Number of ASF cases increasing rapidly in Poland New cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) are being found in Poland with an increasingly high speed. In 2018 alone,...
Polish pig business could do with more collaboration A higher level of collaboration can help Poland’s pig business to thrive. In recent years, the primary sector...
ASF update: Virus detected around Warsaw, Poland In Poland as well, African Swine Fever is creeping west bit by bit. In recent months, the virus has also...
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...
Poland tightens laws to combat African Swine Fever The Polish Agricultural Ministry has tightened veterinary requirements for pig farms in Podlaskie, Lubelskie and...
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...
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...
Piglets have a lower amino acid digestibility Piglets have a lower average standardised ileal digestibility (SID) than their older counterparts. In fact, SID...
Baltic states, Poland: change in ASF strategy needed Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland have asked for more possibilities to deal with African Swine Fever (ASF).
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...
Polish pigs prefer Mozart to metal A new study by the Krakow University of Agriculture finds that when subjected to music pigs are changing their...
Pig production down in Poland Pig production in Poland has gone down since 2004, when Poland joined the European Union. Small pig farmers have...
Health issues key in latest issue of Pig Progress With attention on African Swine Fever, an antimicrobial compendium and avoiding cross-contamination, it is safe...
Poland to cut wild boar population to prevent ASF Polish regions will implement a strategy to decrease the number of wild boars in order to avoid new outbreaks of...
Increase in EU pig herd 26 of the 28 EU Member States have now reported their December 2014 census data to the European Commission,...
EU weaner prices recovering EU weaner prices have begun to recover seasonally, boosted by firming finished pig prices, but are still well...
BLOG: Diseases running west There is a somewhat unwanted parallel between North America and Europe at the moment, as in both continents,...
INTERVIEW: ASF is to stay in Europe, says Prof Pejsak Currently, a dead wild boar is more dangerous than a live one in Eastern Poland, as it is likely the animal will...
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...
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...
Winning one piglet per sow pre-weaning Since the home farm of Detert Zuchttiere switched to Danish genetics, extra attention was needed to keep the...
How Poland controls African Swine Fever The Polish know it as Afrykański Pomór Świń – African Swine Fever. For about one and a half years, the disease...
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...
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...
PED virus could bring Brazil smiles or sadness What do Haitian immigrants and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) virus have in common? They are both new...
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...
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...
Shortage of pork is good news for producers Large-scale import restrictions and a somewhat hampering Russian economy have led to a strong and rapid growth...
Opportunities for Russian pork producers However sad the cause, this week’s one-year food ban announced by the Russian president Putin appears to be good...
African Swine Fever in maps In the last couple of weeks the messages have been tumbling over each other – African Swine Fever seems to have...
Spinning dead wild boars To me the apparent openness of the Polish and Lithuanian veterinary authorities regarding the African Swine...
How dangerous is the African Swine Fever virus? This week I’ve been speaking to various experts in the industry about African Swine Fever (ASF) and whether or...