Page 4 - Pig Progress News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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 the August 1962 edition of Pig Progress magazine described him as one of the youngest owners of a ped...

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 grow faster. Pig producer Roy Hannen, located in Heibloem, Limburg province, the Netherlands, decided...

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 study briefly referred to earlier reports where the stable fly ( Stomoxys calcitrans) was detected ...

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 day-to-day work. In this 14 th episode of the podcast series, Dr Casey Bradley speaks to pig farmer ...