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Topigs Norsvin is proud to present a new nucleus farm in South Africa: Rietfontein. This modern facility has a capacity of 1,500 SPF sows.

67% of the exhibitors at SPACE reported engaging in or planning to develop export activities. 89% said that SPACE enabled them to establish useful business contacts.

Topigs Norsvin decided to establish its own resting places in the EU at strategic locations. Those resting places are exclusively for Topigs Norsvin breeding animals.

Co-digestion of pig slurry with algal biomass resulted in a slightly higher methane yield.

Syncra^® SWI delivers unique energy and amino acid digestibility for pigs, powered by the probiotic’s agile enzyme-production, working in harmony with the protease.

The course consisted of a theoretical session in the morning including discussion of clinical cases, and an autopsy practical session in the afternoon in the necropsy room facilities of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

In total 1562 delegates, partners and sponsoring company staff members from in total 49 countries participated in this event.

Produmix is currently working in various research projects with universities and other international reference centers.

The speech of  Raquel Ausejo, technical director of Magapor and head of the R & D & I biotechnology department, speech was rewarded by the auditorium.

The new FAST Start™ wean-to-finish feeder features all the no-waste, feed saving aspects of the Big Wheel family of mechanical-flow feeders, but operates in gravity-flow mode for newly weaned pigs. The feeder then automatically converts to mechanical-flow as pigs grow.

To close the session, USMEF past chairman Roel Andriessen, who chaired the search committee charged with finding and recommending candidates for the position of USMEF president, explained the extensive process that led the committee to identify Halstrom as its leading candidate.

The seminar was dedicated to heat stress in swine, trying to highlight the origins and the consequences of the phenomenon.

Indonesia has witnessed a major boom in demand for livestock products such as red meat, milk, eggs and beef and cattle.

Watch your pigs and adjust your equipment to support optimal finishing in summer heat.

SPACE 2017 will be held from Tuesday 12 September to Friday 15 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre.

A new report now available from independent publisher AgriContent Ltd provides the English pig sector with a detailed look at clean pig production in the country from 2014 to 2016 on a postcode-by-postcode and regional basis.

Most of the live pig traders are vertically integrated, performing several functions in the value chain like transportation, pig slaughter and pork retail under single ownership. Pig farmers are largely concentrated at the production node which is largely characterized by spot markets and informal relationships.