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Calls for Food Companies to Ban Imports from ‘Medieval’ Farms
2013-08-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Seven months after the European Union introduced a ban on keeping sows in stalls (except for the first four weeks of pregnancy) half of European Union countries have failed to clamp down on pig farms where sows are illegally confined for most of their lives.
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Thieves stole 1.8 million from Lincs farms
2013-08-05 13:26:16| Agriculture - Topix.net
Agriculture industry insurer NFU Mutual revealed the county had the third highest level of crime in rural parts of the UK.
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Smithfield Releases Video on Group Housing System for Pregnant Sows on Company-Owned Farms
2013-08-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - In 2007, Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced an industry-leading goal of phasing out individual gestation stalls in favor of group housing for pregnant sows at all company-owned sow farms by 2017.
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Sanderson Farms still considering golf tournament sponsorship
2013-07-31 06:46:59| Food - Topix.net
Deciding whether to pick up the three-year title sponsorship option for the Sanderson Farms Championship was on the agenda for the Laurel poultry producer's board of directors of meeting last week.
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Pigs on Small Farms Face Government Ban
2013-07-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - Almost 4.5 million pigs that are currently kept on small private farms are likely to soon be confiscated from their owners as the government attempts to fight an outbreak of African swine fever that is sweeping across the country, Vedomosti has reported.
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