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The program uses lecture and activities to demonstrate and identify possible risk events and carrying agents that can compromise a farm’s biosecurity protocols.

Black plastic is not recyclable because the optical sorting system used for recycling cannot detect the black carbon pigment used to colour the plastic.

HKScan has landed an important contract with the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. With its Omega-3 Pork^® quality products HKScan is the first company in the Finnish meat industry to get products to Alibaba’s grocery retail reinventing Hema supermarkets and online store.

The first local manufacturing plant, wholly-owned by a multinational animal health company, focuses on the China swine market.

The integrated thermal camera of the Cat S60 allows users to obtain thermal images that come loaded with instant data, which makes it easier for farmers to make corrections and achieve the proper functioning of their equipment, ensure that the animals are comfortable, and increase overall profitability of their farming business.

Topping the 2019 global index of the 100 most sustainable companies, as announced during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Canon accepted the position currently held by Dr. Harry Snelson, who will assume the position of Executive Director on June 1st after 13 years as Director of Communications.

There is no argument new smart technologies are coming in swine production says Tom Stein, senior strategic adviser for Maximus Systems.

Screw and washer can then be tightened without problem.

Following the first well attended event in Romania last November, yesterday, Copa Cogeca and UECBV organised a second workshop on Biosecurity in Puławy, Poland.

Fat may be the most important component of pork that we should be considering for improvement of meat quality. The money is following the fat if you consider our current markets for pork and if you consider which parts of the hog are most valuable today.

If you have controlled-environment houses, check that your fail-safe batteries are working.

At the 2019 Banff Pork Seminar, Jan. 8 to 10 in Banff, Alta., Dr. Egan Brockhoff, veterinarian and pork industry analyst and advisor, shared insights from his travel to countries currently battling the deadly disease such as China and parts of Europe, and his thoughts on ways Canadian pork producers can mitigate the risk.

Nedap, a global leader in swine and dairy management systems, recently hired Cheryl Day and Jeff Morten to join its North American swine support team and José Roberto Simeone for its Latin America swine support team.

Prior stressful experiences early in life may strengthen an animal’s resistance to subsequent stressors.

This impressive range is made possible by an additional dosing flap for small amounts that can be inserted into the volume dispenser’s filling chute.

The scheme involves monthly scanning of samples of ground wheat, soybean and canola with known NIRS and wet chemistry values.