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The demand for ‘Commercial Driver’s Licence’ drivers is high across the country due to retirements and also due to truck drivers leaving the industry to look for different careers. - Photo: Fotostudio Atelier 68

09:00 | News

Solving the US pig industry truck driver shortage

{Pigs waiting for transport to the slaughterhouse in Germany. Due to an ASF standstill, transport the surveillance area in Lower Saxony is not allowed until July 11. - Photo: Lars Klemmer (DPA/ANP

06-07

ASF Germany: No further infections in Lower Saxony

Farmers in the Netherlands protesting nitrogen government plans.The government has made a €7.5 billion buy-out scheme available for farmers to bring additional relief to the sector. Those that do not want to be bought-out are asked to innovate, scale up, or move their farms. Photo: Mark Pasveer

06-07 | News

Dutch farmers protest plan to curb nitrogen emissions

Podcast: Doing better in the pig industry, the UK example

06-07 | News

Podcast: Doing better in the pig industry, the UK example

Using alternative protein sources including sunflower seed meal, rapeseed meal, peas, and fava beans can decrease negative environmental impact of soybean farming. - Photo: Peter Roek

06-07 | Article

Strategies for a sustainable development of the swine industry

Overall, the finishing pigs fed MrFeed showed a feed conversion ratio (FCR) 4.5% higher than the control diet, and a slightly better mortality rate. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

05-07 | News

New feed product for pigs sees higher feed conversion ratio

International visitors returned to Iowa for the World Pork Expo 2022 and the atmosphere was optimistic, despite a call for vigilance for foreign animal diseases. - Photos: Dr Casey Bradley

04-07 | News

Optimism with caution at 2022 World Pork Expo

(Bottom L-R) Niels Poulsen, CEE swine technical manager at Phileo Lesaffre; Robert Hoste, senior pig production economist at Wageningen University & Research; Zana van Dijk, editor Dairy Global and Dr Diana Siebert, technical marketing manager at CJ Europe.

04-07 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Pig Farming

The outbreak was discovered on a farm with 280 sows and roughly 1,500 piglets, according to the authorities in Lower Saxony. - Photo: Michel Velderman

02-07 | News

ASF Germany: First case on farm in Lower Saxony

Wrapping up June: What’s new in the world of pigs?

01-07 | News

Wrapping up June: What’s new in the world of pigs?

The demand for ‘Commercial Driver’s Licence’ drivers is high across the country due to retirements and also due to truck drivers leaving the industry to look for different careers. - Photo: Fotostudio Atelier 68

09:00 | News

Solving the US pig industry truck driver shortage

{Pigs waiting for transport to the slaughterhouse in Germany. Due to an ASF standstill, transport the surveillance area in Lower Saxony is not allowed until July 11. - Photo: Lars Klemmer (DPA/ANP

06-07

ASF Germany: No further infections in Lower Saxony

Farmers in the Netherlands protesting nitrogen government plans.The government has made a €7.5 billion buy-out scheme available for farmers to bring additional relief to the sector. Those that do not want to be bought-out are asked to innovate, scale up, or move their farms. Photo: Mark Pasveer

06-07 | News

Dutch farmers protest plan to curb nitrogen emissions

Podcast: Doing better in the pig industry, the UK example

06-07 | News

Podcast: Doing better in the pig industry, the UK example

Using alternative protein sources including sunflower seed meal, rapeseed meal, peas, and fava beans can decrease negative environmental impact of soybean farming. - Photo: Peter Roek

06-07 | Article

Strategies for a sustainable development of the swine industry

Overall, the finishing pigs fed MrFeed showed a feed conversion ratio (FCR) 4.5% higher than the control diet, and a slightly better mortality rate. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

05-07 | News

New feed product for pigs sees higher feed conversion ratio

International visitors returned to Iowa for the World Pork Expo 2022 and the atmosphere was optimistic, despite a call for vigilance for foreign animal diseases. - Photos: Dr Casey Bradley

04-07 | News

Optimism with caution at 2022 World Pork Expo

(Bottom L-R) Niels Poulsen, CEE swine technical manager at Phileo Lesaffre; Robert Hoste, senior pig production economist at Wageningen University & Research; Zana van Dijk, editor Dairy Global and Dr Diana Siebert, technical marketing manager at CJ Europe.

04-07 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Pig Farming

The outbreak was discovered on a farm with 280 sows and roughly 1,500 piglets, according to the authorities in Lower Saxony. - Photo: Michel Velderman

02-07 | News

ASF Germany: First case on farm in Lower Saxony

Wrapping up June: What’s new in the world of pigs?

01-07 | News

Wrapping up June: What’s new in the world of pigs?