AusScan Advances Animal Nutrition
AusScan calibrations have been one of the most valuable technological advancements in animal nutrition in the past 30 years, according to leading South Australian animal nutritionist Tony Edwards of ACE Consulting
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Important increase of pig production in Argentina
In 2015, a total of 5.52 million pigs were slaughtered. This entails a rise by 8.9% with respect to 2014.
Spain: meat production rose by 5.8% in 2015
Regarding swine, in 2015 the Spanish abattoirs slaughtered 46,379,926 pigs, producing 3.89 million tonnes of pork.
Number of pigs in England has decreased
According to DEFRA, the total number of pigs in England has decreased by 3.6 % since December 2014 to just over 3.5 million.
Commission clears creation of a joint venture between Avril Pôle Animal and Tönnies
The joint venture will process, package and sell at retail level fresh pork and beef products of French origin for human consumption.
France: Intermarché will guarantee a minimum price for pig producers
Intermarché has decided to support the pig industry in the long term by ensuring the producers a purchase price of up to €1.50/kg.
Chilean pork exports reached a new historic record in 2015
55% of the pork produced by Chile was exported, reaching USD457 million, so the Chilean pig industry has become established as a meat exports leader.
Axcelera-P enables successful shunt fostering without inline milk feeding systems
Shunt fostering is a way of making additional sows available to support new-born piglets that find themselves without a sow.
United Kingdom: pork origin testing stepped up
The focus to date has been on fresh pork in supermarkets. Last year, we extended it to bacon and pork used as a raw material in sausages and ham.
Commission clears acquisition of Tican by Tönnies
The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns.
AHDB: New guide on ventilating pig buildings
A new pig building ventilation guide is available for producers to download from the AHDB Pork website and hard copies will be available on request.
Spain: meat exports increased by 15% in 2015
Pork was the most exported meat, with more than 1.25 million tonnes (+18% with respect to 2014) and a value of €2,704 million.
USA agricultural exports in FY 2016 are forecast at $125.0 billion, below FY 2015 exports
Due to weak demand and lower unit values, poultry and products are decreased $400 million to $4.8 billion, while pork is forecast $100 million lower to $4.3 billion.
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health supports independent PCV2 research with total of € 650,000
More than 30 European scientists joined the award ceremony, which took place at the Ghent University in Belgium
Merck Animal Health Awards Scholarships to Swine Veterinary Students
Merck Animal Health today announced the 2016 recipients of the AASVF/Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarships.
Advance in the fight against ASF
The research is focused on one of the pig genes associated with African Swine Fever Virus infection called RELA. The gene causes the immune system to overreact with devastating effects.