Author Archives: SAPPO

ASF Poland: Record number of farms infected in 2021

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 7 October 2021, photo credit: Pigs Walls The year ...

EU pig prices continue their decline

Source: The Pig Site, 12 October 2021, photo credit: The Migration Observatory New data shows ...

5 industry leaders share tips for promoting employee wellness

Source: Bizcommunity, 1 Oct 2021, photo credit: shawnquilivan.com While mental health in the workplace is ...

Pigs are easy, people are hard

Source: The Maschhoffs, Farm Journal’s Pork, 1 October 2021, photo credit: Iowa Select Farms Raising ...

Changes to South Africa’s Companies Act: With greater transparency comes greater responsibility

Source: Sasha Planting, Business Maverick, 11 October 2021, (First published in the Daily Maverick 168 ...

Climate repair: three things we must do now to stabilise the planet

Source: David King and Jane Lichtenstein, Business Maverick (This story was first published in The ...

Northern Cape wildfires destroy 445 000ha of veld in 2021

Source: Annelie Coleman, Farmer’s Weekly, 4 October 2021, photo credit: IOL The wildfires that decimated ...

AgriCAREERConnect 2021 – agricultural industry introduced to the youth

Source: SAPPO Weekly Update 8 Oktober 2021, photo credit: AGCanada.com In response to the agricultural ...

Eskom is now the world’s worst-polluting power company, according to data analysis

Source: Lameez Omarjee, Fin24, 5 October 2021, photo credit: Daily Maverick Eskom is now the ...

State must get serious this time about agriculture plan

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz e-newsletter/Business Day, 8 October 2021, photo credit: Sustainable Food Trust I ...

McDonalds sets net zero carbon emissions goal for 2050

Source: The Pig Site/Global Ag Media, 5 October 2021, photo credit: Sunshine Plaza McDonald’s Corp ...

New ASF vaccine candidate offers promise to global pork industry

Source: Farm Journal’s Pork/AgDay TV, 4 October 2021, photo credit: Homeland Preparedness News For the ...