Author Archives: SAPPO

Flare-up of ASF with more than 100 new cases worldwide

Source: Bizzcommunity 25 January 2021, photo credit: Food Safety News The World Organisation for Animal ...

Interactive map tracking swine flu across Europe launched by Ceva

Source and photo credit: Iain Hoey, PigWorld, 27 January 2021, photo credit: Awwwards A new ...

No historical data but fresh info from the barn

Pig Progress, Katharina Nielsen Dominiak, 27 January 2021, photo credit: tdwi Improving pig performance requires ...

How sub-Saharan Africa can rethink its approach to agriculture

Source: Michael Aliber and Wandile Sihlobo, The Conversation/Agbiz, 14 December 2021, photo credit: Jadaliyya In ...

Eskom’s proposed new tariff structure and the catch-22 of generating enough revenue as consumers go off-grid

Source: Stanley Semelane, Business Maverick, 31 January 2021, photo credit: McKinsey & Company Subsequent to ...

As the world changes, science does too – and that’s a good thing

Source: Carolina Odman and Kevin Govender, The Converstaion, 25 January 2021, photo credit: Royal Society ...

Is the Reserve Bank too conservative?

Source: Johan Willemse, SAPPO News, January 2021, photo credit: The Next Hint The Reserve Bank ...

South Africa summer grains planting data reaffirm positive outlook for 2020/21 production season

Source: Agri News Net Farming Portal/ Agbiz, photo credit: Days Of The Year The latest ...

Alltech global feed survey finds global feed production grew 1% last year

Source: Alltech, January 2021, photo credit: Alexander Kirch/123RF/digitaltrends Alltech released the results of its 2021 ...

Higher food prices look set to ease in second quarter

Source: Wandile Sihlobo, Business Day on 21 January 2021, photo credit: Anna Shvets, Pexels/iPolitics Higher ...

Vietnam develops an ASF vaccine: What is the context?

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 22 January 2021, photo credit: School of Public Health, ...

Slight rise in the EU pig population

Source: The Pig Site, 25 January 2021, photo credit: Wikipedia Figures from May/June agricultural surveys ...