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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

May 2019

Research on viral transmission in feedstuffs yields new information

Disease Managing disease Husbandry

8 May 2019

4 minute read

With research confirming that swine viruses can be transmitted through feed and feedstuffs, new studies are looking at how to prevent the spread of foreign animal diseases via these vehicles.

Trade disputes and weak financial performance wear on US farmers

Markets People Industry and legislation

7 May 2019

5 minute read

In April 2019, agricultural producer sentiment plunged as the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer declined 18 points to a reading of 115, down from 133 in March.

Antioxidants protect hot hogs from sperm DNA damage

Genetics and reproduction Husbandry Research and innovation

7 May 2019

3 minute read

James Cook University researchers have developed a diet to help prevent damage of sperm in boars reared in hot conditions.

CME hog futures plunge on US-China trade fight and swine fever fears

Markets People Industry and legislation

7 May 2019

4 minute read

US lean hog futures plunged by the daily trading limit on Monday (6 May) amid worries about the spread of African swine fever and fears that President Trump will follow through with threats to impose additional tariffs on China.

Two more swine fever outbreaks detected in South Africa

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

7 May 2019

2 minute read

Two more outbreaks of African swine fever were detected in South Africa in April, its agriculture ministry said, following a spate of the disease in the country's North West province earlier that month.

Tyson Foods beats profit estimates

Markets Industry and legislation Market Trends

6 May 2019

3 minute read

Tyson Foods Inc say that quarterly profits beat Wall Street estimates and projected the meat company could reap significant gains from an incurable hog disease spreading across Asia.

USMCA ratification unlikely to happen in 2019

Markets Industry and legislation Policy and regulation

6 May 2019

3 minute read

The Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute suggests it is now unlikely the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will be ratified by all three countries until 2020.

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