SASAS Northern Branch investing in the future

On the photograph: The SASAS Northern Branch committee is proud to have hosted two successful ...

Why the fake meat market could reach R3.5trn in 20 years

The alternative meat market is poised to rise to $240bn (around R3.5trn at current rates) ...

Antibiotic regulations are double-edge sword in swine production

Use of antibiotics at sub-therapeutic levels revolutionised agriculture for the last 65 years. Though originally ...

Smithfield veterinarian aims to connect dots on animal welfare

Animal welfare can mean different things to different people. For Mary Battrell, DVM, a swine ...

Advice on which diets are good for climate change

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has released new research which reveals that eating meat ...

Australia on alert as ASF spreads through neighboring country

The small Pacific nation of East Timor is restricting the movement of pigs in an ...

Russia’s pig industry turns loss-making

More than half of all pig farms in Russia are at risk of becoming loss-making ...

North American Meat Institute revises animal care guidelines

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) has updated science-based animal care guidelines and audit ...

PORCUS Sep-Oct 2019

South Korea reports first case of African swine fever

South Korea discovered its first outbreak of deadly African swine fever (ASF) at a pig ...

Pork checkoff moving remittance payments into online system

The National Pork Board (NPB) of the USA has announced plans to migrate Pork Checkoff ...

Japan allows classical swine fever vaccination of pigs

After a long debate, Japan has decided to allow the vaccination of pigs to prevent ...