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This latest edition of Pig Progress spills the beans about the inside of a brand-new gene transfer facility in Spain. An interview with a sow specialist

As 2021 draws to a close, Pig Progress looks back at the farms that opened their doors for us.

The downfall of Germany as a leading pig nation is closely connected with the reasons for its rise.

Plenty of swine innovations were introduced this month.

A 2nd farm has been found infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) in Western Poland this year.

PoultryWorld Pressure grows on Brazil to scrap deforestation bill Leading European poultry firms threaten to boycott Brazilian agricultural commodities if Brazil’s Congress passes a bill leading to more deforestation. Moy Park and Cranswick plc have joined supermarkets such as Tesco, Marks and Spencer, Aldi, and the Co-op, as well as investors such as Norway’s largest pension company KLP, in signing an open letter on the protection of the Amazon rain forest. Similar ...

PigProgress China’s pig production will grow 19% in 2021 The aggressive capacity expansion of large-scale farms in 2020 has driven an estimated increase in slaughter pigs for China. In 2021, the number is expected to grow by 19.2%, reaching 613 million head. Total pork production is forecast at 49.27 million tonnes, an increase of 19.8% year-on-year. “It is expected that the supply of slaughter pigs will increase significantly from the fourth quarter of 2021,” said...

PigProgress ASF Russia: Over half a million pigs culled this winter Around 560,000 pigs have been culled on various commercial swine farms in Russia during the colder autumn and winter seasons in an attempt to keep African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks under control. That number was confirmed by Sergey Yushin, CEO of Russia’s National Meat Association in personal correspondence. He said that this amount corresponds to roughly 2.2% of the total pig inventory in Russia. A ...

Large-scale poultry smuggling undermines Paraguay producers The Paraguayan poultry sector has raised concerns over the large-scale smuggling of chicken meat and eggs from Brazil and Argentina. Producers have seen an increase in smuggling due to the “relaxation of control measures by the authorities.” As a result, the Paraguayan poultry sector sees their businesses are strongly affected. According to unofficial data, the equivalent of 30% of the entire poultry production in Paraguay is smugg...

PigProgress Chinese tech giant Huawei goes into pigs Chinese technology company Huawei has announced to go into pig farming as the company explores growth areas outside smartphones. Last week, Huawei launched an artificial intelligence pig farming project. According to the South China Morning Post, Duan Aijun, president of Huawei’s machine vision business, made that announcement on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo without elaborating. Facial recognition co...