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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

November 2019

New pork cuts unlock profit from a third of the carcase

Markets Processing Processing

5 November 2019

3 minute read

Innovative butchery has developed 35 new pork cuts from the front section of the carcase, which accounts for around a third of it.

£50 million scheme launched to boost forestry and tackle climate change

Husbandry Industry and legislation Policy and regulation

5 November 2019

4 minute read

£50m available to farmers and land managers to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change.

China approves seven Brazilian packing plants for export of pork innards

Markets Industry and legislation Policy and regulation

4 November 2019

2 minute read

Brazil's Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias announced today (4 November) that China has approved seven meat packing plants in the state of Santa Catarina for the export of pork innards.

Australia's pig farmers welcome the heaviest rains in years after crippling drought

Husbandry Environmental management Markets

4 November 2019

4 minute read

The heaviest rains in years have fallen across parts of Australia's east coast, bringing relief to some struggling livestock farmers, although the showers are not likely to break a drought that has crippled its grains sector.

Rise in Strep zoo cases calls for step up in transport biosecurity

Disease Notifiable diseases Managing disease

3 November 2019

3 minute read

Pork producers are advised to step up their focus on transport biosecurity for cull sows and market hogs in the face of animals infected with Strep zoo showing up at slaughter.

A "One Health" approach will be critical to the survival of British farming

Disease Husbandry Environmental management

2 November 2019

5 minute read

Those searching for solutions to critical issues facing the health of people, animals and the planet should look to collaborate with other professions to effect change, a new report shows.

Experts predict swine fever could wipe out quarter of global pig herd

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

1 November 2019

4 minute read

With the recent comments from the OIE on the severity of the ASF situation, a new report suggests that over 25 percent of the world's pig population will die from the disease.

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