Farmscape for September 21, 2021
Full Interview 12:10
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Research conducted on behalf of the Swine Health Information Center has shown the virus responsible for foot and mouth disease is capable of surviving long enough in feed transported from overseas...
This is our Friday rubric: every week a new Science Page from the Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project. The previous editions of the science page are available on our website.
Key points
Up to February 2021, 209 breeding herd moved to a...
“China: Livestock and Products Annual” USDA- Foreign Agricultural Service. Report Number: CH2021-0101 (August 26, 2021).
A report on Thursday from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) post in Beijing (“Livestock and Products Annual“) stated that, “In 2022, hog production will...
Source: USDA news release
To view the complete report, click here.
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for August 2021 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates report.
Farmscape for August 10, 2021
Full Interview 9:26
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Researchers with VID0-InterVac have started analysing proteins that offer potential for the creation of a protein based Lawsonia intracellularis vaccine. Lawsonia intracellularis, a bacteria found in about 90 percent of the...
Farmscape for July 26, 2021
Full Interview 6:26
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The Swine Health Information Center has launched an investigation following the identification of a new virus in the genus of Morbillivirus. In 2020, while investigating reports of fetal death, encephalitis and...
Source: New Standard Group
The New Standard team is all about the advancement of taking care of our animals in this industry. So are quite a few of our producers we come across in this field. Over the course of...
Focus on maximizing margins with increasing feed prices using these five areas that may involve feed savings.
After a tumultuous 2020 on and off the farm, America’s pig farmers are now facing extremely high swine feed costs. And, with this...
Source: FAO
Overview
Hazard: African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease affecting pigs and wild boar with up to 100% case fatality rate.
ASF reported administrative areas since August 2018:
China: Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanxi, Yunnan, Hunan, Guizhou,...
Have you ever stepped into your hog building and thought it felt like a balmy beach day on vacation, only to realize that the heater and the fans were both running full blast? Comfortable, but not at all efficient...