Significant increase in Chinese corn imports expected
All forecasts indicate that China will significantly increase its corn imports, placing it among the world's largest importers.
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Pig health: news and articles on PRRS, PCV2, biosecurity, etc, Pig disease guide, atlas of pathology, clinical cases…
Biocheck.UGent is an independent, risk-based, scientific scoring system for assessing the quality of your on-farm biosecurity.
A visual and practical step-by-step guide on how to perform a necropsy on a pig.
All the information about ASF: how to recognize the disease, how it is transmitted, pictures of lesions, latest news, guides, etc.
Description of the most important diseases and conditions in pigs
Images of major swine diseases
Pig disease diagnostic tool
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Simulator that calculates the amount of drug to add to the water when using a flow dispenser.
Pig Prices by countries. Pork production and trade. News of the pig market and the raw materials
The latest slaughter pig prices in the most important pig markets. Check the evolution of the historical prices in charts and in several currencies.
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Figures & trends in pig numbers, pork production and pork trade.
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
Articles on nutrition and pig feeding, characteristics of raw materials and additives for pig feed. Prices of raw materials
Latest quotations for the main commodities used in pig feed. Historical graphs with the pig price and estimated feed price.
Technical sheets of the main raw materials and additives used in swine feed. They include a comparison of nutritional values from various sources, product
Global production and trade data for the most important raw materials
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to diagnose problems with the feed conversion ratio. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
Articles on genetics and pig reproduction: genetic improvement, genomics, artificial insemination, use of hormones
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to find out why your farrowing rate is less than ideal. Click on the flowchart or on the buttons found within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
Management, pig farm management, work planning in each production stage: management in gestation, grow finish, batch farrowing
Compare production data, calculate the number of sow, nursery, and finishing spaces, and visualize your tasks on the work schedule by type of BMS.
Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Design of facilities and equipment for pig farms: building design, climate control, feeding systems, etc.
Biocheck.UGent is an independent, risk-based, scientific scoring system for assessing the quality of your on-farm biosecurity.
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
Use this tool to explore which slurry management strategy best fits your situation. Click on the flow chart or on the buttons within the text to navigate through the different parts of the tool.
All forecasts indicate that China will significantly increase its corn imports, placing it among the world's largest importers.
LANXESS has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire the Theseo Group. The French group is a leading manufacturer of disinfection and hygiene solutions which are used in particular in livestock farming.
The province's ASF-free status has allowed local hog raisers to supply live pigs to Luzon, which has been affected by ASF.
Department of Agriculture to allot P400-M for hog repopulation in ASF-cleared areas.
Vietnam's animal feed production is up over 5% as the pig census reaches levels 85% of those prior to the ASF outbreak.
Exports of Canadian pork and pork products saw a significant increase in the first 10 months of 2020.
Carl Herrmann and Holly Hutchinson join as swine-focused sales account executives.
A summary of the FDA's annual report on antimicrobials sold or distributed in 2019 for use in food-producing animals.
United States breeding hog and market hog inventories are down from last year.
Twelve Dutch companies to develop growth model for the pig farming sector in China starting with construction of a Research Test & Training Centre.
Spanish imports of Dutch piglets have increased considerably (+17%) while German imports of Dutch piglets have decreased.
Belpork vzw has launched a new quality system that combines Certus and Codiplan Plus, uniting all players within the pig sector.
Hungary becomes the first country affected by African swine fever with which Japan has agreed on regionalization.
South Korea is now added to the list of more than 50 countries to where Litera Meat exports its products.