Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

Feeding strategies to improve gut health and post-weaning performance of piglets

Xaviera Louw, monogastric technical advisor, Meadow Feeds The weaning process is the most significant event ...

Consumer interest in animal welfare products is growing

With consumer concerns around farm animal welfare increasing, interest in products that carry the promise ...

International market opportunities for South African pork exports

Gerhard Uys discussed possible export opportunities for pork products from South Africa with Ezra Steenkamp ...

Making Pork Fashionable

Glenneis Kriel and the Pig Site* While pork consumption has been relatively stagnant in most ...

Listeriosis: A wake-up call?

By Dr Lucia Anelich* The foodborne disease, listeriosis, caused by ingesting food contaminated with infectious ...

You Should Know About These Diseases

By Dr Peter Evans, SAPPO This article serves to inform the reader of the basic ...

Pig Manure: From Waste to Asset

Pig manure is not a waste product; it is a valuable source of plant nutrients ...

Ten food trends that will shape 2018

The year 2017 goes down in history as the most important ever in grocery. The ...

Research paper: IGF2’s Effect on Lean Meat Content

By Pranisha Soma and Lorinda Frylinck, ARC-Animal Production Institute, Irene One of the major objectives ...

Market Conditions

Information supplied by Nico Scheltema, Marion Delport and Tatenda Mutungira of the Bureau of Food ...

9 Factors Involved in The Voluntary Feed Intake of Pigs

By Dr Francois Siebrits   Voluntary feed intake is an important aspect of nutrition. It ...

Vermin and biosecurity

How to protect your farm against vermin, falls into three areas: • Making our site ...