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In 2007, Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) announced an industry-leading goal of phasing out individual gestation stalls in favor of group housing for pregnant sows at all company-owned sow farms by 2017.

From May 22nd till 24th 2013, the University College and University of Ghent, as well as the Society of Mycotoxin Research organized the 35th Mycotoxin Workshop.

Global animal health and nutrition company Alltech will present 10 abstracts at this year's Poultry Science Association meeting in San Diego, Calif., July 22- 25.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) has honored several of its facilities and employees for their successful sustainability efforts during fiscal year 2013 through a number of innovative environmental projects.

The pig industry in Argentina is moving forward. Here too – partly motivated by concerns for animal welbeing – newly built sow houses will be equipped with electronic sow feeding stations.

Extremely hot weather can pose problems on pig farms. Producers should particularly monitor temperatures in their AI storage cabinets and water flow rates, says Paul Thompson, veterinary adviser to pig-breeding company ACMC.

Consolidated sales of the Ceva Group reached €310m in the first 6 months of 2013, up by 2%, 4.2% on the previous year at a constant perimeter and exchange rates.

Ceva Santé Animale, a global veterinary group based in Aquitaine, France (Libourne) and Sichuan Hengtong Animal Pharmacy Co., a veterinary company in Sichuan (Neijiang, China), have signed an international partnership agreement

Quality Equipment has strengthened its sales and marketing departments with two new appointments, Bill Diaper and Henry Stark.

Also this year Fancom has won the French Innov’Space Award. We received the two-star award for the Fancom Pig Cough Monitor, the audio analysis system for early registration of health abnormalities.

ILDEX Myanmar 2013 will be organized from 12 – 14 September, 2013 at Tatmadaw Exhibition Hall, Yangon, Myanmar.

JSR Genetics has delivered its first shipment of pigs to Nigeria, as part of a supply agreement established with the Institute of Agriculture Research & Training (IAR&T), Ibadan.

Data Presented at Fifth European Symposium of Porcine Health Management in Scotland.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) announced today that the required waiting period has expired under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 ("HSR") in connection with the Company's previously announced transaction with Shuanghui International Holdings Limited.

Ecolab introduces the Advantis® FC Cleaning Program, a high-foaming, chlorinated alkaline cleaner specially formulated for use with reduced temperature water.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (NYSE:SFD) announced that C. Larry Pope, president and chief executive officer of Smithfield, will testify today before the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry to review the benefits of the Shuanghui-Smithfield transaction for U.S. farmers and agriculture, while reaffirming the commitment to upholding the highest food safety standards.