• Bears surround feed crops: Will a dragon rescue the market?  
  
  
• Philippine corn's genetically engineered rebirth   

            
Markets:

• US beef cattle in crisis
     
• Philippine broiler imports, corn costs and industry competitiveness
  
  
• Australian beef: Win some, lose some, with an overall gain
  
              

      
China:

• Joint venture to build organic pig production and processing centre    
   
• Haid Group boosting feed, probiotic making capacity     
  
  
• Sunner Development buys out subsidiary     
  
  
• Guangping County builds industrial park for poultry sector     
  
  
• Dakang invests US$11.08 million in Xupu hog farm   
    
• Huadu enters Japanese fast food joint venture     

        
Industry:

• Berg+Schmidt: Focussed and committed to fats for animal nutrition       

• Hendrix Genetics, New Hope Group sign Memorandum of Understanding
      
• Charoen Pokphand Foods cuts investment budget by a third
     
• France's Sodiaal, 3A merge
     
• Novozymes acquires TJ Technologies
     
• Zoetis buys its independence from Pfizer 
     
• Yili forms, Dairy Farmers of America in strategic alliance
     
• China Fishery buys out majority of Copeinca shares
     
• Gavilon buys five grain elevators in South Texas       

      

Industry Movers:

• Aviagen makes two executive appointments   
  
  
• Cobb-Vantress names new CTO    

• WEDA's 4PX feeding system updated with mobile connectivity
  
  
• SCHAUMANN's CERAVITAL poultry fattening supplement
  
  
• NEDAP’s electronic sow feeding system
  
  
• Feedlogic's BlendTronic feed micro ingredient system
  
       

• The impact of Ecobiol Aqua (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) on shrimp enzymatic activity and animal performance           

• Using hygiene and disinfection to control Streptococcus in swine   

           
Events: 

• Preview:

- Livestock Asia 2013    

• The Ballard Group: Improving animal reproduction and livestock welfare