Acidifiers: A piece of the AMR puzzle Countries worldwide have developed new policies to reduce the use of antibiotics in animal production systems,...
The NA pork industry: Political football of the year An arrest-detainment, shipment suspensions, forged documents and more round out this year’s China-related...
Optimistic vs pessimistic pigs Can pigs actually be optimistic or pessimistic? Or is it even possible to assess pig feelings? There has been...
Fat deposition in pigs up due to night feeding Fat deposition in pigs fed at night time increases with 7% compared to pigs fed at normal feeding times.
Algae, ASF and acidifiers in latest edition of Pig Progress The latest edition of Pig Progress is available to read digitally. The magazine has a strong focus on...
Re-watch webinar ‘No antibiotics ever’ The theme of ‘No antibiotics ever’ in pig production was intensively discussed recently, in a specially...
More precision feeding with digestibility enhancers Precision feeding emerged 30 years ago and has gained high-level interest since then. These days, precision...
ASF South Korea: More farms and wild boar infected Updates about African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks have become relatively sparse from Asia lately – but this week...
Interview Dr Eckel: From local niche to global player There wasn’t always applause when Dr Antje Eckel and her husband Dr Bernhard Eckel decided to start selling...
New FeedChat podcast series addresses mycotoxins In a brand new podcast series called FeedChat, Pig Progress and Trouw Nutrition are addressing several current...
ASF hits backyard farms hard in the Philippines The sea has not been able to stop the march of African Swine Fever in Asia. In September 2019 the virus was also...
ASF can survive a 30-day transoceanic voyage African Swine Fever virus can survive a simulated 30-day transoceanic voyage in contaminated plant-based feed...
Healthy sows wean more piglets A recently published trial on sow nutrition demonstrates that dry fermented proteins have a considerable impact...
Preparing for ASFv: An ‘enveloped virus’ As there is currently no vaccine for African Swine Fever, the only way to fight the virus is to have extremely...
ASF Asia: Pork prices rise as virus reaches East Timor African Swine Fever has reached its 11th country in Asia and it’s an unexpected one: East Timor. This has...
Quarterly update: The global pig price cycle moves up There has been a buzz in the pig industry for a while now because African Swine Fever has caused a shortage of...
Wrapping up September: What’s new in the world of pigs? Trade shows on the move in September, as both Agromek and VIV Asia will move – one in time and the other in...
Russia’s pig industry turns loss-making More than half of all pig farms in Russia are at risk of becoming loss-making in 2019 due to the rising...
Canada’s pork farmers recognised as sustainable sources Canadian pork farmers increasingly receiving recognition by ensuring they are considered ‘sustainable sources’...
Healthy pig production systems are sustainable Over the years, the global swine industry has designed systems to keep pigs in. Now the question is – did the...