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Wageningen University & Research and its African partners are have opened living labs across East Africa to bolster sustainable innovations in the food system.

After preserving price stability during the first five markets of June with an average price of €1.547 per kg carcass, the hog market in France has finally followed the very downward trend of the European market, which w…

CP Foods is putting animal welfare and humane husbandry at the center of its new farming model, with plans to incorporate it across its entire supply chain.

The USDA has announced the details for its new Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP), an initiative that support livestock farmers who suffered losses and depopulation from COVID-19 supply chain stresses.

Agriculture Minister Bibeau and MP Schiefke highlight $5 million investment in new state-of-the-art hog processing facility near Vaudreuil, Quebec.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall hosted Tatiana Clouthier, Mexico’s Secretary of the Economy, and Esteban Moctezuma Barragón, Mexico’s Ambassador to the US.

The labor situation in the meat industry and other sectors has been in the spotlight this week with businesses getting increasingly concerned about the threat of empty supermarket shelves just as peak summer demand hits.…

The Swiss-made Socorex self-refilling syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system are designed for serial precision swine injections.

ICC, a leader in Brazil's animal nutrition industry, will participate in the 13th Brazil South Swine Culture Symposium (SBSS) to bolster Brazil's pork sector.

Farm Safety Week Making farms safer from age 2 to 92.

The National Pork Producers Council urges US Congress to address on-going labor issues and give the swine industry year-round access to H-2A visas for workers.

Originally announced in the company’s FY19 Sustainability Report, the transition enables a more robust approach to welfare assessment.

Pigs can play an important role in testing drug therapies and looking at neonatal brain development and nutrition.

Last week we attended the National Pork Industry Conference (NPIC) in Wisconsin. About 900 attendees from the USA. A good cross-section of producers and industry.

Red Tractor, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive food assurance scheme, has shared how it has listened to feedback and outlined what is changing in its revised farm standards from November.

AHDB’s accelerated ammonia monitoring trial shows that the British pig industry is successfully reducing ammonia emissions, saving producers an estimated £15.3 million.

China's efforts to control African swine fever outbreaks among its pig herd remained complicated, with 11 outbreaks officially reported so far this year and new variants of the virus also present, an agriculture ministry official said.…

Copa and Cogeca met Slovenian Presidency and call for continuation of CAP work and swift action in helping those affected by floods.

Between 2007 and 2018, the average farm income in the EU grew, reaching €35,300 per farm and €22,500 per annual working unit in 2018. However, significant differences can be observed across the EU and based on types of farming, sex, age and level of training of farm holders and managers.…

Research from the University of Illinois found that extruded grains can improve energy and the digestion of protein in pigs.