Category Archives: Global news

African Swine fever vaccine progress in China raises questions

An African swine fever (ASF) vaccine is proving to be safe and effective in laboratory ...

Chinese Harbin Institute says new ASF vaccine is effective

China’s Harbin Veterinary Research Institute stated it developed a vaccine to African Swine Fever which, ...

China’s second largest pig farmer rakes in the profit

China’s second largest pig farmer, Muyuan Foods Co Ltd, reported that full-year profits for 2019 ...

ASF Romania: 42,000 pigs culled on commercial farm

All pigs on a Romanian farm with almost 42,000 pigs had to be culled as ...

China’s economy may be headed for deeper contraction on factory drop

China’s economy could be heading for a worse-than-expected first-quarter contraction after the country’s manufacturing sector ...

Russia considers fines for selling ASF-infected meat

Russia may introduce turnover-based fines for the unscrupulous meat processors accepting pork with African Swine ...

Feral hog eradication in Missouri

In 2016, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) banned feral hog hunting on its properties. ...

British meat industry slams new immigration policy

The British meat industry has offered a harsh criticism of the Government’s new immigration policy.Read ...

African Swine Fever is spreading in the EU, says EFSA

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating disease occurring for the first time in certain ...

China’s changing pork needs: It’s time to differentiate

We enter 2020 with a host of unusual and unpredictable events. In other words, there ...

Zimbabwe promotes female entrepreneurs to strengthen pork industry

Targeting farmers in Mashonaland West and Mashonaland East provinces, the Zimbabwe Agricultural Growth Programme has ...

Emergency measures established as Greece confirms first ASF outbreak

Greece detected its first case of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the ...