Author Archives: SAPPO

Load shedding has serious implications for South African agriculture, says Agri SA

Agri SA is deeply concerned by the negative impact that load shedding can have on ...

19
Oct
African countries form new vet pact

The African Society for Pig Veterinarians (ASPV) was launched yesterday in Pretoria. The objective of ...

19
Oct
‘Sharp slowdown’ in growth for SA, says World Bank

The World Bank has revised down South Africa’s growth prospects for this year and the ...

19
Oct
Time to embraces changing consumer demographics? See what the USA is doing

Ten thousand consumers were surveyed on their pork buying decisions, and a recent report highlights ...

11
Oct
More precision feeding with digestibility enhancers

Precision feeding emerged 30 years ago and has gained high-level interest since then. These days, ...

11
Oct
Read the latest Global Competitive Report: South Africa declining

The 2017 WEF Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) ranked South Africa in the 61st position out ...

11
Oct
Impacts of climate change on food security not evenly distributed

The effects of climate change on food security are not evenly distributed across the globe. ...

11
Oct
Japanese opportunity ‘critical’ for Australian meat sector

The importance of Japan as a trading partner with Australia has been emphasised during a ...

11
Oct
China imports first live pigs in a year to begin restock of herd

C.P. Pokphand Co, China’s fifth largest swine producer, imported 906 breeding pigs from Denmark this ...

11
Oct
USDA introduces swine inspection system change

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has introduced a new swine inspection system it believes ...

11
Oct
DAFF’s 2019/2020 climate advisory for the summer season: Good and bad news

11
Oct
GlobalMeat hosts international ASF webinar

This webinar will examine the extent of the problem, what the impact is on a ...

11
Oct