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New device in combination with PORCILIS^® vaccines provides quick and easy prevention of two of the most common swine diseases.

Omega-3 Pork^® from Finnish family-owned farms will soon be sold to highly demanding Chinese consumers in packages portraying the Nordic Arctic and the magical northern lights. The new premium packages continue to build Finland’s rising image in Chinese markets.

The show fills up the whole BITEC in Bangkok with more than 1250 exhibitors representing all species and sectors of the value chain.

More than 40,000 sows have made the transition to our advanced open sow housing system, and we are on track to transition all sows under our management by the end of 2021.

More than 340,000 additional crate-free pigs produced in three years.

CT scanning is the next-generation phenotyping tool and offers a wealth of opportunities for breeding companies.

Perstorp Feed & Food has an ambitious growth strategy in Asia Pacific, with a comprehensive portfolio of solutions based on organic acids and esters of organic acids such as propionic acid, formic acid and butyric acid.

Quickly and safely check feed bin content levels from the ground with Hog Slat’s telescoping Bin Stik.

Tonisity, a cutting-edge company bringing innovative swine nutrition, health and wellness products to market, is growing its team with the addition of Arthur Meheust as Sales Manager for France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.

Jimmy Smith, director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), this week made a short presentation at the annual meeting of the Food Forever Initiative held in Wilmington, Delaware, 23–24 Sep 2018.

The Institute for Professional Excellence has awarded its GOLD STAR to Magapor, S.L.

While there is still much we do not know about how ASF will spread in the coming months, what is clear is that the scale of potential upside in demand and potential risk of contamination has perhaps never been greater.

John Pluske has been appointed inaugural Chief Scientist and CEO of Australasian Pork Research Institute Limited (APRIL).

Danish Genetics is making a six-figure investment in more than 230 new Schauer Advanced Computerised Feeding stations from BoPil. The company is aiming for the position as leading breeding company regarding feed conversion rate.

A new high-tech solution to the problem of tail biting in pigs has been devised by Scottish scientists and could become an alternative to the controversial last-resort practice of tail docking.

The new Danish breeding company Danish Genetics has been approved to maintain officially recognised herd/breeding records by the Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark.

Animal diseases, such as avian influenza or African swine fever, know no borders and can continually affect new areas. Reducing the risk is possible through the implementation of procedures designed to avoid the introduction and spread of pathogens in animal populations.

Under the leadership of Pirbright’s Dr Elma Tchilian the Comparative and Veterinary Immunology Group (CVIG) has been revived and is actively engaging in opportunities to showcase the research of its members and bring knowledge of comparative and veterinary immunology to a wider audience.

Chris Rademacher said the opportunity to develop new conduits of information from Iowa State University to all pork producers drew him to the associate director position at Iowa Pork Industry Center.

Manitoba will be supporting the HyLife expansion through TIF equivalent to 22 years of incremental taxes, estimated at $9.5 million.

Semen Cardona ha sido la encargada de realizar la obra civil del centro y lo gestionará, mientras que PIC aportará los verracos seleccionados entre las mejores líneas genéticas.