Daily Archives: 2 November 2020

China eyes 95% self-sufficiency target for pig meat as herd rebuilds

Source: Pig-World, photo credit: China Highlights A document recently released by the Chinese Government highlights ...

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Nov
Russia: Traces of ASF virus found in processed pig products

Source: Pig333.com, photo credit: Schutterstock/LiveScience The detection of genetic traces of African swine fever (ASF) ...

02
Nov
NPPC lobbying leads to US trade sanctions against Thailand

Source and photo credit: The Pig Site The US Trade Representative (USTR) announced it is ...

02
Nov
Extruded grains may be better for pigs

Source: Iain Hoey, Pigworld, 26 October 2020, photo credit: Bakingbusiness.co Extrusion is the norm in ...

02
Nov
Security threats of working remotely: Organisations need a robust Cloud data management strategy

Ian Engelbrecht, senior systems engineer, Veeam, photo credit: Ekaphon – i-Sight As businesses navigate themselves ...

02
Nov
Covid-19: What we do and don’t know about second waves and herd immunity

Source: Alex Welte, Daily Maverick, 20 October 2020, photo credit: Shutterstock/LiveScience There is much talk ...

02
Nov
Study sheds light on what it takes for women to succeed – or not – in science in Africa

Source: Allen Muyaama Mukhwana and Judy Omumbo, The Conversation, 1 November 2020, photo credit: BioSpace ...

02
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SA pork rib prices expected to jump 40% soon because of ASF in Germany

Source: Garth Theunissen, Business Insider SA, 27 October 2020, photo credit: Meridian Meats Pork rib ...

02
Nov
DALRRD releases latest ASF and surveillance report

Source: Media release, DALRRD, 23 October 2020: photo credit: sdecoret/The Conversation The department of agriculture, ...

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Nov
Medium-term budget framework: No dramatic policy moves away from socialism

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News October 2020, photo credit: MicrostockHub/Getty Images/CSO Online The medium-term ...

02
Nov
The long shadow of South Africa’s farm debt

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agricultural Economics Today, 25 October 2020, photo credit: BusinessTech South Africa’s 2020 ...

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