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Dr. Paul Sundberg recognized with Distinguished Service Award

Disease Notifiable diseases Husbandry

18 March 2024

2 minute read

Why monitor swine herds for PCV2?

SPONSOR Non-notifiable diseases PCV Treatments and prevention

23 August 2023

7 minute read

An interview with Noel Garbes, DVM – Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis

Innovation: HyLife weaning ramp wins Aherne Prize at 2023 Banff Pork Seminar

Production stages Nursery/weaner Treatments and prevention

13 January 2023

2 minute read

Learn more about this new industry innovation

ADM launches new sweetening feed products for piglets

Herd management Feed and nutrition

22 November 2022

2 minute read

Designed to improve the palatability of feed for weanling pigs

Dr. Kenneth Stalder: global pork industry mourns his loss

Pig Welfare Herd management Sow management

5 November 2022

6 minute read

Iowa State University professor, well-known for research his sow lameness, productivity and longevity, has passed away

May 2020

Smithfield resumes limited operations at South Dakota pork processing plant

Markets People Industry and legislation

5 May 2020

3 minute read

Smithfield Foods Inc, the world's biggest pork processor, resumed limited operations on Monday (4 May) at a massive South Dakota slaughterhouse it closed last month because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tyson Foods says more coronavirus disruptions to come for US food supply

Markets Processing Processing

5 May 2020

3 minute read

Tyson Foods Inc say the coronavirus crisis will continue to idle US meat plants and slow production, signalling more disruptions to come for US food supply after US President Donald Trump ordered facilities to stay open.

New study highlights the most effective ways to control African swine fever

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

4 May 2020

3 minute read

While countries like Denmark are building walls to prevent the spread of African swine fever, a new mathematical model has identified two effective tactics.

German meat processor speaks out about Improvac and meat quality

Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare

4 May 2020

3 minute read

Speaking to ISN, Tummel's Reinhard Daldrup explains how the impending ban on castration without anaesthesia has opened up a world of opportunities for working with Improvac-vaccinated, uncastrated male pigs.

The search begins for the next cohort of NFU young ambassadors

Husbandry Research and innovation People

4 May 2020

3 minute read

The NFU kicks off recruitment for its successful Student & Young Farmer Ambassador Programme today for its second year and is searching for young people from across England and Wales to make a mark on British farming in 2020.

US supermarket chain establishes purchase limits on pork during COVID-19 supply disruptions

Markets Processing Processing

4 May 2020

3 minute read

Supermarket chain Kroger Co said on Friday (1 May) it has put purchase limits on ground beef and fresh pork at some of its stores following growing concerns over meat shortages due to coronavirus-induced supply disruptions.

Deep Science Ventures and the University of Edinburgh partner to deliver Scotland’s agricultural venture builder

Husbandry Research and innovation Industry and legislation

3 May 2020

4 minute read

Deep Science Ventures (DSV) and the University of Edinburgh have launched the Food & Agriculture Science Transformer (FAST), an ambitious programme creating the first venture studio in Scotland.

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