Antibiotic-free production puts pigs at extreme disease risk

Jennifer Shike A new study confirms antibiotic-free production strategies leave pigs at considerable risk of ...

Formulating piglet diets without adding antibiotics

As it becomes increasingly uncommon to mix antibiotics or zinc oxide through diets for just-weaned ...

Load shedding: What we know about the state of the electricity system so far

Lameez Omarjee Eskom stopped implementing load shedding on March 24, after the stability of the ...

Agbiz and the IFC host workshop on water use efficiency in agri-processing

On 25 March, Agbiz and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World ...

Will more genetically engineered foods be approved under the FDA’s new leadership?

Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University The world of food and ...

PORCUS Mar-Apr 2019

Gene-edited food regulations: whether it’s a plant or animal shouldn’t matter, but it does

Alison Van Eenennaam We eat mutations every day. All the vegetables, grains, fruits and meat ...

Why the Global Environment Outlook matters

Authors: UN Environment The Global Environment Outlook (GEO) is often referred to as UN Environment’s flagship ...

Carbon pricing could change cost of high-fibre feed ingredient use

Swine nutritionist says the introduction of carbon pricing could change the equation when considering the ...

ASF warning repeated in the US

US pig producers and veterinarians have been reminded about the risks of African Swine Fever ...

The UK will be forced to accept laxer US food standards in a Brexit trade deal with Trump, warns former trade chief

Thomas Colson  The UK will be forced to accept US demands for the UK changes ...

Canada funds additional detector dogs as part of ASF prevention strategy

As part of Canada’s African swine fever (ASF) prevention efforts, Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canada’s minister of ...