Protecting piglets post-partum with smart technology

The Pig Site speaks to SwineTech co-founder and CEO Matthew Rooda about SmartGuard and protecting ...

Antibiotic resistance: Fight fiction with facts

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

When rainfall isn’t enough

Wandile Sihlobo, Agbiz economist December is always a great month for me to get insight ...

FMD: Beware of fake news

Media Statement 07 January 2020 JOINT STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND ...

Ban lames red meat industry

“It is of critical importance that the situation in the red meat industry normalise as ...

What happens to SA after Brexit?

The UK is expected to leave the European Union on January 31, 2020 – provided ...

Australia puts ASF defenses to test

A special month-long biosecurity effort in October tested Australia’s ability to keep African swine fever ...

ASF Poland: Virus 40 km from Germany

African Swine Fever has made another move in Poland creeping closer to the German border. ...

ASF anti-viral drugs to be developed

Belgian biotechnology company ViroVet is to partner with animal disease research body Pirbright Institute to ...

NAMC’s South African Food Cost Review 2019

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

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 ...

The importance of arginine in piglets

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