Danish Crown adjusts capacity in Ringsted After several years of falling slaughter pig production in Denmark, Danish Crown is again having to adjust...
Tajikistan abandons pork production Tajikistan officially abandoned any pork production as all industrial pig farms in the country stopped operating...
Expanding herd supports strong Irish exports During 2014, Ireland exported 148,000 tonnes of fresh and frozen pork. This was a 12% increase on 2013, bringing...
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...
Ceva swine seminar focusing on ‘State of the Art’ Ceva’s swine team is hosting a seminar focusing on what is ‘State of the Art’ in pig production on March 10, the...
Pork Production Conference at VIV Asia 2015 Pig Progress and VNU Exhibitions have teamed up to present a Pork Production Conference which will be held on...
Miratorg to replace imported equipment at pig farms Russian agricultural giant Miratorg will replace foreign equipment at pig farms with domestic produced...
Adisseo conference: pig gut health and economy The US swine economy to intestinal health of piglets – all these issues were touched on at Adisseo’s fourth...
Record number of visitors for AgroFarm With more than 12,000 visitors, the AgroFarm exhibition in Moscow (February 3-5, 2015), reached its best...
Reorganisation at Smithfield Foods Smithfield Foods, Inc.announced a realignment of its organisation that unify all of its independent operating...
US and Canadian pork exports down in 2014 Pork exported from the United States and Canada fell in 2014 due to in part PEDv outbreaks and Russian bans.
Russia increases compound pig feed production Last year Russia increased the production of compound feed for pigs by nearly 10% from 7.07 million tonnes to...
Russia’s 2014 pork production up despite ASF In 2014 Russia pork producers increased pork production by 4.7% compared to 2013, even with the price turbulence...
Largest Russian pork producers increase market share In 2014 the 20 largest Russian pig farms produced 1.73 million tonnes of pork, which is 23% more than in 2013,...
Topigs researcher honoured by pig industry Dr Egbert Knol, research director of Topigs Norsvin has received the Dr George Foxcroft Lectureship for his many...
Feed survey shows pig feed as largest growth sector The global production of pig feed saw the largest growth according to Alltech’s 2014 Feed Survey. For a summary...
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...
BLOG: Consumerism – analysis or just more politics? We are all consumers but I have to say I was disappointed when the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) ‘The...
Blog: Ranking of antimicrobials in pig production The European Commission (EC) has asked the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to look at ranking of antibiotics in...
BLOG: PEDV – A disaster waiting to happen in the EU Although we have African Swine Fever (ASF) knocking on our Eastern door, Europe needs to wake up to the...
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...
What If? In vitro meat What if we did not have live animals but still had delicious meat to eat? Wouldn’t that solve animal welfare...
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...
What If? - Sow housing What if the entire pig industry in a given country was a single company? And what if all the retailers (grocery,...
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...
BLOG: Antimicrobial use in pigs – where is it going? The European Commission is setting up a Focus Group under DG AGRI to look at the reduction of antibiotics in the...
BLOG: Pioneering in the East I must admit – it was a bit of a gamble. When travelling out for the China Animal Husbandry Expo I was not sure...
Precision Livestock Farming - a scandal or a blessing? In many countries in the developed world, the phenomenon of protest movements can be observed in a lot of...
SPACE: Can we deglobalise pig production? Most European countries are facing a serious economic crisis leading some to people think (or dream) about new...
Improving milk production – are we missing some tricks? At the recent ESPHM meeting in Helsinki, I was fortunate to attend an impressive lecture by Chantal Farmer from...
SPACE: French animal production, trends and 2010 forecasts With the agricultural show SPACE coming up early September, it is time to zoom in on France. Except for sheep,...
This VACCINE® really works! On a daily basis, journalists receive endless amounts of letters, e-mails, phone calls or web suggestions. Even...
PEDv: Was plasma blamed too quickly? Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus appears to be transmitted through feed and air. In Canada, fingers were pointed...
High biosecurity for Europe’s largest finishers There will not be many farms keeping finishers up until around 220 kg. The farm of the Chiozzi brothers near...
Chile’s pork engine is slowing down In the last decade, Chile’s pork industry has seen considerable growth in both production and exports. Recently,...
Saving water without compromising pig welfare With water it is the same as with many other aspects of pig production: measuring is knowing. Only true...
Water – much more than just a nutrient It sounds logical – if pigs are fed liquid feed, why bother supplying drinkers? Surely they will only constitute...
There is still a lot to learn about enzymes Phytase’s mode of action is well known, and still more applications are being discovered, including the use of...
Five countries with pig potential Much agricultural research and development takes place in saturated markets. Market potential, however, can...
South Africa: Challenges in an isolated industry São Paulo alone consumes nearly twice South Africa’s annual pork production. However as much as that puts the...
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...
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...
Can Germany’s pig industry still smile? Since 2000, Germany’s pig meat production and pig meat exports have shown a remarkable dynamic. Most recent...
Converting flavours, textures and colours into knowledge The taste of food is something everybody has an opinion about – but how to translate these opinions into useful,...
Betaine supplementation for better pig productivity Natural betaine, obtained from sugar beet, has been long known to offer significant performance benefits to...
Why methionine is valuable for youngest pigs Getting the young pig off to the right start and keeping it healthy and growing is the key to a high-quality end...
Photo Report: BEEL FAMILY FARM - Belgium Water, sun, air, feed and pigs – no element was forgotten when constructing the new Beel family farm pig houses....
JOKUMSEN FINISHER FARM: Denmark Having a pig production site in the close vicinity of a village may cause some troubles, wherever you are in the...
Photo report: Suingrass Farm - Italy Pig production in Italy is slightly different than in the rest of Europe. Heavy pigs of up to 180 kg, grown for...
Photo report: Pig producers protest as 50th Suinicola begins About 250 Italian pig producers have protested against the current misery in Italian pig production before the...