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

01-07-2022 | News

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

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

30-06-2022 | Article

Artificial intelligence: a new paradigm in the swine industry

According to Alltech CEO Mark Lyons, we are truly at the interface of two big ideas: nourishing the present and preserving the future. - Photos: Alltech

29-06-2022 | Article

Alltech ONE Conference: ‘Net zero does not cut it’

IPVS2022 took place from the 21st until the 24th of June, at RioCentro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in Brazil. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

28-06-2022 | Article

IPVS2022 shortens distance between links in global swine chain

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

27-06-2022 | News

Proposition 12: New developments

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

27-06-2022 | Article

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

Photo: Bert Jansen

27-06-2022 | Analysis

Global pork production by country

Ingredients, interventions, and industry newcomers in Pig Progress 5

24-06-2022 | News

Ingredients, interventions, and industry newcomers in Pig Progress 5

A pig farm in Russia. The Russian Agricultural Ministry estimated that 237,000 tonnes of manure and litter are produced annually in the country, primarily by poultry and pig farmers. - Photo: Henk Riswick

22-06-2022 | News

Environmentalists sound alarm over new Russian ecological bill

The qualifications correspond to 2 plants of Seara Alimentos, in the municipalities of Itapiranga and São Miguel do Oeste, and 1 of Aurora Cooperative, in Chapecó. - Photo: Daniel Azevedo

22-06-2022 | News

Canada opens its market for 3 Brazilian pig units

Illustration: USDA

21-06-2022 | News

US swine industry: new efforts to prevent ASF

It is necessary to properly clean trucks and trailers to maximise the protection level from disease. - Photo: Bert Jansen

20-06-2022 | Article

Guidelines to kill PEDV and PRRSV in livestock trucks

It is essential to keep a good set of production records to determine the areas in which production costs can be reduced. When margins are tight, the least productive sows should be culled. - Photo: Bert Jansen

17-06-2022 | Article

5 strategies to optimise swine producers’ profits