British NPA rings the alarm after several cases of SD The British National Pig Association has recently highlighted the need for producers to adhere to the strictest...
ASF Belgium: 500+ wild boar infected; inner zone extended The total count of wild boar infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) virus has grown to 522 in southern Belgium....
Russia blocks pork imports from Mongolia due to ASF The emergence of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mongolia has alerted Russia’s veterinary authority...
ASF Belgium: Pigs in infected zone will be culled The Belgian authorities aim to cull all domestic pigs within the zone in southern Belgium that has been...
Banning backyard pig farms is not the way for Russia Economic measures, rather than an outright ban of backyard farms, may help Russian veterinary authorities to...
EU support for small Polish pig producers due to ASF Polish pig farmers will be eligible for EU funds in case they had to stop their activities in the context of...
New outbreaks of ASF in Ukraine concern local officials “Ukraine may lose its pig industry within a short time due to African swine fever (ASF) if the veterinary...
ASF reported in village in central Ukraine In a report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been...
Business Update – Acquisition, winners of PRRS award Every week, Pig Progress looks back on the previous week’s business news, conveniently capturing and summarising...
HKScan might lose subsidies when importing pork HKScan Estonia, the largest pork processor in Estonia, might lose state subsidies due to its recent decision to...
Russia expects more ASF in Kaliningrad Russia expects a second wave of African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks to occur close to the border of Kaliningrad...
ASF in the EU in July: 253 outbreaks The month of July has been the most intensive month so far with regard to outbreaks of African Swine Fever in...
Diseases impede pork exports from South Africa Exporting pork from South Africa is defined as an ‘uphill battle’ because of the country's disease profile, the...
Genetic edit can help create pigs with lean cuts Scientists from South Korea and China say that they have created the pigs with unusual large amounts of lean...
African Swine Fever gains momentum in Ukraine A new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been found in Rivne Oblast, the central part of Ukraine,...
Designing an African Swine Fever vaccine Work lead by Dr Fernando Rodriguez, IRTA researcher at CReSA (IRTA-Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona),...
Why I sometimes choose to skip my pork chop We all need to reduce our meat intake substantially – that was one of the messages from a scientific article in...
The Fortress Farm – what does it look like? In previous contributions, pig management expert John Gadd gave a long checklist on how to be prepared as a...
BLOG: Viral matters There have been a number of matters relating to viral infections in pigs that have tickled my interest recently.
Denmark’s pig production – modern, efficient, changing It’s difficult to find the right words to correctly describe the pig industry in Denmark. Thirsty for knowledge...
Baltic States continue to struggle with ASF Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania continue to struggle with outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF). In Latvia, the...
African Swine Fever the number 1 problem African Swine Fever might have been a problem in Eastern Europe for a few years now, but in Sub-Saharan Africa...
I have a vaccine against ASF. Now what? Finally, the road is known how to produce a vaccine against African Swine Fever. Legal and financial issues,...
Why do some cultures shun pork? Pigs are not eaten in various parts of the world, often for religious reasons. What might have caused this...
How Poland controls African Swine Fever The Polish know it as Afrykanski Pomór Swin – African Swine Fever. For about one and a half years, the disease...
New boar stud benefits from high hygiene standards With modern knowledge and techniques, it is possible to keep diseases out. Hence artificial insemination...
2014 in review: PEDv, ASF and consumers It wasn’t too hard to figure out what dominated the Pig Progress headlines in 2014 – two diseases, Porcine...
Energetic new boss aims to inspire many Earlier in 2014, international feed additives company Novus International presented François Fraudeau as its new...
Five countries with pig potential Much agricultural research and development takes place in saturated markets. Market potential, however, can...
South Africa: Challenges in an isolated industry São Paulo alone consumes nearly twice South Africa’s annual pork production. However as much as that puts the...
Even a small rise would make a huge difference India often tends to be overlooked in the world’s pig developments. The country, however, harbours a huge...
Russian industry profiting from sanctions – for now So far, the war of sanctions appear to be the lifeline Russia’s pig industry was hoping for. Still, the...
A fully integrated pig business in Kazakhstan From piglets to the shop counter – the company RubiKom in Kazakhstan produces, slaughters and cuts the pigs all...
Converting flavours, textures and colours into knowledge The taste of food is something everybody has an opinion about – but how to translate these opinions into useful,...
PEDv, ASF and the winter setting in October has begun – daylight is shortening and winter is upon us in the northern hemisphere. The change of...