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A simple change to the watering regime in the farrowing houses is enabling a Suffolk farmer to rear an extra 1–1.5 piglets a litter and reduce his vet bills.

Embrapa, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Cooperation, and BASF’s jointly developed herbicide-tolerant soybeans were green-lighted on December 10 by CTNBio.

As part of its ongoing global expansion, animal health and nutrition company, Alltech, has announced the opening of its first office in Spain.

Known as Milkiwean feeder, it is a special adaptation of the company’s successful Transition feeder enabling it to dispense warm milk and early weaning feed so that very young and surplus piglets can be reared.

Novus International, Inc. announced today its intent to acquire the Animal Nutrition Division of Albion Laboratories Inc, a company based in Clearfield, UT. Terms of the proposed deal were not disclosed.

MFeed primarily improves feed conversion and liveweight gain in growing / finishing pigs, broilers, layers (hens and ducks) and cattle. MFeed is made up of Activated Montmorillonite, Diatomaceous earth, Clinoptilolite, yeast cell walls, Seaweed extract, Essential oils and copper and is currently sold in the USA, Asia and Eastern Europe.

Australia’s pork industry is finally enjoying better times with rising pig prices, falling grain prices and a very welcome return to profitability, a situation that’s been enhanced by some vitally important research from the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

The Performing Nature Symposium was successfully held last week on the Greece island Crete, where Delacon gathered 250 people from more than 25 countries. In these two days 18 speakers held lectures on the following topics: Trends in animal production and nutrition, Immunity and Environment.

With five new graduate students and a lab manager, Iowa State University’s (ISU) applied swine nutrition program is focused squarely on the future. The program, under the leadership of animal science associate professor John Patience, has three research themes: energy, ingredient evaluation, and feeding management. There also are collaborative efforts with additional animal science faculty members in other areas.

Vital research to reduce seasonal infertility, an ongoing problem for Australia’s pig industry, has been rewarded with a 2009 Science and Innovation Award for Michael Bertoldo, a Pork CRC supported PhD student at The University of Sydney.

Feeding pigs has sometimes been a fairly hit-and-miss affair, but award-winning new technology developed with Pork CRC support aims to bring precision livestock farming technology to piggeries across Australia and make pig feeding less of a pig’s breakfast.

Provimi BV introduces a new piglet feed program. The new piglet feed program is based on developments in the market.

Lallemand Inc. is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Lake States Yeast Division from the Wausau Paper Group. Lake States Yeast is a leading producer of inactivated torula yeast operating in Rhinelander (Wisconsin, USA).

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Despite the absence of an agricultural industry here, local biotech firm Vantarion has developed a supplement that could significantly cut swine feed costs and improve the weight gain of livestock.

Swiss speciality feed additives manufacturer Pancosma S.A. is expanding its distributing network throughout Asia.