Pig
Drinking water supplementation with organic iron in lactating piglets
Adding organic iron in piglets drinking water during lactation may be an alternative to parenteral administration of inorganic iron.
- Creep feed Getting more piglets interested
- Animal feed savings with a multi-component enzyme
- Algae and clay to improve nutrient utilisation
- A well-managed sow produces healthy offspring
- 9 tips for dispelling myths about pig farms and pork
- BIOMIN opens piglet, broiler nutrition research center
- New African swine fever cases at Africa, Ukraine farms
- Back to school: Improving the pig's environment
Pig
What pig producers need to know about Senecavirus A
Senecavirus A, or Seneca valley Virus, is appearing in the United States and around the world, and while it is not particularly virulent, it can cause serious
What you need to know about ‘the other white meat’ lawsuit
The USDA and the National Pork Producers Council are defending the sale of the “other white meat” intellectual property to the National Pork Board.
US pig industry puzzled by Senecavirus A spike
An increase in Senecavirus A (SVA) cases has the U.S. swine industry puzzled. More than 100 positive cases of SVA were reported across nine states
Health is the biggest barrier for rearing gilts in the US
The U.S. swine industry is entering a new frontier that has the potential to lower herd-health risks from incoming gilts.
EU pig producers on high alert for African swine fever
The recent increase and spread of outbreaks of African swine fever in Central and Eastern Europe has prompted the authorities in a number of European Union
Major pig diseases in China
China is no different than other pig-producing areas; it is affected by well-known diseases that reduce productivity and profitability.
What causes secretory or nutritional diarrheas in piglets?
Pathogenic diarrheas are quite common, but they are often confused with non-pathogenic secretory diarrheas, which can be avoided by correct feed formulation
New method for quantifying pig methane emissions
Danish researchers have proposed a novel method that could help quantify methane emissions and degradation processes associated with manure management.
New Farrowing Feeding System
Nedap introduces ‘Farrowing Feeding’, a new system that provides a simple and trouble-free transition from traditional to fully automated feeding of sows
Smithfield profits up 60 percent for third quarter 2016
Smithfield Foods executives touted income and profit increases in their third quarter earnings conference call on October 26. Total operating profits increased
Smithfield acquires pork facilities and farms from Hormel
The purchase price for Clougherty Packing LLC was US$145 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments at closing.
Smithfield’s new Ohio pig feed facilities to buy local grain
Pig producers’ feed purchasing and handling operations will buy from local grain farmers.