Author Archives: SAPPO

5 Parallels between ASF and Covid-19

Source: Irene Camerlink, Pig Progress, 19 April 2021, photo credit: AgFunderNews/iStock What used to be ...

Considerations in the feed management of finisher pigs

Source: Gareth Salmond, Meadow Feeds, photo credit: Meadow To achieve the best performance in finisher ...

South Africa’s efforts to tackle joblessness can be more effective: here’s how

Source: Lauren Graham, Ariane De Lannoy Leila Patel, The Conversation, 14 April 2021, photo credit: ...

Midges, mosquitoes and flies and their role in ASFv spread

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 14 April 2021, photo credit: The Conversation/Shutterstock That stable ...

Possible fuel price relief for May 2021

Source: Bizcommunity, 15 April 2021, photo credit: Businesstech The AA predicts that if the global ...

SAPPO’s latest ASF update

Source: SAPPO Weekly Update, 19 April 2021 Here is SAPPO’s latest ASF update of 15 ...

Groot eer vir dok Fafa Malan

Bron: Mediaverklaring Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, foto: Landbou.com Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse ...

Agricultural sector soars out of bad times

Source: FNB media release, photo credit: The Incentive Good financial decisions now will ensure survival ...

Russia has become the world’s 5th largest pork producer

Source: Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pigs Progress, 3 April 2021, photo credit: Eurovision Song Contest According to ...

USAID and key agriculture partners launch consortium to combat the threat of infectious diseases

Source: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site 13 April 2021, photo credit: PEW A five-year animal ...

Taiwan tests hog herds after African swine fever pig washes ashore

Source:  Ben Blanchard, Reuters/Farm Journal’s Pork, 6 April 2021, photo credit: The Telegraph Taiwan has ...

Five questions about the role of feed and ASFv

Source: Pig Progress*, photo credit: De Heus Ever since the introduction of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea ...