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Pig Industry Articles by Category
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US Feed Outlook
Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman, ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information...
Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman, ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information...
Calculate, Before You Vaccinate
Jane Jordan talks to John Richardson, Pig Business Manager about Intervet's new approach to managing the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex. ResPig combines laboratory diagnosis with results from a practical farm assessment to determine optimal control...
Jane Jordan talks to John Richardson, Pig Business Manager about Intervet's new approach to managing the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex. ResPig combines laboratory diagnosis with results from a practical farm assessment to determine optimal control...
Electronic Identification in Traceable Systems
As pork chains become more diverse and with increased stringency of some export specifications, animal identification (ID) and traceability is a key component regarding assurance of customer specifications for livestock products, writes Ronald O. Bates,...
As pork chains become more diverse and with increased stringency of some export specifications, animal identification (ID) and traceability is a key component regarding assurance of customer specifications for livestock products, writes Ronald O. Bates,...
Red Meat and Cancer - Fact or Fiction?
A World Cancer Research Fund report published at the end of last year concluded that people should eat less than 500 grams or 18 ounces of red meat per week, writes ThePigSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
A World Cancer Research Fund report published at the end of last year concluded that people should eat less than 500 grams or 18 ounces of red meat per week, writes ThePigSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
Pew Commission Finds Industrial Scale Farm Animal Production Poses "Unacceptable" Risks
The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive 2˝-year examination conducted by the Pew Commission on Industrial...
The current industrial farm animal production (IFAP) system often poses unacceptable risks to public health, the environment and the welfare of the animals themselves, according to an extensive 2˝-year examination conducted by the Pew Commission on Industrial...
Danish Breeding Herd Drops Again (May 08)
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite. Our snapshot of the ongoing global pig industry trends as reported in May 2008 Whole Hog Brief. To read the full detailed analysis including all the commentary and graphical data, subscribe to the publication....
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite. Our snapshot of the ongoing global pig industry trends as reported in May 2008 Whole Hog Brief. To read the full detailed analysis including all the commentary and graphical data, subscribe to the publication....
Impact of Auto-Sort Systems on Pig Welfare
By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the North Carolina Swine Extension Volume 31 Numbers 2 and 3.
By Janeen L. Salak-Johnson PhD, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and published in the North Carolina Swine Extension Volume 31 Numbers 2 and 3.
Livestock and Poultry World Markets and Trade
New countries have been added to the pork PSD to reduce the gap between total imports and total exports by selected countries, writes the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.
New countries have been added to the pork PSD to reduce the gap between total imports and total exports by selected countries, writes the United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.
Multi-Sire, Multi-Mating - A Multitude of Sins
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. In Denmark organic pork production is based on applying natural principles to animal husbandry techniques and management practices where and whenever possible. However, research at Aarhus University has shown that relying...
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. In Denmark organic pork production is based on applying natural principles to animal husbandry techniques and management practices where and whenever possible. However, research at Aarhus University has shown that relying...
CAFOs Uncovered - The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations
The Union of Concerned Scientists looks into the costs of confined animal feeding operations.
The Union of Concerned Scientists looks into the costs of confined animal feeding operations.
Canadian Hog Statistics First Quarter 2008
By Statistics Canada. As of April 1 this year, Canada had almost 1 in 5 (-19.3%) fewer hog farmers than in April 2007. Farmers had an estimated 13.0 million hogs on their farms on April 1, down 1.7 million, or 11.7%, from the same date last year. The...
By Statistics Canada. As of April 1 this year, Canada had almost 1 in 5 (-19.3%) fewer hog farmers than in April 2007. Farmers had an estimated 13.0 million hogs on their farms on April 1, down 1.7 million, or 11.7%, from the same date last year. The...
Philippines Livestock and Products Pork Market Report 2008
By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides the pork industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Pork Market report for the Philippines. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data...
By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. This article provides the pork industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Pork Market report for the Philippines. A link to the full report is also provided. The full report includes all the tabular data...
