Mysterious Coughing, Pigs Off Feed

New York (Oct. 29, 2009)—Pfizer Animal Health announces the release of the newest scenario for the “Virtual Walk the Pens” simulator. In the sixth scenario, pigs are arriving to the virtual barn, coughing and uninterested in food. Many arrived as fallouts and more are occurring each day. The last caregiver can’t figure out why the pigs didn’t take to feed and wants advice on what’s wrong and how to prevent it in the future. It’s up to players to use their skills and work with the virtual veterinarian and stop any more fallouts before death loss severely affects the 2,400-head herd. more

Bloomington, IL, (AgPR), Oct. 29, 2009 - GROWMARK has been named to InformationWeek magazine’s list of the top 500 most innovative users of business technology in the United States. This is the sixth time the agricultural cooperative has made the list.

“This recognition confirms the quality of the work we’re doing in information technology and gives us a measurement against other top organizations,” said Tim Piper, GROWMARK executive director of IT and chief information officer. more