Agile amino acids for piglet gut health In the context of reducing antibiotic and zinc oxide use, the spotlight is now on piglet gut health. Reducing...
Curly tails, great health and 1kg daily growth In Finland, tail docking was banned 17 years ago. The Finnish pig industry has had to developed methods to...
UK’s University of Leeds opens National Pig Centre The University of Leeds in the United Kingdom recently opened the National Pig Centre, which comes with...
3 Steps to fight post-weaning diarrhoea It is well-known that post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets is a multifactorial problem. Tackling that without the...
ASF Poland: Virus 40km from Germany African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. An update by the...
All about sows, udders and MMA (part 1) The letters ‘MMA’ sound familiar to many pork producers having sows on-farm. What causes the 3 underlying...
ASF China: First signs of recovery; pork prices rise According to official figures, China’s inventory of breeding sows rose 0.6% in October. That is a first careful...
Wrapping up November: What’s new in the world of pigs? As African Swine Fever continues to create swine victims all around the world, more companies step forward with...
The difference between guessing and knowing The arrival of raw feed materials on a farm is usually little more than a transactional experience. Feed...
Soon to come: Webinar on calcium, the double edged sword All About Feed (the sister publication of Pig Progress), in cooperation with DuPont Animal Nutrition, will hold...
What to do when tail biting occurs? Almost all conventional pig producers will be familiar with tail bitten pigs. It’s called a tail biting outbreak...
Farrowing duration can affect colostrum yield Longer farrowing duration can be detrimental and can negatively influence sow colostrum yield.
Why I always invest in my sows Best production practices fascinate swine nutrition technology expert Dr Casey Bradley, so she looks beyond...
Financial benchmarking: Update from Canada Canada’s pork producers are using benchmarking information to make better decisions – compared with each other...
Baltic processors faced with soaring pork prices Pigmeat prices are rising throughout Europe as a consequence of the ongoing global epidemic of African Swine...
ASF Poland: Infected wild boar numbers in Lubusz rise to 20 The number of wild boar affected by African Swine Fever in Western Poland has risen from 2 to 20. That was...
Iceland follows Norway to increase pig welfare Iceland, located between Europe and Northern America, is mostly known for its seafood. However, pigs are also...
Spain ranks 1st for pork 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...
ASF Poland: Virus closer to Germany - more dead boar found African Swine Fever has been found in 2 dead wild boar at 85km from the border with Germany. Local media report...
Biosecurity, boars and benchmarking in Pig Progress 9 The latest edition of Pig Progress is available for reading digitally. The latest copy zooms in on health issues...