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Biomin Austrian animal nutrition company Biomin appointed Franz Waxenecker as managing director. He joined the company in 2001 and most recently served as director of development and innovation.


EW Nutrition EW Nutrition has appointed Dr Dan Rosener as key ac- count manager – swine for the US market. He will help the company strengthen its presence and services in the swine sector in the United States.


Hamlet Protein Soy protein specialty pro- ducer Hamlet Protein hired Grady Fain as vice presi- dent sales and marketing for the NCA region. In his new position, Fain will help drive growth of the compa- ny’s market share in the United States and Canada.


National Pork Board The US National Pork Board has named two new execu- tives to its leadership team. Bryan Humphreys, who pre- viously worked for the Ohio Pork Council, has been ap- pointed as vice president of producer, state and industry relations. In addition, Jacque Matsen has become vice president of strategic communications. Both will assume their new roles on December 16.


SEGES As from the 1st of Novem- ber, Lisbeth Shooter has been promoted to the posi- tion of director of innova- tion at the Danish research organisation SEGES. This position had been vacant since Ejnar Schultz was ap- pointed director of SEGES in the fall of 2018.


Farmex Hugh Crabtree, managing director of the technology company Farmex, based in Reading, UK, has been appoint- ed to the board of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE). This is the professional organisation for scientists, technologists, engineers, academics, managers and students working in land-based industries.


34 ▶PIG PROGRESS | Volume 35, No. 10, 2019 Piglets like variation in their diet


Dietary diversity seems a promising feeding strategy when getting piglets to eat during lactation. That was the main conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at Wa- geningen University & Research in the Netherlands, which was published in


the peer-reviewed journal Animal Be- havior & Science. The study is part of a longer research process in which they aim to find ways to get more piglets eating before weaning. The research team, which presented the feed in sub- strate during lactation, decided to study the effects of dietary variety on the feeding behaviour and perfor- mance of piglets up to two weeks post-weaning. The scientists provided


the feed ad lib from day 4 in two feed- ers. In total, 40 litters received either creep feed as a monotonous diet; or four feed items simultaneously, i.e. creep feed, celery, cereal honey loops and peanuts, as a diverse diet. The feed was either provided with substrate or without substrate, i.e. sand, in one of the two feeders up to weaning. Apart from the main conclusion, the researchers also wrote, “Provision of substrate in the feeder subtly stimu- lated foraging behaviour, but negative- ly impacted post-weaning adaptation, probably because treatments were not reinforced after weaning and the pig- lets thus experienced a loss of enrichment.”


Spain No. 1 for exports outside the EU


Since the beginning of this year, Spain has taken over the EU’s top position on the list of pork exporters to countries outside Europe (third countries). That became clear from an analysis carried out by the French Institute for Pig and Pork (IFIP). Due to the country’s higher levels of production, it has more and more products that can be exported. In recent years, Spanish companies have fully engaged in non-EU trade.


Spain’s pork exports increased by 21% between January and April 2019, com- pared to the same period in 2018. Dur- ing this period, they sold more pork to China, accounting for almost half of total pork exports from Spain. An additional 37% is sold to other Asian countries. This position will probably be strength- ened in the coming months. Several Spanish slaughterhouses are waiting for authorisation for export to China.


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PHOTO: BERT JANSEN


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