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Manitoba Pork Chop Talk, June 28th 2012
Written on 29 Jun, 2012 at 15:32 in Canada West Swine News | Comments
Grade 10 Challenge 2012 Winners! Manitoba Pork Council’s Grade 10 Challenge stimulates Grade 10 students to think about where our food comes from, how its production impacts the environment, and how it affects our daily lives in this agriculture-rich... (Continue reading)
Prairie Swine Center E-zine, June 29th 2012
Written on 29 Jun, 2012 at 15:11 in Uncategorized | Comments
Optimizing Dietary Energy Feed efficiency is a complex production target because it is infl uenced by such a wide range of factors such as feed composition, barn environment, and pig behaviour. In a recent webinar put on by the Prairie... (Continue reading)
Smithfield celebrates declining worker injury rates
Written on 29 Jun, 2012 at 14:55 in Uncategorized | Comments
Smithfield Foods announced its companywide injury rate in 2011 continued at its lowest levels in company history and remained well below the national average for the meatpacking industry. In 2011 Smithfield’s injury rate was 3.93 injuries per 100 employees, down... (Continue reading)
Analysts see Hillshire Brands as takeover target
Written on 29 Jun, 2012 at 14:54 in Uncategorized | Comments
Sara Lee Corp. spinoff Hillshire Brands Co. is just one day old, but analysts are already speculating that it is a takeover target. Shares of the new meat-centric company were up nearly 12 percent at midday on Friday, their first... (Continue reading)
Pennatek, LLC has changed its name to JBS United Animal Health, LLC.
Written on 28 Jun, 2012 at 15:10 in Uncategorized | Comments
JBS United is excited to announce that Pennatek, LLC has changed its name to JBS United Animal Health, LLC. This change of name does not reflect any shift in ownership of the company, but rather is the beginning of an... (Continue reading)
yngenta corporation faces criminal charges for covering up livestock deaths from GM corn
Written on 28 Jun, 2012 at 15:06 in Uncategorized | Comments
Source: NaturalNews.com Biotechnology giant Syngenta has officially been outed for deliberately hiding data that proves the company’s genetically-modified (GM) Bt 176 corn is directly responsible for killing livestock. Dr. Eva Sirinathsinghji writing for QW Magazine explains that Syngenta is now... (Continue reading)
Genomic selection now used in TOPIGS dam lines as well
Written on 28 Jun, 2012 at 15:03 in Uncategorized | Comments
At the beginning of June, TOPIGS started to use genomic selection in dam line breeding as well. This means that sows and boars for breeding are now partly selected on the basis of information collected with genomic selection. This step... (Continue reading)
Increased Downward Pressure Expected on Live Hog Prices During Third and Fourth Quarters
Written on 28 Jun, 2012 at 5:47 in Uncategorized | Comments
Farmscape for June 28, 2012 (Episode 4184) The general manager of H@Ms Marketing Services predicts increasing downward pressure on live hog prices moving into the third and fourth quarters as hog supplies increase and demand for pork slips. Typically... (Continue reading)
JBS United Forms Strategic Partnership with Software and Systems Developer, PrairiE Systems
Written on 27 Jun, 2012 at 19:05 in Uncategorized | Comments
JBS United, Inc. and PrairiE Systems have announced that PrairiE Systems, based in Spencer, Iowa, has become a subsidiary of JBS United. Both companies have a common goal of supporting livestock producers and the industry in providing a traceable safe... (Continue reading)
Dr. Derek Petry joins Newsham Choice Genetics as Vice President of Research & Development
Written on 27 Jun, 2012 at 6:38 in Uncategorized | Comments
Geneticist Derek Petry, Ph.D., has been named Vice President of Research & Development and Nucleus Production at Newsham Choice Genetics, one of the world’s leading pig genetics companies. Petry brings to Newsham valuable experience in genetic advancement leadership, with... (Continue reading)
Key Success Factors for the Pork Value Chain
Written on 27 Jun, 2012 at 6:33 in Uncategorized | Comments
Hypor communicates the first three of nine key success factors from their MAX’ing Capacity philosophy for maximizing total system profitability. MAX’ing Capacity is about MAX’imizing the capacity to deliver efficient, high throughput pigs with the right carcass and meat quality... (Continue reading)
N.J. pork processor sustains fire
Written on 27 Jun, 2012 at 6:16 in Uncategorized | Comments
Trenton, N.J.-based Case Pork Roll Co. suffered heavy damage from a three-alarm fire Tuesday morning, but company officials said the business would continue, according to a report by the Times of Trenton. Supervisor Joe DeBronzo told the newspaper that 35... (Continue reading)
California man charged with pig slaughtering
Written on 27 Jun, 2012 at 6:15 in Uncategorized | Comments
A former Santa Maria High School teacher is facing misdemeanor charges of illegally butchering pigs and selling the meat at his Nipomo home. Five counts of violating the California Food and Agriculture Code were filed against Artxezin “Art” Mariscal Amezcua,... (Continue reading)
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