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Weekly Overview: PED, Hogs & Pigs and the Importance of Biosecurity
2014-09-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) presents a whole new range of challenges to the US pig sector when it comes to forecasts for pork production and prices; this was clear from the quarterly 'Hogs & Pigs' report, published last week and the commentary upon it. Canada has reported its first PED outbreak for some weeks. Vets and farmers in the UK explored biosecurity as a vital way to keep PED and African swine fever off the country's farms at a workshop last week.
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Hogs and Pigs Report Suggests ExpansionBut PEDV Gets the Last Word
2014-09-27 01:21:00| National Hog Farmer
The inventory of all hogs and pigs in the United States on Sept. 1, 2014 was 65.361 million head. This was down 2.3% from Sept. 1, 2013, but up 6% from June 1, 2014. Summarizing his thoughts upon the release of the report, Ron Plain, professor of agricultural economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, says, Across the board, every one of these numbers came in higher than trade expectations, so in my mind, this is a bearish Hogs and Pigs Report. read more
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Thai Study Shows PRRS Control Should Focus on Breeding Pigs
2014-09-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
THAILAND - Looking into the incidence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) in different districts, scientists concluded that breeding sows should be the focus of targeted surveillance and control. They were unable to identify the highly pathogenic form of the virus, which is thought to be circulating in the country.
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Oil Extraction Method Affects Feeding Value of Corn for Pigs
2014-09-25 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Ethanol plants are getting more efficient at extracting fuel from corn (maize), and that can affect the quality of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a by-product of ethanol production often used as an economical feed alternative for hogs and poultry.
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Colombia Reopens Border to US, Canadian Breeding Pigs
2014-09-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
COLOMBIA - The Colombian Agricultural Institute, ICA, has reopened the country's borders for the import of breeding pigs from the United States and Canada, which was restricted due to outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED).
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