Nearly 100 participants from EU institutions, Member States, industry and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) met with scientific experts to discuss the identification of indicators and procedures t...

Nearly 100 participants from EU institutions, Member States, industry and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) met with scientific experts to discuss the identification of indicators and procedures t...

Several villagers in Gutu, in southern Zimbabwe, have diversified from crop production to pig farming following poor harvests over the past few years due to perennial droughts. Pig farming has become...

The director of procurement for western Canada with Maple Leaf is encouraging those who supply the company's pork plants with live hogs to consider switching to needle-free administration of medicatio...

Several villagers in Gutu, in southern Zimbabwe, have diversified from crop production to pig farming following poor harvests over the past few years due to perennial droughts. Pig farming has become...

The director of procurement for western Canada with Maple Leaf is encouraging those who supply the company's pork plants with live hogs to consider switching to needle-free administration of medicatio...

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced that effective March 1, swine entering Wisconsin must be accompanied by an import permit. To successfully acquire this perm...

GERMANY — Der Spiegel magazine recently met a group of activists secretly breaking into Germany’s pig farms in the dead of night to document wide-spread flout...

GERMANY — Der Spiegel magazine recently met a group of activists secretly breaking into Germany’s pig farms in the dead of night to document wide-spread flout...

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection announced that effective March 1, swine entering Wisconsin must be accompanied by an import permit. To successfully acquire this perm...

EU — Increasing prices are dominating the European slaughter pig market this week. It appears that the penny has dropped; with the quantities of live animals being scarcer, the p...

US — US beef and pork exports set new value records in 2012, topping highs set in 2011, according to end-of-year statistics released by USDA and compiled by th...

EU — Increasing prices are dominating the European slaughter pig market this week. It appears that the penny has dropped; with the quantities of live animals being scarcer, the p...

US — US beef and pork exports set new value records in 2012, topping highs set in 2011, according to end-of-year statistics released by USDA and compiled by th...

Some pig farmers are having trouble with getting planning permission for new sow housing, this has led to the application deadline for funding under the Sow Welfare Scheme to be postponed. Simon Cove...

Some pig farmers are having trouble with getting planning permission for new sow housing, this has led to the application deadline for funding under the Sow Welfare Scheme to be postponed. Simon Cove...

US — The world’s largest pork-specific trade show... a wide range of educational seminars... breeding-stock shows and sales... succulent pork products ... fun and fellowship...

US — The world’s largest pork-specific trade show... a wide range of educational seminars... breeding-stock shows and sales... succulent pork products ... fun and fellowship...

EU - There is only little movement on the EU slaughter pig market this week. In the northern EU member countries, the quantities on offer are in demand and are quickly sold. Until now, weakening meat...

Animal scientists in Brazil have found that a small dose of the feed additive ractopamine can boost pork production without changing how pork looks or tastes. In the latest issue of the Journal of An...