
Press releases - Facilities and equipment

Funding available for precision in swine farming project from MSD Animal Health
MSD Animal Health announces call for submissions for the new High-Quality Pork—Precision Farming Award. Winner to be awarded up to $200,000 towards project implementation.

Asia's largest pig slaughterhouse to start operations in 2021
Techbank Food's breeding, slaughtering, and processing facility will have a 5 million-head annual capacity, making it the largest in all of Asia.

ARM Buildings: Windows solution for emergency ventilation
Drop-out window panels will automatically open in an emergency when normal ventilation is interfered with, safeguarding the health and welfare of pigs.

Hypor: A smooth transition from stalls to group housing
How the Hypor Libra* helped Haven Colony make the sow housing transition easy, allowing the animals to produce to their full potential.

Davidson joins Osborne Industries sales staff
Chevy Davidson has been named North America Sales Representative for livestock equipment.

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Rotecna has been acquired by SKIOLD Group
The combination delivers clear strategic benefits to both companies, including a stronger global footprint and enhanced platform to grow in new markets, a broader product portfolio of leading technologies, and increased scale to support investments in R&D, including digital solutions.
Evonik invests in Chinese technology start-up to support more intelligent and healthier pig farming

Greengage: Pioneering acoustic monitoring to help keep pigs happy
A groundbreaking commercial trial in lighting and sensor technology to improve pig performance and enhance animal welfare.
RUSLE2 and P-Index workshop series by Iowa State Extension
ETW Energietechnik supplies biomethane upgrading technology


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CPF promotes biogas production on all farms and processing plants in Thailand
CPF is geared towards renewable energy consumption through biogas production at all pig farms in Thailand to save communities and for sustainable energy security.

WEDA: Five years of Nutrix piglet feeding – a success story
Many pig farming operations know the challenge: due to increasing piglet numbers, the sow milk alone is insufficient for optimally feeding the piglets. Precisely for this application, the Nutrix piglet feeding system by Lower Saxon farming house supplier WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has proven itself internationally over the past five years.

Osborne introduces new digital weight display for ACCU-ARM® portable livestock scales
A new, cost-saving digital weight display is now available for Osborne’s ACCU-ARM portable scales for small animals.

WELTEC BIOPOWER builds biogas plant for Greek abattoir
Efficient bioenergy generation from animal waste.

Osborne Industries: New feed flow control improves user experience
The all new Feed Flow Control for the company’s line of Big Wheel® Pig Feeders features an easy-to-read, numbered positioning system that is simple to adjust and set.
IPIC: Webinar on emergency disposal of hogs in light of slaughterhouse closures

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WELTEC BIOPOWER: 20 years of the German renewable energy law
Biogas pioneer WELTEC BIOPOWER plays a key role in the success story of energy conversion.

EC Solutions joins forces with Smart Agritech
The two companies are partnering to bring Pig Scale, an automatic, camera-based pig scale to the global market.

It’s all a matter of husbandry: Finland’s largest piglet operation profitable despite forgoing docking!
A Finn farmer shares his strategy for keeping long-tailed pigs. Just 2% of his animals arrive at the slaughterhouse with damaged tails. It's possible!

Farmex: A matter of control
Producers have mixed opinions on Dicam 2's remote temperature control app. Some worry farmers will make changes without checking on animals in person.
Two winners share 2020 Banff Pork Seminar Aherne Innovation Prize

Finding efficiency with automated sorting scales
Gain productivity, help lower costs, and improve finishing pig performance.


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