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The USA exported the most pork to China in the first 5 months of 2020. - Photo: Henk Riswick

20-07-2020 | News

US tops pork exporters to China despite dispute

Photo: Shutterstock

20-07-2020 | Article

Sustainability and Welfare special: Reserve your space

Pigs after weaning were put to a dietary copper test at the University of Illinois. The pigs in the picture were not involved in the trial. - Photo: Ronald Hissink

17-07-2020 | News

Why do pigs benefit from copper?

Audio interview: How ASF overwhelmed Romania

17-07-2020 | Interview

Audio interview: How ASF overwhelmed Romania

Finisher pigs on a farm in the United States. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

15-07-2020 | News

How to slow pig growth due to Covid-19?

Foto: O'Keeffe Piggeries

15-07-2020 | Article

Lean solution to fatten profits on pig farms

The Tönnies slaughterplant in Rheda-Wiedenbrück.

15-07-2020 | News

Covid-19: Germany’s largest pork plant re-opened

Novel influenza A virus (H1N1) photographed microscopically. - Photo: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

13-07-2020 | Expert opinion

Influenza in Chinese pigs – fake news or not?

Stress, semen and South Africa in Pig Progress 5

10-07-2020 | News

Stress, semen and South Africa in Pig Progress 5

Photo: IPVS

10-07-2020 | News

IPVS 2020 congress cancelled due to Covid threat

An impression what a permanent fence may look like this one was constructed by Denmark to avoid the entry of wild boar from the south. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-07-2020 | News

ASF Poland: Germany aims to build permanent fence

A sow nursing her piglets in southern Vietnam, where daily temperatures can easily be 35ÚC. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

08-07-2020 | Article

Nutritional solutions for sows under heat stress

Operations in Germany s largest pork plant, owned by Tönnies, are still suspended. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

07-07-2020 | News

Covid-19: Meatpacker Tönnies might restart, with safety plan

In this German pig house, piglets are not constricted to their pen, but are even allowed to roam free through the entire department. - Photo: Hans Prinsen

06-07-2020 | News

Sow stalls during insemination to be phased out in Germany

SRY-KO pigs are pigs whose SRY gene has been knocked out. - Photo: FLI

06-07-2020 | Article

Gene editing offers avenues to end castration