Author Archives: SAPPO

Food Lover’s Market thanks farmers for their contribution to feeding SA

Brian Coppin, CEO of Food Lover’s Market, thanked farmers for their contribution to feed South ...

North American meat plants struggling to maintain workforce amid COVID-19 pandemic

According to more than a dozen interviews with US and Canadian plant workers, union leaders ...

Russia: pork production increases 10%, prices down

According to the Russia’s National Union of Pig Breeders, the industry showed significant growth in ...

What more US states allowing SNAP to buy food online means for food security

Each year, SNAP ensures that over 40 million low- and no-income Americans like Miller have ...

Pig feed formulations for antibiotic-free production

In North America, antibiotic-free pig production causes nutritional challenges. Regulations in Canada are being eased ...

The world after Covid-19 – redefining the global social compact

Glen Heneck, Daily Maverick In the worst-case Covid-19 scenario there will be whole towns, or ...

PCV3: When do you intervene?

Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork Emily Byers, DVM, with Prestage Farms, is frequently asked: How ...

Lockdown has bought us time, Professor Salim Karim says, as South Africa bucks the trend

A proactive approach to fighting community transmissions of coronavirus infections has given South Africa the ...

One of the largest pork processing facilities in the US is closing until further notice

New York (CNN Business) One of the country’s largest pork processing facilities is closing until ...

When the going gets tough, farmers are on familiar territory

Dr Kobus Laubscher, Bizcommunity South African farmers are old hands at adapting to uncertain and ...

Huge reaction to SAPPO’s #YesMrPresident campaign

There was huge positive reaction to SAPPO’s #YesMrPresident campaign, which was launched on 2 April. ...

China spurs its pig companies to invest abroad

The Chinese government is encouraging pig producing companies to invest in pig production, both in ...