Daily Archives: 1 March 2021

Carbon footprint for UK pig farms drops significantly

Source: The Pig Site, 1 March 2021, photo credit: Reader’s Digest New research that reviews ...

Europe working on antimicrobial resistance surveillance network

Source: pig333.com, 1 March 2021, photo credit: Zoë van Dijk, Quanta Magazine Antimicrobial resistance in ...

First ASF cases discovered in Malaysia

Source: Vincent te Beek, Pig Progress, 26 February 2021, photo credit: USA Department of State ...

Can net energy diet formulation improve sustainability in the pork industry?

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 25 February 2021, photo credit: Shred It As the ...

Safeguarding the well-being of SA’s agricultural workers

Bizcommunity Agriculture, 17 Feb 2021, photo credit: UNH Cooperative Extension Agriculture played a major role ...

What are South Africa’s food security situation at the moment?

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Bizcommunity Agriculture/Agbiz, 19 February 2021, photo credit: Charles Smith/Global Citizen South Africa ...

How does resistance to disinfectants happen?

Source: Robert Bragg, Charlotte Boucher-van Jaarsveld, Samantha Mc Carlie The Conversation, 28 February 2021, photo ...

ASF outbreak reported in the Western Cape

Source: SAPPO News February 2021, photo credit: NEXT IAS SAPPO is dismayed to report that ...

SA set to have its largest summer grain and oilseed harvest on record in 2020/21 production

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz chief economist, photo credit: Organic Authority The year 2021promises to be ...

Fuel price increases not good news ahead of the onset of winter crop plantings

Source: Media release Paul Makube, senior agricultural economist at FNB Agri-Business, 1 March 2021, photo ...

Budget: A glimmer of hope?

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News February 2021, photo credit: Criteo The government budget tabled ...