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Year after year, Brazil has been gaining ground on the global pig market.

Reducing antibiotic usage in pigs as well as dairy cows, that was the theme of a recent webinar organised by All About Feed, sister title to Pig Progress. The webinar is now available to view on demand.

Sustainability in agriculture was the key theme of the biannual event Agri Vision.

Publishing house Misset appointed Marc Klumper as publisher for its international division.

Plenty of swine innovations were introduced this month.

Can insect oil be a useful ingredient in swine nutrition? And how?

08 May, 2021 01:00 RONNIE Marshall was very well known and widely respected in north Antrim farming circles. Born in Portglenone in May 1939, he and older sibling Joseph had farming on both sides of the family in parents Thomas Duff Marshall and Esther (Cameron). Ronnie was involved in all things agriculture from a young age, and throughout his life had a passion for pedigree livestock. At just 23 he enjoyed a lot of success with his Finkiltagh herd of pedigree pigs. A feature in th...

PigProgress FARM VISIT: Capacity problems vanish with better weaner care Pig producer Roy Hannen, based in the south of the Netherlands, likes to think differently. He created additional space inside the pig house simply by increasing the pig flow. Working consistently is an absolute necessity. When a grower pig house reaches the limits of its capacity, there are 2 main ways this can be overcome. One is to create additional places; the other is to make sure the animals g...

PigProgress Midges, mosquitoes and flies and their role in ASFv spread That stable flies could theoretically transmit African Swine Fever virus under experimental conditions was already known, yet conclusions like those trigger curiosity. Could it be confirmed on larger farms too? And how about mosquitoes? Stable flies and midges formed the key components of a Romanian study that was published in the EFSA Journal, a publication of the European Feed Safety Authority. The...

PigProgress Podcast: Overcoming pig production challenges in Ghana Pig production in Ghana in West Africa presents some unique challenges. The latest edition of the Real P3 podcast discusses how a local pig farmer is overcoming these challenges in raising pigs and is growing his business in an expanding swine market. The Real P3 podcast series is a recent initiative, where pork professionals from all over the world are interviewed about challenges and solutions in their ...