Author Archives: SAPPO

The Pig Clinic: Sharing advice with SA pig keepers in local communities

At the beginning of April 2022, it was decided that a new series of short ...

Let’s tell our story

SAPPO SELEKT is a new initiative that was born out of the need to close ...

The new Pig Passport

Together with SUISAG, the service partner for Swiss pig producers and international genetics customers, Cloudfarms ...

Kgadi’s take on resilience

by Kgadi Senyatsi What are the values and principles that you draw on to guide ...

From bread prices to petrol: How a war in Ukraine could hit SA pockets

Carin Smith, Fin24, 28 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/roxiller If the Russian invasion of Ukraine ...

Feedback from the EPP

A word from the CEO Feedback from the EPP Johan Kotzé recently attended the European ...

Dealing with an ASF disaster

by Dr Peter Evans Resilience is defined as “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; ...

FMD in South Africa

A word from the CEO Click the Image below to play the video. FMD in ...

Things to remember when starting a pig farming enterprise

Production costs are very high. This is not the time to allow unproductive animals to ...

The importance of South Africa’s compartment system

South Africa’s compartment system came under the spotlight when African swine fever (ASF) occurred in ...