.7 million Euros.
Pig prices in Poland
We have added the pig prices in Poland to the "markets and prices" section.
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ArticlePig vision and management/handling
Pigs have a panoramic vision of 310º and binocular vision of 35-50º (Fig. 1). This means that compared to humans, pigs prioritise their lateral monocular vision and this increases their panoramic vision (greater capacity for detecting possible danger, food, other pigs, etc) and decreases their bifocal vision (greater difficulty for calculating distances).