Daily Archives: 21 December 2019

Australia puts ASF defenses to test

A special month-long biosecurity effort in October tested Australia’s ability to keep African swine fever ...

ASF Poland: Virus 40 km from Germany

African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. ...

ASF anti-viral drugs to be developed

Belgian biotechnology company ViroVet is to partner with animal disease research body Pirbright Institute to ...

NAMC’s South African Food Cost Review 2019

The availability and accessibility of affordable nutritious food play a vital role in any household. ...

Birth weight uniformity as a potential predictor of future pig performance

The number of healthy piglets born alive is a primary focus of the pork industry ...

The importance of arginine in piglets

By Heinrich Jansen van Vuuren* The discovery of the urea cycle in mammals by Hans ...

Tail necrosis in pigs

Pig tail necrosis is a common and unfortunate problem that occurs unpredictably and can compromise ...

Clem Sunter: The World and South Africa in the 2020s

There have always been two crossroads for South Africa to take the High Road in ...

Agriculture: What is waiting in 2020?

The South African agricultural sector remains relatively healthy and a robust agri-food industry, but the ...

Be more alert and prepared during festive season

Agri SA and TLU SA, in a joint statement said it was difficult to urge ...