Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

Consumers speak up: Sustainable farmers wanted

Consumers used to want farmers to be local, healthy or safe, but a new word ...

The biosecurity war: Identify and measure risk

When it comes to biosecurity, Gustavo Silva, DVM, likens it to war. In order to ...

Mboweni’s new plan to boost growth and create a million jobs

  Khulekani Magubane and Jan Cronje, Fin24, 28 August 2019 Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni ...

Biosecurity in four steps and ASF precaution tips

By Diego Padoan, Swine Technical Manager at BIOMIN Prevention is the best medicine. Biosecurity is ...

Can the small pig farmer thrive in the future?

Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 23 July 23 2019 (National Pork Board and the Pork ...

Lawsonia can impact other gut pathogens

By Dr Fernando L. Leite, technical manager – swine, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA A ...

Calcium-to-phosphorus ratio established for 11 to 22 kg pigs

By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois College of ACES The amount of calcium in pig ...

Robustness impacts overall profitability

The term “robustness” means different things to different people, but producers know it’s an important ...

How to achieve long-term reduction in antimicrobial use in your pig herd

With the global drive to stop routine antimicrobial use in livestock and reduce use of ...

Agriculture can save South Africa from its unemployment crisis

Agri SA is concerned about the rising unemployment rate and wishes to remind the government ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research done

The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has obtained approval to do research into AMR ...

There is NO evidence that Swine Influenza occurs in pigs

There is no evidence that Swine Influenza (SI) occurs in pigs in South Africa, says ...