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Asia offers promising market for Russian poultry meat
www.worldpoultry.net | 22 hours 37 minutes ago
Asia should be considered as the most promising market for Russian poultry meat in coming years, Rabobank International analyst Nan-Dirk Mulder claimed at the recent conference "Russia's livestock and poultry industry in the new environment”. According to Mulder, Russian poultry is much closer to fi...
http://www.worldpoultry.net/Broilers/Markets--Trade/2013/5/Asia-offers-promising-market-for-Russian-poultry-meat-1264199W/

Report: Antimicrobial resistance remain an issue
www.pigprogress.net | 22 hours 37 minutes ago
The third joint EFSA and ECDC report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and foods shows the continued presence of resistance to a range of antimicrobials in Salmonella and Campylobacter, the main bacteria causing food-borne infections in the European Union (EU...
http://www.pigprogress.net/Health-Diseases/Health/2013/5/Report-Antimicrobial-resistance-remain-an-issue-1264145W/

Washington farmers feed pigs with leftover cannabis
www.allaboutfeed.net | 23 hours 37 minutes ago
As high prices of feed have lead many farmers across the country to look for cheaper feed sources. One farmer has resorted to adding cannabis to their pig feed, in an experiment to turn weed waste into an alternative source, with surprising results. As the American state of Washington gets ready to ...
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/Home/General/2013/5/Washington-farmers-feed-pigs-with-leftover-cannabis-1264022W/

Will pigs be antibiotic-free by 2020?
www.pigprogress.net | May 24, 2013
At the recent Alltech symposium in Lexington, Kentucky, Terry Coffey from Murphy Brown addressed the issue of the use of antibiotics in the pig industry and will the industry be antibiotic-free by 2020. “We first must understand science and then balance that with consumer demand,” Coffey said. Accor...
http://www.pigprogress.net/Health-Diseases/Health/2013/5/Will-pigs-be-antibiotic-free-by-2020-1264052W/

UK: Top award - minimising pigs' phosphorous excretion
www.pigprogress.net | May 24, 2013
A BPEX-funded PhD student has won the prestigious President’s Award for a paper presented at the 2013 British Society of Animal Science Annual Meeting. Vasilis Symeou’s work, at Newcastle University, is about minimising the amount of phosphorous (P) excreted from growing and finishing pigs. P is eas...
http://www.pigprogress.net/Growing-Finishing/Nutrition/2013/5/UK-Top-award---minimising-pigs-phosphorous-excretion-1264096W/

Ukraine will increase pork production by 25%
www.pigprogress.net | May 24, 2013
Pork production in Ukraine in 2020 will amount to 1 million tonnes, predicts the Association of Pig Producers of Ukraine. "According to our forecasts, by 2020 the volume of domestic pork production will reach one million tonnes. Thus, we will almost completely meet our needs in the consumption of po...
http://www.pigprogress.net/Pork-Processing/Markets/2013/5/Ukraine-will-increase-pork-production-by-25-1264024W/

Symposium challenges Agribusiness to make an impact
www.allaboutfeed.net | May 23, 2013
As the Alltech 29th Annual International Symposium came to a close, a closing session challenged delegates to take a glimpse into the future, search out opportunities to make an impact in the agribusiness industry and give the farmer of tomorrow a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Speaking t...
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/Home/General/2013/5/Symposium-challenges-Agribusiness-to-make-an-impact-1264474W/

Siblings' company boosts shellfish sector
www.allaboutfeed.net | May 23, 2013
With a new name and new focus, Industrial Plankton has had a new lease on life. The young company makes its first major sale in a bid to crack the the aquaculture industry. The firm, run by siblings Ashley and Robert Roulston, was previously known as Reef Safe Fish and in 2011 won the B.C. Innovatio...
http://www.allaboutfeed.net/Process-Management/Management/2013/5/Siblings-company-boosts-shellfish-sector-1264417W/

EFSA: Antimicrobial resistance remains an issue
www.worldpoultry.net | May 23, 2013
The third joint EFSA and ECDC report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria affecting humans, animals and foods shows the continued presence of resistance to a range of antimicrobials in Salmonella and Campylobacter, the main bacteria causing food-borne infections in the European Union (EU...
http://www.worldpoultry.net/Broilers/Health/2013/5/EFSA-Antimicrobial-resistance-remains-an-issue-1264386W/