The geography of Covid-19 and a vulnerable global food system

William G. Moseley, World Politics Review, 12 May 2020 Late last month, as the coronavirus ...

Coronavirus: Why the risk of a meat shortage is different in SA

Carin Smith, Fin24, May 17 2020 As the US grapples with a meat-supply crunch that ...

Breaking new ground in global agriculture post-Covid

By Wandile Sihlobo, Economics, 12 May 2020 As the coronavirus continues to spread around the ...

African swine fever and swine flu are not the same

There is still confusion about the names, African swine fever (ASF) (Afrika varkpes in Afrikaans), ...

Here is SAPPO’s latest ASF update

SAPPO’s Business Intelligence division update its ASF report. The report covers the period 22 April ...

Latest Monthly Food Security Bulletin

Issued: 8 May 2020 Highlights of the Directorate: Statistics and Economic Analysis’ latest Food Security ...

Department serious to contain ASF

Johann Kotzé, CEO of SAPPO was part of a delegation that again met with minister ...

USDA: Meatpacking facilities practicing safe reopening

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today applauded the safe reopening of critical infrastructure meatpacking ...

Covid-19: US pig markets still suffer; Europe feels effects too

The pig industry in the US and Canada continues to feel the effects of Covid-19 ...

US pork breaks export records in March

By Aidan Fortune, GlobalMeatnews.com Prior to the spread of coronavirus, US pork exports saw a ...

7 Steps to reduce farm and financial stress

These strategies will make a big difference to your outcomes and outlook. You need to ...

Practical biosecurity between batches

Enric Marco, pig333.com Disease control on farms depends largely on internal biosecurity. One of the ...