Ecological standards worry Russia’s pig farmers New ecological requirements with regard to chemical content of wastewater could negatively impact the meat...
Ukraine’s pig industry reports profits again The average profitability of Ukraine’s pig industry increased during 2017, reaching 3.5%, according to the...
Why pork giants Brasil Foods and JBS are in bad weather JBS and Brasil Foods, the 2 biggest Brazilian companies in the pig sector, have not been performing overly well...
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...
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...
Nutritional therapy to protect livestock from stress Fresh options backed by new science are emerging to help animal agriculture industries protect livestock from...
Agro-Belogorye reports huge increase in net profit In 2014 Russian pork producer and agricultural holding Agro-Belogorye increased net profit by 3.5 times...
RusAgro’s revenue skyrockets amid rising pork prices Russian agricultural holding RusAgro increased revenue last year by more than half thanks to the rapid jump of...
Promising 2Q results for Cargill Cargill has reported an increase in its second quarter net earnings of 41%, year on year, a contributing factor...
Danish Crown shows good results despite tough market In the past financial year, Danish Crown posted revenue of USD 9,7 billion, which is on a par with the previous...
Strong growth for AB Vista in 2014 Micro ingredient supplier AB Vista has announced revenue growth of more than 20 per cent for the financial year...
RusAgro benefiting from Russia’s pork ban Russian meat giant, RusAgro has reported strong operational results for the third quarter of the year,...
Cherkizovo H1 2014 results looking good for pork division Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s leading integrated meat producer, has released its H1 2014 figures, which show the...
Smithfield Foods: Record Q2 results, sales up 14% Smithfield Foods, Inc., a wholly owned independent subsidiary of WH Group Limited reported record 2014 second...
Canada: Recommendations to advance ag sector innovation The Agri-Innovators Committee’s final report was presented to federal, provincial and territorial (FPT)...
Monogastrics can profit from sorghum The feed enzyme protease allows for alternative sources of protein in swine and poultry diets, such as sorghum....
BLOG: Presenting about the P of Pigs I had wanted to talk about the subject of the ‘Fourth P’ for some time. The opportunity arose when I had the...
Drop in EU agricultural income in 2015 According to first estimates, real agricultural income in the European Union (EU) has fallen by 6.0% in 2015...
Netherlands: Sow breeders at absolute low in 2015 The average loss by sow breeders in 2015 has turned out to be €75,000. The country is facing the worst results...
Forward defences are key to pig profitability Properly applied biosecurity practices could have a significant impact on the profitability of a pig farm....
Cherkizovo’s role in Russia’s self sufficiency Russian meat giant, Cherkizovo, recently completed a programme for developing its pork division, and it shows no...
Column: Avoiding disease in pigs Despite not being a vet, Pig Progress columnist John Gadd has every reason to dive into the topic of pig...
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...
Dairy milk provides much more than just lactose Piglets need high quality milk in their first days of life. In highly prolific sows, providing additional milk...
Hungry in the wrong direction It wasn’t too long ago when Vion Food aimed to become Europe’s largest meat company in North West Europe....
Interview: "It all comes down to motivation" Being involved with roughly 70,000 sows, veterinarians Agustí Camprodon Ylla and Lali Coma Feliu have a message...
Lysozyme as an alternative to antibiotics in swine With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing stricter guidelines for the usage of antibiotics, the search...
Interactive programme to keep pathogens out At a time when new viruses are appearing and when antibiotics are receiving a lot of criticism, the importance...
Pigs and neighbours profit ‘down under’ Pig farming in Australia is known for its animal-welfare character. John Bourke, a pig farmer in Victoria, is...
VIV Europe at crossroads – quality and quantity Whoever is interested in the exciting global crossroads of the animal husbandry industry should set sail for...
African Swine Fever in Europe: Big money at stake Many observed it, only a few warned about it – African Swine Fever entering the European Union. Now that the...
Muyang expanding rapidly – even into pig equipment Did you think that machinery company Muyang is limiting its business to constructing feed mill equipment – well,...
‘The Fourth P’ of pig production When producing pigs sustainably, many point to the interests of consumers, those of the industry and the effect...