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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
UK's pig herd on decline due to poor prices
UK's pig herd is shrinking as 10% of production is expected to be gone by Christmas, unless prices improve. In July, when the cost of feed wheat increased by more than 25%, and soy increased by even more, some producers took an early decisi ...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
US pig slaughter rises in August 2012
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Royal De Heus, Nutrifarms collaborate to access Brazilian pig feed market
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Russia's cattle, pig import ban against WTO principles
Russia's ban on certain live cattle and pig imports from the EU is a factor in consideration by the European Commission in determining the country's commitments as a recent World Trade Organisation (WTO) member state. Commission officials s ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Piglet demand stays soft despite hog prices (week ended Aug 29, 2012)
Even though hog prices increased 5% over the past three weeks, hog producers were still hesitant about expanding inventories. As small farms which do not produce own piglets were still incurring losses, most of them chose to keep pig pens e ...
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Vietnam builds pig-raising models on biological cushions
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Cranswick expects US drought may boost pig prices
As costs of livestock feed surges, Cranswick expects that severe drought in the US will drive up pig prices. Cranswick, which supplies to brands such as Weight Watchers International and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's food products range, ha ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Pharmacosmos launches injectable iron product for pig industries in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
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Monday, August 27, 2012
Foremost Farms to work with Hypor in improving pig quality in Philippines
Foremost Farms Inc will be employing Hypor Maxter genes to improve the quality of finishing pigs as it aims to produce safe and lean quality pork for the Philippine market. Hypor Maxter is a Pietrain terminal sire that maximises growth in f ...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Relative bioavailability of calcium salt of DL-Methionine hydroxy analogue compared with DL-Methionine for nitrogen retention in starter pigs
With calcium salt of hydroxy analog of Methionine (MHA-Ca, 84 %) recently re-introduced as a methionine source for poultry and swine, the relative bioavailability (RBV) of MHA-Ca to DL-Methionine as a methionine source is studied in this pa ...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Vietnam's Northern Province supports farmers to raise pigs
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Thursday, August 23, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Uncertain hog market outlook decimates piglet sales (week ended Aug 22, 2012)
Although hog prices rose for the second consecutive week, hog producers remained prudent as the outlook of the market remained uncertain. Hence, piglet demand stayed soft while most small farmers withheld purchases. High feed costs and unce ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Brazil's main pig production state continues to suffer losses
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Japfa Hypor Genetic Breeding Co. launches pig breeding facility
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Friday, August 17, 2012
China Piglet Weekly: Cautious inventory building underpins prices (week ended Aug 15, 2012)
Smaller hog producers who suffered losses continued to stand on the side line. Nonetheless, piglet demand improved as larger farms started to build inventories in preparation for the traditionally strong demand during winter. Piglet prices ...

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