Research and innovation

Over 30 percent of French and German farmers are reported as feeling demotivated because of “agri-bashing”.

The EU Farmers Confidence Barometer survey was carried out over the first semester of 2020 across ten EU Member States and showed a slight lift in farmers’ moods compared to that of autumn 2019.

Dr Irene Camerlink has been awarded the Young Animal Welfare Scientist of the Year 2020.

A new strain of influenza with the potential to become a pandemic has been identified by Chinese scientists.

Current Russian pig price is 94.9 Roubles ($1.37) per kg live-weight including VAT. At this level, good producers continue to make good profits even with this year’s higher feed price. There has not been over much disrup…

The World Organisation for Animal Health has registered VetMAX's African Swine Fever Virus Detection Kit in its diagnostics manual.

Syngenta Groups stresses that the agriculture sector's resilience has been tested by the coronavirus crisis, making the fight against more climate change more vital than ever.

An appeals court in Rio Grande do Sul state ruled that a JBS plant must close, overturning a lower labour court decision that permitted its re-opening.

Mike Kogut, research microbiologist with USDA, explains where animal microbiome research is headed.

Brazilian beef, pork and chicken exporters have signed declarations stating that goods heading to China are free from coronavirus contamination, as per requests from Chinese authorities.

Studies at Pirbright show that two doses of Oxford University's COVID-19 vaccine boosts immune response in pigs.

Agriculture students that are passionate about nature friendly farming can apply for a bursary worth £5,000 to support them throughout their studies.

Meat packing giant JBS claims to have made significant investments across four key sustainability pillars including environmental stewardship, responsible procurement, animal welfare and social responsibility.

Charoen Pokphand Foods is promoting biogas across its facilities in Thailand to shore up energy security in rural communities.

For the second week in a row, US market hog harvest was higher than a year ago. 2,457,000 vs. 2,439,000. We can only hope that US plants can continue to ramp up production. Strong Gross Packer Margins certainly give an i…

Running a nucleus farm cannot be that difficult, can it?

Osborne Industries, Inc., manufacturer of ACCU-ARM® portable livestock scales, is pleased to announce the release of a new, cost-saving digital weight display for its 500-lb. capacity weigh scales for small animals like …

US meatpacking unions report that scores of employees remain off the job due to either quarantine or fears of contracting COVID-19, despite an order from President Trump mandating their return to work.

A Chinese vaccine against African swine fever appears to be safe in clinical trials.

Big Dutchman is looking forward to the realisation of an important pilot project in Nigeria: Shortly before the Coronavirus crisis, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State, commissioned the German pig equipment sup…