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In November 2008 BHZP and Hypor entered a strategic partnership. As a result Hypor recently acquired exclusivity for distribution of BHZP’s terminal boar lines in the Dutch market.

Faced with new EU Commission proposals which threaten the viability of EU pig and poultry farms, Copa-Cogeca urged Euro-MPs today to take into account its’ demands when they vote on the proposals at the end of the month.

Danish Crown has today initiated negotiations with the employees on the cutting of a total of 580 jobs.

Zhongpin Inc. reported today that the Science & Technology Department of Henan Province in China has designated Zhongpin's scientific laboratory for food quality and processing as a Key Laboratory.

Zhongpin Inc. today announced that it will open its new premium pork oil plant on April 12, 2010. The new plant is located within the Zhongpin Food Industrial Park in Changge, Henan province, China.

JSR has reaffirmed its keen interest in working with pig producers in Asia by signing a franchise contract with Evabiotech Ltd of Er Lun County in Taiwan, at Pig Focus Asia in Bangkok.

Pfizer Animal Health announces that it has promoted one and added four veterinarians to the company's U.S. swine veterinary operations and services team.

John Springate, president of Kemin AgriFoods, announces the promotion of G.S. Ramesh to president of the Kemin AgriFoods Asia division.

Pig producers can continue to expect large improvements in efficiency from advances in genetics, Yorkshire-based pig-breeding company ACMC, will be telling pig producers at this year’s British Pig & Poultry Fair (Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 May).

PIC is delighted to announce the appointment of NUEVO SA to be its new Distributor for Greece and Cyprus. NUEVO, based in Evia, serves the pig and poultry markets in the fields of feed, genetics, animal health and the provision of quality technical service.

Pigbase, TOPIGS breeding database, now contains data from more than 20 million breeding pigs. With this it is by far the biggest database of its kind in the world.

Joseph Magadi has been appointed operations manager by Ufac-UK for their specialist mill near Oakham, Rutland, where he will be responsible for raw material buying, formulation, quality control and production.

IDT Biologika has developed and is marketing the first swine influenza vaccine - Respiporc Flu3 - registered for protection against the three most clinically significant subtypes of the virus, H1N1, H3N2 and H1N2.

An increased feeding of sows during the insemination phase results in a higher piglet birthweight.

Neogen Corporation announced that it had purchased all the outstanding shares of GeneSeek, Inc., of Lincoln, Neb. GeneSeek is considered the leading commercial agricultural genetics laboratory in the United States.

OJSC Cherkizovo Group one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, announces the transfer of its shares onto quotation list ‘A 2’ at MICEX