ILDEX China
www.xbxmw.com 2007-11-12 2:07:48 source：The Pig Site read：
Dr Yu Yu is Asia regional director of the National Renderers Association Inc. "Recycling Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and including it in pig diets is big business" said Dr Yu. "We import UCO from fast food outlets in the USA for use in pig diets in China." Yu added that now of course the price has increased as UCO is in demand by the biofuels industry. For pellets, up to 5% UCO can be included - over that pellet quality suffers. The NRA has computer models to produce least cost ration formulations, based on customers' own pig performance data. Using such models which match the requirements to the pigs' genotype is vital today to maximise feed utilisation given the massive feed prices producers are seeing worldwide.
From small beginnings in France Olmix is now a company well known throughout the world. Lu Nan is company manager for China and whilst based in Beijing spends most of his time travelling round this huge country meeting farmers and distributors. Mistral is currently Olmix's main product but the company is in the process of getting M Tox + , Olmix's mycotoxin inhibitor, registered and Lu Nan is hopeful that approval wiil be granted early in 2008. "There are of course big pig farming businesses in China" commented Nan. " The Wings group , for example, has 34 farms and sells one million slaughter pigs a year, but in contrast 50% of China's pork still comes from backyard farms , guys with a few sows at the most. Hence monitoring and control of disease is very difficult compared to Western style pig farms. PRRS (Blue Ear) has been a big problem causing pigs to die and so resulting in a shortage of pork, which of course is China's staple meat , pushing up prices and ultimately inflation. Just at this moment efficient pig farmers are doing alright but poor performing units are losing money, due mainly to the high cost of feed".
There was a wide range of equipment on display, ranging from industrial size milling, mixing and cubing equipment through to syringes and AI sundries. GSI had a prominent stand featuring a range of equipment ranging from farrowing crates to different types of their feeders. Beijing Kingpeng Global Husbandry Technology Co Ltd ( Kingpeng) was also exhibiting at ILDEX. The company makes an impressive range of equipment, from sow stalls through farrowing pens, plastic and cast iron slats, nursery pens, feeders, augers and even a manure processing system.
Danish pig breeders Danbred were not present at the show but Christian Dalsgaard, export manager for J.N.Jorenku, who are based south of Copenhagen, had made the long trip to Beijing and was promoting his company's hygiene product, Staldren. Christian said that NCC had been very helpful in finding his company a Chinese distributor.
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