๐ฅฉ๐ช While there's been no arm wrestling among foods (now that would be a โ strange โ sight to see), meat remains the undefeated champion on the table of most Americans! An exclusive pool conducted by Redfield and Wilton Strategies has shown that the majority of people in the US regularly eat meat and believe that it's a healthy choice.
- Also, despite the great efforts made by the vegetarian and vegan movements, most interviewees said they wouldn't feel safe eating lab-grown meat (more than half...
Managing swine manure is a critical environmental challenge that must be met in order to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, alleviate pollution hazards, and maximize the beneficial utilization of organic waste in agriculture. By integrating inventive strategies with cutting-edge technologies, the agricultural sector can achieve that goal of making substantial advancements in emission reduction and ensuring long-term sustainability. In this episode, Dr. Rajagopal delves into livestock waste manage...
๐ฉ๐ช๐ฐ๐ท After two long years, South Korea is resuming imports of German pork after having suspended them due to the discovery of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Germany. The Asian country has adopted the rationalization concept, under which only pork imports from a region directly affected by the disease are restricted. Thus, three German slaughterhouses and meatpackers have been authorized to get things back to speed again.
In the words of the German agriculture minister, the next step now is gettin...
๐ช๐บ๐ฆ Over the last decade, African Swine Fever (ASF) has had a dramatic impact on the pig farming sector in the EU. It still continues to disrupt local and regional economies, that's quite true, but according to a new report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the number of outbreaks in both pigs and wild boars fell dramatically last year compared to 2021.
Encouraging, right? It seems efforts to halt the spread of the virus are working and the European picture is a positive o...
๐ต๐ฑ๐ Having entered into force this month, a new regulation in Poland determines that farms raising pigs solely for the production of meat for their own consumption will now have to follow only a reduced set of biosecurity measures.ย
- Remember this? We talked about it when it was still just a draft of a decree, here.
โ ๏ธ Representatives of commercial farms as well as veterinarians have criticized the decision due to fears that African Swine Fever (ASF) may be spread by small farmers as a cons...
๐ Today, sows farrow more piglets per litter than ever before! However, the number of baby pigs isn't the only thing that increases: the need for resources does too. Nutrition is an example: better understanding of sow nutrition is a must, since dietary fiber levels during sow gestation play an important role in maximizing their performance parameters and yielding healthier pigs.
๐ก In that sense, research shows that adding total dietary fiber (TDF) to feed can benefit both sows and piglets in n...
๐จ๐ฆ๐ท The Canadian company Olymel is closing a major pork processing plant in Quebec by the end of the year. That means they'll be laying off 994 workersโฆ โAccording to Olymel, the reasons for their choice are labor shortages, the instability of export markets, and strong inflation (not to mention that this particular plant has outdated equipment and is located in a region where it's especially tough to find employees).
The government of the province is being asked to closely examine the problems...