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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

August - September 2021

Germany faces long-term fight against ASF

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

2 September 2021

4 minute read

Germany is facing a long-term battle to eradicate African swine fever (ASF) carried into the east of the country by wild animals, state and federal authorities said on 1 September.

UK’s swine industry labor woes gain wider media attention

Processing Processing People

1 September 2021

4 minute read

Leading media outlets across the UK are paying attention to the National Pig Association’s (NPA’s) call for the government to take urgent action to tackle labor shortages in the swine sector.

Environmentalists in Argentina protest proposed pork trade agreement with China

Pig Welfare Herd management Production Management

1 September 2021

3 minute read

Environmental campaigners took to the streets of Buenos Aires last week to protest a potential agreement between Argentina and China that would scale up pork production in the Latin American country.

Building partnerships along the pig supply chain will help control the spread of ASF, says OIE

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

1 September 2021

5 minute read

The OIE and FAO have created multiple forums where the public and private sectors can share their expertise in preventing the spread of African swine fever (ASF) and ways forward to control the deadly animal disease.

New webinar series shows the ins and outs of small-scale pig keeping

Pig Welfare Pig welfare Husbandry

31 August 2021

3 minute read

Alberta Pork Producers, Alberta Farm Animal Care and Prairie Swine Health have launched a three-part webinar series on how to start a small-scale pig farm.

China to buy more pork as a reserve to counteract rising prices

Policy and regulation Government and regulatory Market Trends

31 August 2021

3 minute read

China's state planner said on 30 August that it will continue to buy pork for state reserves, with the intention of boosting prices in the world's main pork market.

NPPC continues lobbying against Prop 12 implementation

Pig Welfare Pig welfare Housing type

30 August 2021

3 minute read

In official comments to California’s Department of Food and Agriculture, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says that the animal welfare rules governing Proposition 12 are problematic for pig farmers.

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