Author Archives: SAPPO

Slashing wild boar population with feed contraception

Treena Hein, Pig Progress, 30 June 2021, photo credit: USA Today A new solution has ...

Taiwan postpones pork referendum amid COVID-19 concerns

The Pig Site, 5 July 2021, photo credit: The Conversation Taiwan will postpone four referendums ...

Sharp decline in Germany’s pig inventory over the last decade

Source: Pig333.com, 1 May 2021, photo credit: Annibal Affonso According to preliminary data from the ...

Growth options for your farm

Source: Prof Johan Willemse, SAPPO News June 2021, photo credit: North Carolina Field and Family ...

Insect meal could be included in pig and poultry feed after ENVI Committee vote

Source: Global Ag Media, The Pig Site, 29 June 2021, phot credit: Labiotech The International ...

EFSA assesses ASF risk from outdoor pig farms

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 24 June 2021, photo credit: Proof Pastured The European ...

How the Covid pandemic ends: Scientists look to the past to see the future

By Helen Branswell, STAT, 19 May 2021, photo credit: HBS Working Knowledge We’re approaching the ...

Latest trade surplus highest ever recorded

Source: Bobby Madhav, FNB head of trade & structured trade and commodity finance, 1 July ...

Platform launched to support women and youth in agriculture

Source: Kwanalu/Bizcommunity, 28 June 2021, photo credit: Harvest SA Kwanalu has launched its Kwanalu Women ...

FMD: Pig producers may be affected by stricter movement restrictions

Source: SAPPO News June 2021, photo credit: Emergence MSD Animal Health Stricter movement restrictions than ...

More ASF outbreaks reported: View SAPPO’s latest ASF report

Source: SAPPO News June 2021, photo credit: PRA Health Services There have been 53 ASF ...

Brazil: New resolution for commercialization and monitoring of genetically modified animals

Source: Pig333.com, 28 June 2021, photo credit: Financial Times The National Technical Commission for Biosafety ...