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High Welfare Pig Producers Should Be Held as Examples
2016-03-02 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A UBC professor says livestock producers who achieve the highest standards of animal welfare need to be held up as the examples for the rest of the industry, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Applications for Americas Pig Farmer of the Year due March 13
2016-03-01 21:55:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Pork Board 2015 winner, Keith Schoettmer, to hold conference call March 7 The deadline to apply to be the next Americas Pig Farmer of the Year is quickly approaching. Applications are being accepted through March 13 at americaspigfarmer.com. read more
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Farmers Say Retailers Must Go Further to Support Scottish Pig Industry
2016-02-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SCOTLAND - UK - With Scottish pig prices at an eight-year low, some of Scotland’s major retailers must go further to support the Scottish pig sector through troubled times.
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EU Pig Prices: Uncertainty Causes Pressure
2016-02-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - Currently, the European pig slaughter market appears in an inconsistent way, being made strongly insecure because of the situation as it is on the German pig slaughter market.
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New Lung Programme Helps Pig Farmers Review Respiratory Diseases
2016-02-29 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Two organisms that can cause serious respiratory diseases in pigs are the bacteria Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia. Vaccination is used to help farmers prevent infections but due to complexities, vaccination procedures may need to be reviewed or improved.
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