Author Archives: SAPPO

The school of hope and unity: A good news story about farmers who care

Northwest pig producer, Dries Kotzé and his brothers were concerned about providing an education for ...

11
Oct
AFMA Symposium focuses on how to choose the right animal feed additives

Feed additives play an increasingly important role in animal nutrition as farmers search for new ...

11
Oct
Where do we stand with land reform?

“My sense is that it won’t be a given that the Constitution will change. We ...

02
Oct
Kovsie students get exposure to pork industry

The students were entertained by various speakers who addressed a variety of interesting subjects, ranging ...

02
Oct
Master classes win many new friends for pork

SAPPO’s popular pork master clases are winning many new friends for pork. The master classes ...

02
Oct
SASAS Northern Branch investing in the future

On the photograph: The SASAS Northern Branch committee is proud to have hosted two successful ...

02
Oct
Why the fake meat market could reach R3.5trn in 20 years

The alternative meat market is poised to rise to $240bn (around R3.5trn at current rates) ...

02
Oct
Antibiotic regulations are double-edge sword in swine production

Use of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels revolutionised agriculture for the last 65 years. Though originally ...

02
Oct
Smithfield veterinarian aims to connect dots on animal welfare

Animal welfare can mean different things to different people. For Mary Battrell, DVM, a swine ...

02
Oct
Advice on which diets are good for climate change

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has released new research which reveals that eating meat ...

02
Oct
Australia on alert as ASF spreads through neighboring country

The small Pacific nation of East Timor is restricting the movement of pigs in an ...

02
Oct
Russia’s pig industry turns loss-making

More than half of all pig farms in Russia are at risk of becoming loss-making ...

02
Oct