ASF China: Pig herd shrinks 26%; stricter checks announced As a result of the ASF crisis, in June 2019 China’s pig herd was 25.8% smaller than in June 2018. The sow herd...
Review 2nd webinar on Piglet Livability The second webinar in the ‘Piglet Livability’ series, organised by Pig Progress and Cargill Animal Nutrition,...
Transition feeding key at 2nd piglet livability webinar In the 2nd webinar of the Piglet Livability series, Pig Progress and Cargill Animal Nutrition will zoom in on...
Re-view webinar on ‘Piglet livability’ What is piglet livability? What roles do sows play in keeping piglets healthy? And what improvements can be made...
Business Update: New pig innovations New services, products, additives and concepts have been launched to the international pig market recently....
Business Update – It’s takeover and merger season The last weeks of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 showed an interesting activity with many agribusiness companies...
Business Update: New fermentation; largest feed mill Every week, Pig Progress looks back on the previous week’s business news, conveniently capturing and summarising...
5-year ban on larger hog farms in Arkansas area Tighter environmental regulations are increasingly putting a stop on expansion of the US swine industry, as an...
Cargill posts heavy losses despite strong ag sector US agricultural giant, Cargill has reported a net loss of $51 million in the fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended...
More efficiency in pig sector needed - Prof Fresco Players in the agribusiness have to grow both in size, land as well as in productivity in order to be able to...
JBS secures $1.2 bln loan for Cargill's US pork assets JBS SA, the world's largest meatpacker, says it has obtained a loan of up to $1.2 billion to pay for the...
JBS USA Pork purchases Cargill pork business JBS USA Pork has entered into an agreement with Cargill to acquire the company’s US-based pork business for...
Cargill seminar on increasing farm efficiency More food, particularly animal protein, combined with the demands for food safety assurance and environmental...
Animal nutrition boosts Cargill’s earnings Cargill reported net earnings of $425 million in the fiscal 2015 third quarter ended Feb. 28, 2015, a 33 percent...
Nutreco to delist from stock exchange as of April 17 As from April 17, 2015, Dutch feed company Nutreco will delist itself from the Euronext stock exchange in...
Cargill completes $12.5 mln expansion of premix plant Cargill has announced that it has completed a USD$12.5 million expansion of its premix facility in...
11 reasons to embrace group housing for sows Group housing for sows – for some countries it has been commonplace for many years, others are currently...
Another link in the grain price chain - barrels of oil The link between the price of a barrel of oil, biofuel production and the grain price was described in a recent...
NPPC Elects New Officers, Board Members The National Pork Producers Council today elected new officers and members to its board of directors at its...
Many factors affect sow performance at second litter Raising and managing successful sow herds comes with great responsibility and success is dependent on many...
Tackling oxidative stress in pigs Oxidative stress brings with it a host of problems that affect productivity in both the breeding and rearing...
Piglets profit from combination milk and milk replacer Neonatal nutrition using milk replacers can support sows in raising large litter sizes. How do piglets behave...
Provimi: Huge increase in number of RescuePig users Since the introduction of the RescuePig concept by Provimi, part of Cargill’s animal nutrition business, in...
Liquid prestarter in diets can ease weaning Meeting the nutritional requirements of piglets before weaning is a challenge. A new option is to feed a liquid...
CPF steps up its presence in the Philippines For more than one reason, the Philippines is considered interesting for investments. Thailand-based Charoen...