Pig producers, processors and retailers debated market backlogs, animal welfare concerns, new contract rules and export ...

The legislative wheels in the European Union keep on moving towards free farrowing, writes Dr Vivi Aarestrup Moustsen, welfare and equipment expert, attached to SEGES Innovation in Denmark. Bit by bit ...

Modern pig production creates ideal conditions for microorganisms: warmth, moisture, organic matter and the continuous presence of animals. These reservoirs increase disease pressure, impair ...

The growing influence of data use and artificial intelligence peaked through in various ways during the 17th edition of the European Symposium for Health ...

China’s pork supply chain is in a state of transformation. The process will likely keep pig prices low but, paradoxically, domestic supplies will likely stay high in the years ahead. In this first out ...

The Sustainable Pork Value Chain (in the Netherlands known as KDV) is a concept which has been making very promising steps. The chain is a partnership between many stakeholders within the Dutch pig ...

For the first time since the devastating outbreaks of African Swine Fever, the Chinese market has been stable again. Supply and demand are in relative balance, with producers all making money. Bit by ...

Tail biting is a nagging problem in swine production. Increasingly, especially in the EU, tail docking is no longer considered to be the way ahead, which forces the industry to ask why tail biting ...

Every year, the average size of pig farms grow all over the planet. At the same time, technology increasingly allows the monitoring of data in every detail. Combining the 2 creates vast opportunities ...

Few areas of animal production have matched the productivity gains observed in sows over the last 3 decades. Current sow genotypes are capable of weaning up to 40 pigs per year. However, this increase ...

The risk of a transmission of Foot-and-Mouth Disease by animal feed itself is negligibly small. A research project from EFSA and some German institutions shows that such a transmission could only ...

A team of American researchers assessed the effects of maternal parity on the development and composition of gut microbiota in piglets. They also tested their performance in response to a prebiotic.