Author Archives: SAPPO

ASF Poland: Virus 40 km from Germany

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

21
Dec
ASF anti-viral drugs to be developed

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

21
Dec
NAMC’s South African Food Cost Review 2019

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

21
Dec
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 ...

21
Dec
The importance of arginine in piglets

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

21
Dec
Tail necrosis in pigs

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

21
Dec
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 ...

21
Dec
Agriculture: What is waiting in 2020?

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

21
Dec
Be more alert and prepared during festive season

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

21
Dec
Food disruption: Our time of eating meat could be drawing to a close

A monumental shift in the way that we produce and consume food, in particular protein, ...

04
Dec
Feed wastage: Reducing a hidden cost

Feed wastage is notoriously difficult to measure despite existing in the majority of farming systems. ...

04
Dec
How are water use licences processed?

If you want to start using water, or expand your existing use of water, you ...

04
Dec