Author Archives: SAPPO

African swine fever and swine flu are not the same

There is still confusion about the names, African swine fever (ASF) (Afrika varkpes in Afrikaans), ...

18
May
Here is SAPPO’s latest ASF update

SAPPO’s Business Intelligence division update its ASF report. The report covers the period 22 April ...

18
May
Latest Monthly Food Security Bulletin

Issued: 8 May 2020 Highlights of the Directorate: Statistics and Economic Analysis’ latest Food Security ...

18
May
Department serious to contain ASF

Johann Kotzé, CEO of SAPPO was part of a delegation that again met with minister ...

18
May
USDA: Meatpacking facilities practicing safe reopening

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking ...

12
May
Covid-19: US pig markets still suffer; Europe feels effects too

The pig industry in the US and Canada continues to feel the effects of Covid-19 ...

12
May
US pork breaks export records in March

By Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com Prior to the spread of coronavirus, US pork exports saw a ...

12
May
7 Steps to reduce farm and financial stress

These strategies will make a big difference to your outcomes and outlook. You need to ...

12
May
Practical biosecurity between batches

Enric Marco, pig333.com Disease control on farms depends largely on internal biosecurity. One of the ...

12
May
Report looks at SA’s economic recovery after covid-19

No-one knows what the long-term economic effects of the Covid-19 epidemic will be. The massive ...

12
May
How agritech solutions can help farmers offset coronavirus risks

By Nico Groenewald, head of Agribusiness at Standard Bank The outbreak of Covid-19 across the ...

12
May
The obligations on businesses operating during Covid-19 alert level 4

Regulation 16(6)(b) of the Regulations in terms of the Disaster Management Act issued on 29 ...

12
May