Should the SA government incentivise farmers to control the spread of African swine fever?

Wandile Sihlobo, Daily Maverick Since April 2019 there have been 14 reported outbreaks of African ...

Pig movement bans may be economically damaging

Movement bans for pigs and other types of livestock, as ways to control disease outbreaks ...

Irish food authorities develop DNA scanning tool

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has developed a new scanning tool to identify ...

Pork and beef victory: U.S. and Japan agree on trade

Biosecurity in four steps and ASF precaution tips

By Diego Padoan, Swine Technical Manager at BIOMIN Prevention is the best medicine. Biosecurity is ...

Can the small pig farmer thrive in the future?

Jennifer Shike, Farm Journal’s Pork, 23 July 23 2019 (National Pork Board and the Pork ...

Lawsonia can impact other gut pathogens

By Dr Fernando L. Leite, technical manager – swine, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA A ...

Calcium-to-phosphorus ratio established for 11 to 22 kg pigs

By Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois College of ACES The amount of calcium in pig ...

Future of Zinc Oxide in piglet diets: Feedback from the Zero Zinc Summit

Feedback from the Zero Zinc Summit 2019, Denmark By WJ Steyn, SwiNE Nutrition Management Feeding ...

The truth about swine influenza

There is NO evidence that Swine influenza occurs in pigs There is no evidence that ...

Equities, yuan plunge as Trump escalates trade war with China

AFP, 26 August 2019 Trump regrets not raising tariffs on China higher: White House When ...

SA must brace for more hikes in taxes, electricity tariffs – economist

Carin Smith, Fin24, 22 August 2019 The challenge posed by heavily indebted Eskom means that ...