Author Archives: SAPPO

Additional funding for African swine fever measures welcomed

Funding for additional agricultural inspectors at ports to help prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) has ...

09
Jan
Are preventative African swine fever culls in Japan’s future?

The Government of Japan is asking the Japanese National Diet to amend the Act on ...

09
Jan
Three ways farms of the future can feed the planet and heal it too

Intensive agriculture may be nourishing most of the Earth’s inhabitants, but it’s doing the opposite ...

08
Jan
2020: Expect more expensive food, and higher tax

Consumers will get their first indication of what 2020 has in store for them on ...

08
Jan
Protecting piglets post-partum with smart technology

The Pig Site speaks to SwineTech co-founder and CEO Matthew Rooda about SmartGuard and protecting ...

08
Jan
Antibiotic resistance: Fight fiction with facts

In a recent episode of 60 Minutes, antibiotic use in the livestock industry, and pork ...

08
Jan
When rainfall isn’t enough

Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist December is always a great month for me to get insight ...

08
Jan
FMD: Beware of fake news

Media Statement 07 January 2020 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND ...

08
Jan
Ban lames red meat industry

“It is of critical importance that the situation in the red meat industry normalise as ...

08
Jan
What happens to SA after Brexit?

The UK is expected to leave the European Union on January 31, 2020 – provided ...

08
Jan
Australia puts ASF defenses to test

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

21
Dec
ASF Poland: Virus 40 km from Germany

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

21
Dec