Rye: Influence on Salmonella and boar taint in finishers An intensive German study involving many finisher pigs has so far yielded that feeding rye appears to have a...
View webinar: Adaptive feed solution for grower-finishers What exactly can be adaptive about a feed solution? Quite a lot – so much became clear at the recent webinar...
There’s a future for plateaus in finisher pig houses The application of so-called plateaus (extra levels) in weaner and finisher pig houses gets the green light for...
Research aimed at lowering feed conversion on pig farms Belgian institutes have jointly launched a new research initiative to further optimise Feed Conversion Ratio...
Pig Progress 9: Organic farming and sustainability The ninth edition of Pig Progress in 2016 takes a look at an organic pig farm in the Netherlands. In addition,...
High hygiene concept extended to finisher pigs A new concept based on high health and hygiene for sows and piglets will soon also become available for finisher...
Phytate anti-nutrient effects an issue in older pigs There are now clear indications that phytate anti-nutrient effects are also an issue in older pigs, claims Dr...
Cargill launches finisher pig nutrition programme Cargill’s animal nutrition business has launched a nutrition program designed to improve feed efficiency and...
Piglet feeding: Mobile feeding automat During piglet raising, the foundation is laid for an optimal fattening and carcass performance of the fattening...
Russia increases pork production Russia has increased the production of pork, during the first quarter of the year according to a report by the...
UK: Benefits of precision feeding Meeting the exact nutrient requirements of sows and finishers through bespoke feed rations was the focus of two...
Better fattening performance, superior meat quality The Hamburg company Berg+Schmidt has conducted practical trials with 5,800 pigs to demonstrate how CLAs improve...
BPEX focuses on pig feeding and performance data If you don’t measure it, you can’t control it was one of the key messages to come out of the BPEX Innovation...
Mix of glycerides reduces risk of swine dysentery Finishing pigs have been shown to have a reduced risk of getting swine dysentery when fed a specific mix of...
Russia increases pork production Russia’s pig meat production reached 649,000 tonnes in the first three months of this year, 17% more than the...
Biosecurity and antimicrobial treatment in pigs are linked A Belgian study has demonstrated and quantified a clear link between biosecurity and both production and...
BLOG: UK to monitor antibiotic usage – a simpler model... Several member states (MS) have already set up antibiotic usage monitoring systems on pig farms and the UK is...
Cephalosporin use – Shock, horror – or is it? Many newspaper journalists like to use the ‘Shock, horror’ tactics to get stories noticed. Increasingly, it...
BLOG: Antimicrobial use monitoring – what is the best... Following on from my last weblog, how should we move forward with monitoring of antimicrobial use in pigs in the...
Salmonella testing - is it going to cause a problem for you? The new EU Salmonella control regulations (EC No 2160/2003) for monitoring finishers will end in October this...
A sandy pig farm at the shores of the Yangtze China, with half of all the global pig population within its borders, has an abundance of different pig holding...
Job satisfaction in a pig-friendly farm The Bosgoed-Brink family in the Netherlands constructed a finisher pig house with pens for large groups. Both...
Luxembourger farmers focus on high health status A few years ago, Armand and Carine Kreins from Luxembourg built an entirely new sow farm, paying a lot of...
Happy pigs at an ultra-modern organic farm Can pigs actually be happy? At the modern, well equipped organic pig farm ‘Ekovar Wennekers’ near Schagen in the...
What’s new at EuroTier 2016? Visitors of the upcoming EuroTier 2016, in Hanover, Germany, can admire for sure 251 agricultural novelties...
Open air houses for German finisher pigs Idealism for more welfare and a better environment made the German family Ahrens-Westerlage invest in open air...
Finding the sick pig in just over a day Especially in larger pig units, a pig with a health problem may be easily overlooked. Yet data can reveal what...
Renewed focus on finishers in Denmark In recent years, Danish pig producers have embraced their image of being breeding experts. They have highly...
Danish finding pig improvement everywhere Just when you think that improvement in pig growth efficiency might have reached a zenith, Denmark finds ways to...
Miratorg present in every step of pork production Large steps have been made in the Russian pig industry in the recent years, but few of the companies have...
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...
Indonesian feed giant's new pig operation in Vietnam Indonesian feed giant Japfa Comfeed spread its wings into South East Asia. In 2012 they partnered with...
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...
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...
Be vigilant about worm control Good worm control has always been an important part of profitable pig production. But with feed prices near...
New standards to reach the magic number 30 Water, sun, air, feed and of course pigs – no element is forgotten when planning and constructing the newly...
CLASSENS FARM: The Netherlands Technically it is possible, so why not just follow and monitor finisher pigs individually? Toon Classens, from...
LILLY PORK: Alberta, Canada Producing finishers across the border sometimes comes with a lot of advantages. Canadian pork producer Rod...