Antibiotics in the Environment and Antibiotic Resistance
We share the world with a wide range of living organisms from microscopic bacteria to gigantic whales. Although we cannot see them, bacteria are all around us and are a normal part of our ecosystem and live, write Dale W. Rozeboom, Barbara E. Straw, Hui...
We share the world with a wide range of living organisms from microscopic bacteria to gigantic whales. Although we cannot see them, bacteria are all around us and are a normal part of our ecosystem and live, write Dale W. Rozeboom, Barbara E. Straw, Hui...
UK Pig Slaughterings Start to Fall
Clean pig slaughterings in the UK slipped to 698,000 in March, according to the latest quarterly UK Pig Statistics from the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite.
Clean pig slaughterings in the UK slipped to 698,000 in March, according to the latest quarterly UK Pig Statistics from the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite.
Fall in EU and UK Pig Numbers
The total number of pigs in the UK has fallen by 1.3 per cent and the breeding herd by 2.8 per cent according to the latest figures from the Department of Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite.
The total number of pigs in the UK has fallen by 1.3 per cent and the breeding herd by 2.8 per cent according to the latest figures from the Department of Food and Rural Affairs, Defra, writes Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite.
Challenging Year for Livestock Production
The livestock and poultry industry in the US will be increasingly challenged this year by rising feed prices that drive up costs and lower returns, and by consumers confronted with uncertain economic conditions.
The livestock and poultry industry in the US will be increasingly challenged this year by rising feed prices that drive up costs and lower returns, and by consumers confronted with uncertain economic conditions.
Studies Show Denagard® is Highly Effective Against Ileitis in Swine
By Ulrich Klein Dr.med.vet, International Technical Services Manager, Novartis Animal Health.
By Ulrich Klein Dr.med.vet, International Technical Services Manager, Novartis Animal Health.
USDA Livestock and Products Semi-Annual Reports 2008
By USDA, FAS - Two new articles appear this week providing the pork industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Semi-Annual 2008 reports for Brazil and South Korea. Within each article is a link to the full report which includes all the tabular...
By USDA, FAS - Two new articles appear this week providing the pork industry data from the USDA FAS Livestock and Products Semi-Annual 2008 reports for Brazil and South Korea. Within each article is a link to the full report which includes all the tabular...
Effects of Lysine Supplements on Growth Performance
Research at the University of Nebraska by Roman Moreno, Phillip S. Miller and Thomas E. Burkey1 looked at the Effect of Increasing Lysine:net Energy Ratio on Growth Performance and Plasma Urea Nitrogen Concentration of Late-Finishing Barrows...
Research at the University of Nebraska by Roman Moreno, Phillip S. Miller and Thomas E. Burkey1 looked at the Effect of Increasing Lysine:net Energy Ratio on Growth Performance and Plasma Urea Nitrogen Concentration of Late-Finishing Barrows...
Drinker Design - Key To Minimising Waste, But Not Pig Performance
How water, which is now a costly item, as supplied to growing pigs has no effect on their performance but it can make a difference when it comes to waste and slurry volume, writes Stuart Lumb.
How water, which is now a costly item, as supplied to growing pigs has no effect on their performance but it can make a difference when it comes to waste and slurry volume, writes Stuart Lumb.
Development of Novel Technologies for Swine Production
The swine production industry operates under a narrow profit margin that has tightened in recent years due in part to increasing governmental regulations, Chad Stahl said in his presentation to the Carolina Feed Industry Association Fall Conference and...
The swine production industry operates under a narrow profit margin that has tightened in recent years due in part to increasing governmental regulations, Chad Stahl said in his presentation to the Carolina Feed Industry Association Fall Conference and...
US Pork Outlook Report - April 2008
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.
Biosecurity: Transport and Vehicle Controls
By Jake Waddilove, MA, VetMB, MRCVS. The importance of biosecurity for all vehicles associated with pig production cannot be stressed enough, as they provide an excellent vector through which disease can spread. And this is particularly the case with...
By Jake Waddilove, MA, VetMB, MRCVS. The importance of biosecurity for all vehicles associated with pig production cannot be stressed enough, as they provide an excellent vector through which disease can spread. And this is particularly the case with...
