Industry & markets

Cameras, computer vision and AI-based technologies can monitor pigs’ physical activity, feeding patterns and overall aggressiveness, so farmers know all about their herd’s well-being. – Photo: Shutterstock

30-06 | Article

Artificial intelligence: a new paradigm in the swine industry

If Proposition 12 is to go ahead in California, for pork sold in California, sows can no longer be kept in sow stalls during gestation. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

27-06 | News

Proposition 12: New developments

Snapshot of the last IPVS congress, held in Chongqing, China, 2018. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

27-06 | Article

IPVS2022 Pre-Congress kick-starts global swine industry updates and decisions

Pork being packed in a Brazilian processing plant for export. - Photo: Manoel Petry, ABPA

10-01 | News

Brazil’s pork exports soared to new highs in 2021

China’s sow herd rose 4.7% in November 2021

05-01 | News

China’s sow herd rose 4.7% in November 2021

Illustration: Shutterstock

08-11-2021 | Expert opinion

Quarterly update: China’s pig cycle is felt across the planet

The island Puerto Rico is located 115 km east of the Dominican Republic. - Photo: Shutterstock

11-08-2021 | News

“USA needs to regionalise if ASF jumps to Puerto Rico”

Grow-finisher pigs on a farm close to Beijing. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

28-07-2021 | News

Rabobank: Chinese volatility determines global pork market

There is a general sense of optimism in the worldwide swine industry, but there are reasons to be cautious for the road ahead. - Photo: Shutterstock

12-07-2021 | Article

Quarterly update: Pig markets have reasons to be cautious

A Spanish pig farm in the municipality of Lleida, Catalonia, in North Eastern Spain. Expansion is no longer an option in that area. - Photos: Ronald Hissink

07-07-2021 | Article

Pigs flock to the Spanish sun

Interviews with global pig production experts

09:30 | Interview

Dr Saskia Bloemhof (PIC): “Camera scores pigs better than humans can”

03-08 | Interview

Interview: Leading a teenager to adulthood

13-06 | Interview

Piglet feeding is about similarity and diversity

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