Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

Antibiotic resistance: Fight fiction with facts

In a recent episode of 60 Minutes, antibiotic use in the livestock industry, and pork ...

08
Jan
NAMC’s South African Food Cost Review 2019

The availability and accessibility of affordable nutritious food play a vital role in any household. ...

21
Dec
Birth weight uniformity as a potential predictor of future pig performance

The number of healthy piglets born alive is a primary focus of the pork industry ...

21
Dec
The importance of arginine in piglets

By Heinrich Jansen van Vuuren* The discovery of the urea cycle in mammals by Hans ...

21
Dec
Tail necrosis in pigs

Pig tail necrosis is a common and unfortunate problem that occurs unpredictably and can compromise ...

21
Dec
Food disruption: Our time of eating meat could be drawing to a close

A monumental shift in the way that we produce and consume food, in particular protein, ...

04
Dec
Feed wastage: Reducing a hidden cost

Feed wastage is notoriously difficult to measure despite existing in the majority of farming systems. ...

04
Dec
How are water use licences processed?

If you want to start using water, or expand your existing use of water, you ...

04
Dec
#AfricaCom: Future of digital financial services in Africa

According to the World Economic Forum, there are 700m people using digital financial services globally, ...

04
Dec
The transition from fossils to renewables and its impact on consumer prices

The transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energies is a global pursuit. But it’s faster ...

26
Nov
PRRS: Deciphering the mystery disease

Everywhere veterinarians turned, the “mystery disease” was devastating sow herds and wiping out pigs. It ...

26
Nov
How African infra-continental trade can benefit land reform, agriculture

The African Agri Investment Indaba (AAII), which recently took place at the Cape Town Internation ...

26
Nov