Vietnam to restructure its livestock industry
Vietnam plans to restructure its livestock industry to ensure sufficient meat production for the growing populations and lift its competitiveness in the overseas market.
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Fattening conditions
With the current part you can assess your knowledge on pig welfare during the fattening phase: How much space do they need?, What is the maximum level of noise?, etc.
Recent update on swine health in Asian swine industries
More advanced scientific knowledge and technology on swine health is needed for the swine producing countries in Asia, in order that they can develop to become competitive in global swine business in the future.
Canada - Last call announced for hog farm exit program
Another 145 bidders in the federally-funded hog farm transition program (HFTP) will share $25.23 million to fold up their hog operations for at least three years.
Craig Mostyn Group buys Great Southern Pig Company from Paspaley Group
Craig Mostyn Group (CMG) and Paspaley Group jointly announced the purchase, effective February 1, 2010, by CMG of Great Southern Pig Company (GSP) business operations based at its two outdoor piggeries at Albany and Narrogin, Western Australia.
Latin American Network for improving pig production
109 researchers from 14 countries will take part in this network funded by CYTED and intended for improving pigmeat production through innovative, sustainable production systems.
Ukraine – Increase in pig stocks
In Ukraine, the cattle population to the deadline of 1 January 2010 fell an annual perspective, while increasing the number of pigs and poultry.
John Morrell to Close Sioux City, Iowa Plant
John Morrell & Co., a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., announced that it would permanently close its hog processing and fresh meat fabrication plant located in Sioux City, Iowa, effective April 20, 2010. The Sioux City plant processes hogs and produces boneless loins and other fresh pork products.
Rattlerow Seghers expands their nucleus program in China
The Joint Venture partners HEBEI Yufeng Jing An breeding Co. Ltd. and Rattlerow Seghers group have agreed to increase the nucleus program to maintain around 400.000 commercial sows within the next three years.
Determining an optimum lysine:calorie ratio for barrows and gilts in a commercial finishing facility
The dietary lysine optimization may reduce feed cost per kilogram of gain in pigs during the growing-finishing phase
German production to grow
Total German pig production will grow in 2010 by 3% to 57.8 million head says the German organisation for agricultural and retail companies Deutsche Raiffeisenverband (DRV).
Russia - Increase in poultry and pork production
Poultry production in 2009 increased by 318,000 tonnes, while red meat by 550,000 tonnes.
COFCO Acquiring Marverick, Another Move in Building Whole Value Chain
COFCO Corporation, China’s largest grain, edible oil and food conglomerate, announced that it had signed an acquisition agreement with Smithfield Foods from US and Artal Group from Italy for acquiring the two’s subsidiary joint venture in China, Marverick Food.
Mexico - Consistent growth in the national production of meat
The latest reports published by Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fishing and Food (SAGARPA) show that meat production has grown consistently over the last 9 years. The Average Annual Growth Rate (TMCA) recorded is 3.01% which represents an increase from 4.36 million tons in the year 2000 to 5.53 million tons in 2008.
Zhongpin Opens New Prepared Pork Plant in Changge on December 26, 2009
Zhongpin Inc., a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced it started production in its new prepared pork products plant in Changge, in Henan province, on December 26, 2009.
USA - U.S. hog inventory down 2 percent
U.S. inventory of all hogs and pigs on December 1, 2009 was 65.8 million head. This was down 2 percent from December 1, 2008 and down 2 percent from September 1, 2009.