Category Archives: Global news

Additional funding for African swine fever measures welcomed

Funding for additional agricultural inspectors at ports to help prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) has ...

09
Jan
Are preventative African swine fever culls in Japan’s future?

The Government of Japan is asking the Japanese National Diet to amend the Act on ...

09
Jan
Australia puts ASF defenses to test

A special month-long biosecurity effort in October tested Australia’s ability to keep African swine fever ...

21
Dec
ASF Poland: Virus 40 km from Germany

African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. ...

21
Dec
ASF anti-viral drugs to be developed

Belgian biotechnology company ViroVet is to partner with animal disease research body Pirbright Institute to ...

21
Dec
Meat prices up as international demand reaches new highs

The higher demand for meat was largely due to the African swine fever outbreak in ...

04
Dec
China is breeding giant pigs that are as heavy as an African buffalo

In a farm deep in the southern region of China lives a very big pig ...

04
Dec
Beyond Meat is developing plant-based bacon and steak alternatives

The company behind the vegan burger that’s taking the world by storm thanks to its realistic beef ...

04
Dec
‘Not enough pork in the world’ to deal with China’s demand for meat

With hundreds of millions of pigs dead from swine fever, exporters are scrambling to fill ...

26
Nov
Financial bench marking: Update from Canada

Canada’s pork producers are using bench marking information to make better decisions – compared with ...

26
Nov
Union and Nonprofit sue USDA over sped-up pork production rules

They fear increased worker injuries as a result of the new rules. When the USDA ...

26
Nov
Maple ham launched by Hormel

US pork processor Hormel has unveiled a new premium ham that contains a maple glaze. ...

20
Nov