Farrowing duration can affect colostrum yield Longer farrowing duration can be detrimental and can negatively influence sow colostrum yield.
Business Update: New fermentation; largest feed mill 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...
ASF hitting farms, backyard farms in Baltics The first half of August 2015 has seen an unprecedented occurrence of African Swine Fever (ASF) on both farms...
HKScan to export pork to China HKScan Group, Nordic meat company, has announced that it will soon start exporting Finnish pork to China.
EuroTier 2014 figures exceed expectations EuroTier 2014 far exceeded expectations, attracting 156,000 trade professionals, around 30,000 of whom came from...
Finland hopes to export pork to China in 2015 On a visit to China, Finland’s minister of agriculture and forestry Petteri Orpo stated Finland hopes to begin...
Ketoprofen can help sows lactate better Lying passively may be one of the signs of pain after farrowing in young sows. When treated with ketoprofen,...
Yeast can step up immunity in pigs Adding yeast hydrolyzate to a diet can prevent a lot of problems during the weaning period of pigs, researchers...
More ASF outbreaks in Russia The Russian veterinary service Rosselhozndzor has reported two further outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in...
Finnish launch deodorisation pipe to the market A Finnish company is going international by introducing a deodorisation product which is aimed to achieve better...
Europe failing consumers, sow rule compliance investigated Lamentable efforts at enforcing recent animal welfare legislation means that Europe is ill-serving its consumers...
Russia sends pig offal back to Sweden Russian inspectors rejected a consignment of pig offal from Sweden due to lack of documentation verifying that...
Research to keep EU animal production at the forefront Making intensive pig and poultry production in the European Union more competitive and profitable through...
New EU project to reduce tail biting, docking Can tail biting in pigs be avoided without the farmer having to resort to docking the pigs’ tails? Scientists...
Only 13 countries sow stall ban compliant It has been found that only 13 member states are fully compliant with the European Union's ban on the full-time...
ESVAC data - Antibiotic use dropped 10% The ESVAC data for 2011 showed that in the 20 European countries that reported for 2010 and 2011 that there was...
Curly tails, great health and 1kg daily growth In Finland, tail docking was banned 17 years ago. The Finnish pig industry has had to developed methods to...
Creativity key to survive as pig farmer in Finland Being a farmer in Finland these days is not easy. Due to the ongoing EU-wide ban on agricultural produce from...
Genetic defects in pigs and how to deal with them Genetic defects arise from abnormalities in the genome. Many are visible at birth (congenital defects) but...
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...
Why Finnish Atria can make it in Russia In the large queue of companies attempting to get a piece of cake of the Russian market, the Finnish pork...