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Science and applications need to catch up, and step up, to support this changing sow. - Photo: Ton Kastermans

21-07-2021 | Article

3 key trace minerals for sow productivity

A German sign at a fence to warn for ASF. - Photo: Dreamstime

21-07-2021 | News

ASF Germany: Growing disgruntlement about strategy

A sow in a farrowing crate in a US breeding farm. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

19-07-2021 | News

US pig industry watches California’s Prop 12 rule

Sows in an outdoor facility. This picture is not related to the farm that got infected in Eastern Germany. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

19-07-2021 | Article

Why Germany will get ASF under control

Each sow has 500 m2 at her disposal. - Photo: Cal Miqueló

16-07-2021 | Article

Organic pig farming with rapid field rotation

MRSA bacteria when viewed through a microscope. - Photo: CDC/ Janice Haney Carr

16-07-2021 | News

Ventilation does not spread MRSA outside pig houses

The larger of the 2 infected farms is an organic facility according to Top Agrar. The animals on the picture were not related to this outbreak. - Photo: Boerderij

16-07-2021 | News

ASF Germany: Outbreaks found in 3 pig farms (updated)

Low sulphur diets generate lower sulphur excretion. - Photo: Odairson Antonello

14-07-2021 | Article

Sulphur and sulphate in diets: is it a concern?

Pig farming in Ukraine, as shown on the picture in an old Soviet state farm, is not a very profitable business at the moment. - Photo: Henk Riswick

14-07-2021 | News

Ukraine: Pig industry struggles as pork consumption drops

There is a general sense of optimism in the worldwide swine industry, but there are reasons to be cautious for the road ahead. - Photo: Shutterstock

12-07-2021 | Article

Quarterly update: Pig markets have reasons to be cautious

The Piau pig breed is characterised by its adaptability and resistance to disease. - Photos: Paulo Henrique Reis Furtado Campos

10-07-2021 | News

Brazilian Piau pig breed maintains FCR under heat stress

Photo: Shutterstock

09-07-2021 | News

Coming soon: Special edition on mycotoxins

The number of ASF infected wild boar has been rising recently in Western Poland, which is uncommon for the summer months. - Photo: Jan Vullings

09-07-2021 | News

ASF Poland: 16 farms infected in 2021

Pork products for sale on the streets of Chongqing, China. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-07-2021 | News

China hit by a decline in pork prices