Category Archives: Global news

UK National Pig Centre aims to reduce slurry emissions

Source: Vincent ter Beek, Pig Progress, 14 February 2022, photo credit N2 Applied/Pig Progress The ...

China lays out new targets for meat and pork production

Source: Pig333.com, 15 February 2022, photo credit: SAPPO archive Meat production in China could reach ...

France plans to cut use of nitrite in cured meats

Source: Global Ag Media/the Pig Site, 9 February 2022, photo credit:  123RF/dariayakovleva Nitrite salts are ...

Peru: A pig industry under construction

Source: Daniel Azevedo, Pig Progress, 3 February 2022, photo credit: ©destinyjung/123RF.COM In the weeks and ...

China failed to meet US ‘Phase 1’ commitments in 2021

Source: The Pig Site/Global Ag Media, 3 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/namning China has failed ...

Italy approves aid for the swine industry in the wake of ASF

Source: Pig333.com, 4 February 2022, photo credit: 123RF/jakobradlgruber The Italian Council of Ministers has approved ...

El Paso feds seize 243 pounds of pork bologna at the border

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 28 Jauary 2022, photo credit: 123RF/kodda US Customs and ...

Brazil develops vaccine for pig toxoplasmosis

Source: Daniel Azevedo, Pig Progress, 31 January 2022, photo credit: Duke Global Health Institute Brazilian ...

France now required to label the origin of meat served in restaurants

Source: Pig333.com, 31 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/subbotina Following a procedure that required the approval ...

Has the golden age of American farm productivity growth ended?

 Source: LSE Phelan US Centre, photo credit: 123RF/maxym There is robust and compelling evidence of ...

ASF Russia: Progress claimed in vaccine development

Source: Vladislav Vorotnikov, Pig Progress, 22 January 2022, 123RF/belchonock Russia’s authorities have stated to be ...

Pig outlook: ASF in Thailand, Chinese ag prices, global food prices

Source: Jim Wyckoff, The Pig Site, 14 January 2022, photo credit: 123RF/vershininphoto US lean hog ...