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Iberian ham, cut into thin slices, is a delicacy in Spain and Portugal. Photo: Shutterstock

28-08-2020 | News

Portuguese protest against ‘American’ Iberian ham

Photo: Pancosma

26-08-2020 | Article

Raspberry flavour invites piglets to explore and eat

Weaner pigs at the end of the ramp, about to enter a truck. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

26-08-2020 | News

Improving the efficiency of ramp loading for pigs

A small newborn pig caretakers will do what it takes to get them all through weaning. Photo: Koos Groenewold

24-08-2020 | Expert opinion

Taking the life of a pig is never an easy choice

A Polish backyard farm is being disinfected. Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel

24-08-2020 | News

ASF Poland: Number of farm cases in 2020 rises to 71

Michael (left) and Ian Baker, owners of North Farm Livestock, photographed in 2019 when they became Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year in the UK.

21-08-2020 | Article

Farm visit: Outdoor UK farm faces both Brexit and Covid-19

Pig meat from Germany s largest slaughterhouse can be transported to China again. Photo: Shutterstock

19-08-2020 | News

Covid-19: Tönnies slaughterhouse can ship again to China

Oyster mushrooms have the potential to reduce diarrhoea incidence. Photo: Michel Zoeter

19-08-2020 | Article

Oyster mushrooms: A diarrhoea remedy for piglets

The wind of change blowing in Romania, where wind mills have been placed adjacent to a refurbished swine farm. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

17-08-2020 | Expert opinion

Pig farms and the winds of change

Illustration: Shutterstock

17-08-2020 | News

China invests in huge Argentinean pork project

Dr Mark Lyons, CEO of Alltech: "More than ever, I am convinced that the next 30 years are critical to agriculture. - Photo: Alltech

14-08-2020 | Interview

Interview: Alltech CEO Mark Lyons on the future of agriculture

A truck picking up weaner pigs from a farm in North Carolina. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

13-08-2020 | News

Covid-19: US pork sector rocked by company closure

Many kilometres of fencing were installed, like here near Léglise, to make sure that the ASF outbreak in wild boar could be contained. - Photo: Twan Wiermans

12-08-2020 | Article

African Swine Fever in Belgium – a look back

A hernia umbilicalis in a piglet a common genetic defect. Photo: Robin Britstra

10-08-2020 | Article

Four good reasons to rethink genetic selection

Pig welfare, feral pigs and ASF in Pig Progress 6

07-08-2020 | News

Pig welfare, feral pigs and ASF in Pig Progress 6

SINDAN president Emilio Salani: We had problems importing medicines such as ivermectin, abamectin and doramectin, which are important for cattle, and antibiotics for pig and poultry. - Photo: Henk Riswick

07-08-2020 | Article

Brazilian industry points out shortage risk of veterinary medicines