Genus: Business Expansion in China
Genus, a world leading animal genetics company, is pleased to announce significant advances in its strategy for expansion in China with progress being made in both the bovine and porcine sectors.
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New branch manager for pigs appointed in SKOV
On 1 January, Karsten Ambrosen, 48, was appointed branch manager for pigs in SKOV A/S.
Uncertainty concerning framework for slaughter pig production leads to job losses in Denmark
This morning Danish Crown’s Pig Production Board Committee proposed closure of some of the group’s Danish activities.
Smithfield Foods Announces Details of Pork Group Restructuring Plan
Smithfield Foods, Inc. today released additional details of a restructuring plan that will consolidate and streamline the corporate structure and manufacturing operations of its pork group and make the company more competitive.
Pig price: Europe's top ten
Annual pig prices research by the German Pig Association (ISN) shows European Union producers got 13 percent more for their pigs last year than they did in 2007.
However, pig costs rose significantly and that caused producer incomes all over Europe to be “vehemently in trouble”, says the association.
MIAVIT buys the BASF animal nutrition premix business in Spain
BASF has sold to the German company MIAVIT its animal nutrition premix business and production plant located in the industrial complex of Tarragona (Spain)
Uruguay - Temporary suspension of VAT on meat
The minister for livestock and agriculture, Ernesto Agazzi, announced the exoneration of VAT on ovine, porcine and poultry meat until the end of January. (Read Google translation here)
Campofrio-Groupe Smithfield Merger Completed
Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE: SFD) announced today that the merger of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A. ("Campofrio") and Group Smithfield Holdings S.L. ("Groupe Smithfield") has been finalized.
TOPIGS Canada Inc. purchases Maple Leaf Agri-Farms swine genetics operations
TOPIGS Canada Inc. announced that it has completed the purchase of the swine genetics business operations and assets from Maple Leaf Agri-Farms.
DSM opens third premix plant in China to support further growth
Royal DSM N.V., the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company headquartered in the Netherlands, today announces that DSM Nutritional Products has opened its third premix plant in China.
King Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Alpharma for Approximately $1.6 Billion
Combination to Create a Leading Specialty Pharmaceutical Company with Greater Commercialization Capabilities, Expanded Portfolio of Pain Management Products and a Strengthened Pipeline.
EU - Provisional harvest estimates for 2008
With Member States starting to publish first provisional harvest estimates for 2008, the total
EU-27 grain crop is now expected to reach 309 MMT this season. This is over 20 per cent up
on MY2007/08.
United Kingdom - Falling wheat prices help pig producers
The fall in costs - principally due to lower feed wheat prices - meant many producers made a small profit of £1 a pig.