Meeting with the media

Christian Zimelka, head of consumer education, and SAPPO’s chief executive officer, Johann Kotzé, recently conducted a ...

SAPPO celebrates World Animal (Welfare) Day

World Animal Day is celebrated annually on 4 October to coincide with feast day of ...

Biosecurity assessments in the future

The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) has embarked on a process of streamlining biosecurity ...

What is the Animal Movement Logger?

The Animal Movement Logger is a tool that allows South African pig producers to log ...

Vietnam suspends use of ASF vaccine

On 25 August, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) sent a document to ...

ASF, inflation, and policies challenge growth while trade prospects rise

Global pork trade should pick up in the second half of 2022. Feed and energy ...

Slurry management: Strategies based on anaerobic digestion

In a surplus situation, the best option is to export the digestate obtained following anaerobic ...

Estimated global pork consumption

Based on figures from official sources, a consolidation and projection of pork consumption was conducted. ...

Letting go of past certainties

With October on the horizon and 2022 entering its last mile, there is a notable ...

FMD update

There are currently 146 open cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in South Africa emanating from ...