Algae and clay to improve nutrient utilisation

Every pork producer expects sows to produce large litters of healthy piglets, all surviving the difficult days of birth and lactation.

Certain bloggers, animal-rights activists and pseudo-news outlets frequently misrepresent animal agriculture, including pig farming

In vivo research on piglet and broiler nutrition will be the focus of BIOMIN’s seventh Center of Applied Animal Nutrition (CAN). The center is located in Tulln

Pig farms in Mali and Burundi have been hit by African swine fever (ASF) for the first time, and there has been a new outbreak in central Ukraine

Pigs have been reared in confinement for millennia, but controlled environments and consideration of the ecologic needs of the pig are still new ideas.

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

The USDA and the National Pork Producers Council are defending the sale of the “other white meat” intellectual property to the National Pork Board.

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

The U.S. swine industry is entering a new frontier that has the potential to lower herd-health risks from incoming gilts.

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

China is no different than other pig-producing areas; it is affected by well-known diseases that reduce productivity and profitability.

Pathogenic diarrheas are quite common, but they are often confused with non-pathogenic secretory diarrheas, which can be avoided by correct feed formulation

Danish researchers have proposed a novel method that could help quantify methane emissions and degradation processes associated with manure management.

Nedap introduces ‘Farrowing Feeding’, a new system that provides a simple and trouble-free transition from traditional to fully automated feeding of sows

Smithfield Foods executives touted income and profit increases in their third quarter earnings conference call on October 26. Total operating profits increased

The purchase price for Clougherty Packing LLC was US$145 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments at closing.

Pig producers’ feed purchasing and handling operations will buy from local grain farmers.

Some US grain handlers dislike Smithfield Foods’ increasing purchase of animal feed grain directly from farmers and storage of that pig feed

North Carolina State University researchers boosted piglet growth performance without antibiotics by including stabilized rice gran in the piglets’ feed