Cambodia opens its markets to pig meat from Brazil This happens at a time when local media report a re-emergence of ASF.
On-demand: Webinar on Advanced Pig Farming The webinar 'Advanced Pig Farming' is now ready to view on demand.
On demand: Webinar from feed to food A retailer, a feed company and an integrator ashared their views on this topic.
Spain is Europe’s top pig meat exporter to China In 2020, Spain came out as Europe’s number 1 pig meat exporter to China.
Rabobank: Pork supplies to grow again in 2021 In most regions around the world, pork appears to be on the rebound in 2021.
Russia: Mandatory labelling of pigs likely in 2022 The Russian government is likely to introduce mandatory labelling of all pigs by 2022.
Podcast: A different angle to meat decisions Dr Casey Bradley speaks to Henry Silva, aged 24, who helps the Sunswine Group create the Real P3.
Major investment in Mexican pork plant Grupo Kuo, marketing well-known brands Kekén and Kiniton, estimates the unit will open in late 2021.
Chile’s meat sector: deal for antibiotics usage The voluntary commitment was sealed in a virtual ceremony in December.
Miratorg about to complete "Europe’s largest slaughterhouse" Miratorg, will complete the construction of its slaughterhouse project in Kursk region in 2021.
China suspends pork imports from Brazil slaughterhouse China has suspended importations from the main slaughterhouse of cooperative Aurora in Chapecó.
Russia likely to produce 6 million tonnes of pork by 2025 Russia’s pig population is set to grow from 4 million in 2019 to 6 million by 2025.
Podcast: Optimising milk systems in lactation How do you get the most out of milk replacers and systems and how do you improve weaning weights?
Progress in Zimbabwe’s small-scale pig production The country that used to be the breadbasket of Africa might be on a comeback journey.
Brazil’s pigmeat exports to top 1 million tonnes in 2020 Brazil is about to achieve the threshold of 1 million tonnes of exported pigmeat in 2020.
Podcast: Ireland and zero zinc in nursery diets What will no more levels of therapeutic zinc oxide mean for pig producers in the European Union?
Pig farming of the future: Intensify, specialise or... Where to go from here? Quite a lot of swine farmers must be asking themselves that right now.
Around the world in 9 pig farms At the end of every year, we always look back to the farms we highlighted over the year.
Quarterly update: All change as ASF arrives in Germany Dr John Strak considers how the discovery of ASF-infected wild boar is affecting pig prices.
Quarterly update: A tale of 2 viruses Pig market expert Dr John Strak shares a tale of 2 viruses in his quarterly update.
Influenza in Chinese pigs – fake news or not? A news item on H1N1 with ‘pandemic potential’ hit the news some time ago. Why did we publish it?
Pigs in the media: the value of listening Sometimes it pays off to just ask that one question, writes Vincent ter Beek: 'What happened?'
Quarterly update: Global outlook driven by Covid The global outlook is very different now and it is time for a reboot.
How Covid-19 impacts even Pig Progress The rapid spread of the recent coronavirus (Covid-19) affects or has affected the daily life of virtually...
7 steps for managing media coverage of pigs The media are a topical subject at present. As both a journalist and pig production adviser for the majority of...
Quarterly update: Good fortune for pig producers in 2020 A few wild boar crossing a river in Europe – or one tweet by the US president. Small unforeseen things like...
Understanding culture matters in the pig industry Last week, more than 2,000 delegates attended the ‘Svinekongres’, the annual congress for Danish pig production,...
Quarterly update: The global pig price cycle moves up There has been a buzz in the pig industry for a while now because African Swine Fever has caused a shortage of...
Trade wars and ASF: The global pork market mid-2019 Every quarter, international pig market expert Dr John Strak takes a look into the previous months and analyses...
Pig production will become more transparent Over 100 animal activists recently trespassed onto a Dutch pig farm and occupied the place for over 10 hours....
ASF China: Keep calm and carry on Quite a few market experts foresee rising prices for pigs outside Asia now African Swine Fever has been creating...
Quarterly update: Signs of change in global pork market Every quarter, pig market expert Dr John Strak takes a look at the situation of global pig trade. The effects of...
Wanted: Millions of sows for China Breeding companies are gearing up to get their share as the Chinese market is virtually insatiable.
Traditional pork taste that has stood the test of time This French innovation focuses on meat quality and the union of a local breed, land and men.
What pig innovations does EuroTier 2021 offer? The 2021 edition of EuroTier can be viewed comfortably from an armchair. What is there to look out for?
Pig farming under a new US administration The new agriculture secretary in the Biden administration is a face known by many: Tom Vilsack.
Farm visit: Farming wild boar in times of ASF How are wild boar farmed in Finland? And how can they be protected properly?
6 On-farm environmental mitigation strategies Researchers at Newcastle University looked at various systems and compared their cost-effectiveness.
Interview: China is urgent and important to us Villaume Kal has been CEO of Topigs Norsvin since mid-March. He finetuned targets.
Welfare and environment key in innovative barn A modular barn with many welfare aspects – that, in short, is the concept of 'Het Familievarken'.
In China, livestock events have resumed China had most livestock shows resume in September and October.
Interview: Replacing fishmeal is not an easy challenge Agrosuper recently started to replace as much fishmeal as they can from their post-weaning diets.
Farm visit: Aiming for higher litter homogeneity Danish swine producer Søren Kjær Poulsen has a strong focus on multiplication of Landrace pigs.
Weighing up the effect of parity and prolificacy Kalinat, a combination of the words ‘quality’ and ‘natality’, was created by Alban Berthelot.
SwineTalks: Powerful messages during Covid-19 SwineTalks, a new, corona-proof international pig event, can be enjoyed from the living room.
Plenty of reasons to be positive about Japan Pork production in Japan is highly profitable. The profitability is quite sustainable, too.
Interview: How viruses shaped a new reality for Ukraine Oksana Yurchenko, president of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders on ASF and Ukraine.
Five years of experience at Flemish trial farm 5 years ago, the Flemish Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food started its own pig farm.