China’s multi-story hog hotels elevate industrial farms to new levels

Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is running two seven-floor sow breeding operations, ...

Johann Kotzé, SAPPO CEO, talks about 2020

SAPPO is exited about 2020 and is looking forward to serve the pork industry with ...

Coronavirus: What you should know

Human corona viruses are common throughout the world. The name corona refers to a crown ...

Land Bank implosion, Moody’s downgrade sparks setback for SA agriculture

Land Bank is evident of an unhealthy state of affairs at governance and management level ...

Growing optimism about SA maize harvest in 2019/20

Since the start of the year, we’ve been cautious about making a bold call on ...

European Union to send R270 million in emergency food aid to Zimbabwe

The European Union has released a further €16.8m (roughly R270m at current exchange rates) in humanitarian ...

USMEF outlines key drivers for Asian red meat market

Asia has been identified as the key target for growth and markets are clamouring to ...

Northern Ireland pig farm under scrutiny after activist visit

Agriculture inspectors have visited a pig farm in Northern Ireland after the farm had been ...

Coalition for global protein sustainability initiative launched at Davos

Processor Tyson Foods has announced the creation of a new initiative to help advance sustainable ...

New experimental vaccine for African swine fever virus shows promise

Government and academic investigators have developed a vaccine against African swine fever that appears to ...

Can welfare improvements boost pig health?

Experimental evidence suggests health benefits can be obtained from welfare improvements. Animal welfare scientist Laura ...

Putting trade to work to balance agriculture and environmental factors

Trade is a way that countries can tap into their own local advantages and close ...