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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.

On the 24th of March 2009 a Welfare Quality® programme for stakeholders was held in Spain. The dedicated meeting `Integración del bienestar animal en la cadena alimentaria: evaluación en granja e información al consumidor´ was organised during the IMAGA2009 exhibition in Zaragoza.

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announces the introduction in Europe of its PORCILIS PCV vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection. The launch of this new subunit vaccine was celebrated this week with a dedicated scientific event near Lisbon (Portugal), attracting hundreds of veterinarians from all over Europe.

The Pork Industry Awards, formerly known as the Swine Stewardship Awards, recognize excellence in Manitoba’s hog industry. The awards are presented to individuals, groups and organizations that have made significant contributions to the industry.

More than 140 exhibitors from 13 countries have registered for Moscow’s International Exhibition for Animal Husbandry and Breeding from 20 to 22 May 2009 – unrivalled technical programme.

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

Cargill Pork announced it has achieved eight priority animal welfare assurance objectives. Advancements are in the production, handling, transportation and harvest of hogs.

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.

The supervisory board of DLG AgroFood Sp.z.o.o. (Poznan/Poland), a subsidiary of DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society, Frankfurt am Main), has appointed Ludwik Apolinarski as its new managing director with effect from 1 April 2009.

The supervisory board of DLG-Agriservice GmbH, a subsidiary of DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society), has appointed Bernd Koch as its new managing director with effect from 1 April 2009.

AgFeed Industries, Inc. (FEED), one of the largest independent hog production and animal nutrient companies in China, today announced its entry into a genetics program arrangement with Hypor, a Hendrix Genetics Company.

International pig-breeding company, ACMC, has delivered 525 genetically-advanced breeding pigs to China, in a deal, including technical support, valued at one million pounds Sterling.

After two years of research, the Aragonese company Magapor launched the first mixed insemination system for swine, a mixed catheter with double semen deposition.

Chinese farm equipment subsidies are to increase 300 percent to 1.46 billion US dollars this year with targets including doubling of mechanisation in the country’s rice harvest within five years. A special Preview in Beijing heard that momentum like this underlines the crucial importance of Agritechnica, the world’s biggest farm mechanisation event, as shop window, discussion platform and world meeting place for agricultural investors from expanding farming sectors in countries such as China.