Category Archives: Global news

Denmark collaborates with Colombia to improve the swine industry

Source: Pig333.com, 9 December 2021, photo credit: The Pig Site The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), ...

10
Dec
Eurasian Union opens new quotas for meat imports at zero tariff

Source: Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply/The Pig Site, 9 December 2021, photo credit: ...

10
Dec
France to ban piglet castration without anesthesia and analgesia

Source: Pig333.com, 23 November 2021, photo credit: MedicineNet As of January 1, 2022, castration of ...

29
Nov
New ASF variants spreading in China

Source and photograph: Melanie Epp The Pig Site, 16 November 2021 Published in Emerging Microbes ...

29
Nov
US animal health companies target ways to lower antimicrobial resistance

Source: Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 18 November 2021, photo credit: University of Plymouth Antimicrobial ...

29
Nov
Spain and France to promote “mirror clauses” in negotiations with third countries

Source: Pig333.com, 23 November 2021 The Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, ...

23
Nov
Persistently high antibiotic users targeted in the UK

Source: Tony McDougal, Pig Progress, 22 November 2021, photo credit: Henk Riswick/Pig Progress Persistently high ...

23
Nov
USDA commits $32 million to help meat and poultry sectors

Source: Global Ag Media/The Pig Site, 23 November 2021, photo credit: topiclocal.com US department of ...

23
Nov
Trials show benefits of feeding dietary feed grade amino acids to pigs

Source: Pat Melgares, Farm Journal’s Pork, National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff, 11 November ...

16
Nov
Argentina announces new measures to prevent ASF introduction

Source: Melanie Epp , The Pig Site, 13 November 2021 Argentina’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock ...

16
Nov
UK halves veterinary antibiotics sales over the past six years

Source: Pig333.com, 12 November 2021, photo credit: ABVMA The use of antibiotics in livestock in ...

16
Nov
World food prices hit new 10-year high in October

Source: Sarah Mikesell, The Pig Site, 5 November 2021, photo credit: msfagriculture.com World food prices ...

09
Nov