Author Archives: SAPPO

Bulgaria culls 24 000 pigs to contain ASF

The Bulgarian authorities have culled over 24 000 pigs in order to keep African swine ...

Additional funding for African swine fever measures welcomed

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

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 ...

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 ...

2020: Expect more expensive food, and higher tax

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

Protecting piglets post-partum with smart technology

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

Antibiotic resistance: Fight fiction with facts

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

When rainfall isn’t enough

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

FMD: Beware of fake news

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

Ban lames red meat industry

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

What happens to SA after Brexit?

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

Australia puts ASF defenses to test

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