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Weekly Overview: US Pig Numbers: PED Costs Half a Piglet Per Litter

2014-03-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The average number of piglets reared per litter and the number of animals in the feeding herd are both down, according to the latest quarterly statistics from the US, writes Jackie Linden. With the breeding herd slightly higher, are we beginning to see the impact on the market of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) outbreaks in the US over the last 11 months? Canada now has 44 confirmed outbreaks and PED continues to be reported in Japan.

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KAB Reports 48-Percent Cigarette Litter Reduction with 2013 Programs

2014-03-06 15:07:00| Waste Age

Keep America Beautiful (KAB) reported a 48-percent reduction in cigarette litter waste in communities implementing its program in 2013. read more

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Marine plastic litter can be converted into useable fuel: new Canadian study

2014-02-17 21:17:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines

Converting plastic from rivers, lakes and oceans into fuel is not as difficult as some might think, according to a new Canadian study.

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Sow Housing Rules Could Cost One Piglet Per Litter

2013-11-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Banning sow stalls could be costing the UK pig industry one piglet per litter, a BPEX conference was told this week, reports Editor, Michael Priestley.

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