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Danish Crown to Test Antibiotic-free Pig Production

2014-10-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - Five of Danish Crown's cooperative owners will begin trialling the production of slaughter pigs without antibiotics from December.

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Danish Pig Industry Steps up Border Disease Measures

2014-10-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - With African swine fever just 10 hours driving time away, the Danish pig industry is to intensify disease protection measures at its land border with Germany by building a state-of-the-art vehicle wash at Padborg.

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Weekly Overview: Challenges to Pig Trade

2014-10-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Two trade issues involving pigs have been discussed at the World Trade Organization (WTO) lately. A WTO panel has ruled that the amended Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) by the United States unfairly disadvantages pork imports from Canada. Meanwhile, Russia has been involved in several trade disputes since it joined the WTO, often related to food safety or animal health issues. With the ever-present threat of African swine fever, Denmark has joined Germany in raising biosecurity levels at its borders.

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US Pig Farm Samples Positive for Porcine Delta Corona Virus: 403

2014-10-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

US - There were four new positive results for Porcine Delta Corona virus (PDCoV) detected in the US in the last week, and the total number of positive samples so far now stands at 403 in 17 states.

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Small German village goes off-grid 100 percent, depends on wind, sun, pig manure

2014-10-26 00:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Interaksyon: If Germany has taken a pioneering though risky role in shifting to renewable energy, then the tiny village of Feldheim -- population 150 -- is at its vanguard. The hamlet near Berlin is Germany's first to have left the national grid and switched to 100 percent local, alternative energy, swearing off fossil fuels and nuclear power decades before the rest of the country plans to near the same goal. Electricity now comes from a wind park towering over its gently rolling fields and reaches homes...

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