Global Pig Industry News
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Pig Improvement Company Goes Large in AfricaSOUTH AFRICA - PIC South Africa went the extra thousand miles in order to serve a growing enterprise in Angola.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Over 3 Million EU Pigs Get the CIRCOVAC TreatmentSOUTH AFRICA - MERIAL's CIRCOVAC® obtained its European Registration from the E.M.E.A. exactly one year ago on the 21st of June 2007 which meant that MERIAL could launch CIRCOVAC® in all EU Member S...
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health at IPVS 2008SOUTH AFRICA - Durban, South Africa is the venue for the biggest bi-annual scientific congresses for swine practioners and scientists: the International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, held on June 23-26...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
R1.5 Million Bio-fuels Plant for SAPRETORIA - South Africa's agro-processing got a boost this week with news of a R1.5 billion investment in a bio-fuels processing facility.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
World Meat Congress Set for Cape TownSOUTH AFRICA - The International Meat Secretariat is to hold its 17th World Meat Congress in Cape Town from 7-10 September 2008.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Food Riots of the 21st CenturySOUTH AFRICA - The risks of food riots and malnutrition will surge in the next two years as the global supply of grain comes under more pressure than at any time in 50 years, according to one of the world’s...
Food and Fuel Prices Will Be 2008’s Driving ForcesSOUTH AFRICA - Consumers shouldn’t expect any financial relief soonThe New Year will be tough for the South African economy and economists say there is no end in sight to high food and fuel prices. ...
Friday, November 30, 2007
Obituary: Gerard Braak, Pig Industry PioneerPRETORIA - One of the pioneers of industrial and organised pig production in South Africa, Gerard Braak (Senior), has died. He passed away yesterday in Pretoria following a long illness.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Blue ear disease ravaging Western Cape pig farmsSOUTH AFRICA - Contaminated left overs in supermarkets and restaurants are suspected to have contributed to the outbreak of the blue ear disease ravaging pig farms in the Western Cape. Thousands of pigs...
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Blue Ear disease forces culling of pigsSOUTH AFRICA - An outbreak of Blue Ear disease among pigs in parts of the Western Cape has led to more than 5,000 of the animals to be culled.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Pigs to be culled to combat outbreakSOUTH AFRICA - Five thousand pigs from small farms in Caledon, Worcester and Malmesbury will have to be culled during the next few weeks to combat the outbreak of a deadly porcine disease.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Court ruling threatens to open the floodgatesSOUTH AFRICA - The way could be clear for cheap goods to flow into the country as SA clashes with trade partners. This follows a landmark court ruling against the state agency that administers trade tariffs,...
Monday, May 21, 2007
Pig genetics deal foundation of new agribusinessSOUTH AFRICA - Khehla Mthembu has bought into a thriving R500-million-a-year agribusiness. As Chairman of Kanhym Estates, he has joined forces with Afrikaners to clinch a major agricultural deal. It's...
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Importing of pigs permitted againSOUTH AFRICA - Roadblocks prohibiting the import of pigs and raw pork products from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape to prevent the spread of Swine Fever have finally been disbanded.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
South Africa: Food prices to riseSOUTH AFRICA - Meat is meat but people won’t eat as their pockets begin to shrink.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tourists warned of swine fever in Northern CapeSOUTH AFRICA - Holidaymakers have been asked to comply with regulations banning the movement of pork and pork products to control classical swine fever, said the Northern Cape agriculture department on...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Biodiesel could fuel rural economic revivalSOUTH AFRICA - Research will be conducted into the use of biodiesel waste in animal feed.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Swaziland's ban on pig imports liftedSOUTH AFRICA - The ban on the importation of pigs and related products from South Africa has been partially lifted with effect from today.
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
S. Africa extends pig culling drive to eradicate swine feverSOUTH AFRICA - South Africa said on Friday that it has extended the campaign to eradicate an outbreak of classical swine fever in the Eastern Cape province by another six months.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Campaign to combat swine fever in Eastern Cape continuesSOUTH AFRICA - The Department of Agriculture has extended the campaign to eradicate an outbreak of classical swine fever in the Eastern Cape by another six months.
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
New swine fever outbreak hits Easterns Cape's struggling communityEASTERN CAPE - A community outside Kirkwood had to stand by and watch helplessly yesterday when officials from the agriculture department culled hundreds of their pigs after another outbreak of classical...
Monday, June 05, 2006
Meat machines: clean them every 48 hours not once a yearSOUTH AFRICA - Meat and poultry processors can choose not to have daily cleanups of equipment and plant as long as sanitary standards are maintained, according to a notice from the US federal Food Safety...
Monday, May 22, 2006
Pig farmers paid out R85m so farSOUTH AFRICA - A total of R85-million has been paid out in compensation to farmers after the outbreak of swine fever in the Eastern Cape, says Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Thoko Didiza.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Eastern Cape Swine Fever WarningEASTERN CAPE - The agriculture department yesterday warned that no live pigs or pig products may be taken out of Eastern Cape following an outbreak of swine fever in the province.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
S.Africa says pig cull halts swine fever outbreakSOUTH AFRICA - South Africa has implemented a massive culling programme that has helped stop an outbreak of classical swine fever spreading across the country, the agriculture minister said on Tuesday...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Swine fever outbreak: 20 000 pigs face slaughterSOUTH AFRICA - The culling of an estimated 20 000 pigs in the Eastern Cape started in Idutywa on Monday, after an outbreak of swine fever hit the province.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome in South AfricaSOUTH AFRICA - Followup report number 1 by the OIE on the detection of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in South African pigs.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Deadly Pig Virus Strikes In South AfricaSOUTH AFRICA - The Western Cape department of agriculture in South Africa has announced that all pigs on farms where blue-ear disease has been diagnosed have to be destroyed. Farmers affected by the slaughter...
Monday, September 22, 2003
African Swine Fever in South AfricaSOUTH AFRICA - Follow-up report No. 1 on the swine fever outbreak in the Kompienga province of South Africa
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