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TOPIGS imports top genetics into China

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.

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Chile and Vietnam signed a Free Trade Agreement

Under this agreement 73% of Chilean exports will enter Vietnam duty-free, while the rest of the products will begin to benefit under two tranches in year 3 and year 15.

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Netherlands: No limit to giant factory farm size

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.

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S. Korea's imports of pork more than double in 2011

South Korea reported a more than two- fold growth in pork imports as of early November this year compared to the same period last year.

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Russia: causes of the spread of ASF

According to Russian authorities, among the main causes of the spread of the disease is the movement of the ASF virus among wild boar...

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South Korea ratifies FTA with United States

The National Assembly ratified the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement on Tuesday.

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UK genetics and support win German franchise

World class genetics, backed by advanced technical support, has clinched a major franchise contract for UK based JSR Genetics, in the form of a new breeding company, JSR Hybrid Deutschland GmbH.

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Kathryn Adams appointed to Pork CRC board

Agricultural scientist and lawyer, Kathryn Adams, has been appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, replacing Nigel Smith who retired after serving for a total of four years on the boards of this CRC and its predecessor, the CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry.

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Benefits from recording feed conversion

“Efficient feed conversion is the most important economic trait in pig production yet, as an industry, we are quite poor at measuring it,” Ed Sutcliffe, geneticist and technical director of pig-breeding company ACMC told a meeting of Northamptonshire Quality Pig Producers’ Association at Moulton College, near Northampton.

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Ukraine: The number of pigs is decreasing, but the pork production is growing

The number of pigs decreased in October, in comparison with the previous month. The difference in quantity is 67.1 thousand pigs or 1%.

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France - Use of PAP in feed: ANSES considers that the conditions have not been fully satisfied

In an opinion and a report published last week ANSES notes the progress made in organisation of the industries. It nevertheless considers that the conditions for safe use of processed animal proteins have not, to date, been fully satisfied.

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Brazil expects Hong Kong to become main destination for pork exports

Between October and January of this year, Brazil exported 107,500 tons of pork to Hong Kong.

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Favorable ruling from the WTO for Mexico and Canada on United States labeling regulations

The World Trade Organization ruled that the law requiring labeling the origin of meat imposed by the United States (COOL) is an obstacle to international trade.

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