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About 760 biogas plants will be connected to the German national electricity grid in 2009 — three times the number in 2007 — according to estimates by the German Biogas Association. This is around 100 times more than exist in the UK.

ARM Buildings, the Staffordshire-based pig and poultry buildings specialist, reports that it has been running flat out with 24-hour shifts having been introduced at its Rugeley factory to keep up with demand for its range of pig houses.

The global swine industry increasingly relies on vaccination. With a total market value of 525 Mio € in 2008 vaccines have become the most important health management tool for modern pig production.

VNU Exhibitions Europe and Thai-based company N.C.C. Exhibition organizer (NEO) will strengthen their cooperation in Ildex Vietnam, The International Livestock & Dairy Expo.

VION Food Group Ltd has announced proposals to close operations at its Ashton site which processes and slices bacon products.

The new pork production facility, located in the Jinghai Economic Technical Development Area in Tianjin City, will increase total annual pork production capacity by 136,000 metric tons.

Europorc Congress opens borders and gathers the best international professionals from the stockbreeding, agriculture, economy, veterinary science and food industry.

Giles Christie has been promoted to UK Sales Director at JSR and takes charge of their UK genetics business.

Big Dutchman Asia (BD Asia), Shah Alam, Malaysia, has recently expanded its distribution network for the Australian continent by appointing Stockyard Industries as one of its distributors.

Science will enable farmers to produce enough grain to meet the growing demand for food, biofuels and materials if public and private agriculture enterprises, regulators and policymakers from around the globe take a more holistic approach to the solution, William S. Niebur, vice president – DuPont Crop Genetics Research and Development, said here today.