WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W31
Dear readers, Let’s have some good news from the pig industry: Events calendar: I’m gonna be While we are used to get good news from the US pig industry, a recent study of conducted by Iowa State University determined that from 2016 to 2020, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) caused an estimated annual loss […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W30
Dear readers, Even is holiday season, we find some good news: Events calendar: Let’s go to the beach While production is increasing in the EU, some reduction plans are also coming up. The Netherlands has been given permission by the European Commission to financially support livestock farmers who voluntarily want to leave vulnerable nature […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W29
Dear readers, As usual, let’s start with the good news from our industry: Events calendar: Know Your Enemy Let’s continue from the last mentioned event. Ireland is on an island, theoretically it would be easy to control the introduction and spread of a disease like the A.S.F. Recent evolution of the A.S.F. in remote areas, […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W28
Dear readers, First some reasons for optimism in our industry: Events calendar: Paris is Always Paris An interesting news came up from another major player of the North-American pig industry. According to a statement “Maple Leaf Foods will continue to pursue its vision to be the most sustainable protein company on Earth, now as a […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W27
Dear readers, Some good news from the industry: Events calendar: Arts and crafts: Crazy The problems continue for the Vion group: the Dutch Veterinary Authority has temporarily suspended the recognition of slaughterhouse Vion Boxtel to export to a number of export markets outside the EU, mainly Asia. Speaking about Asia: the decline in China’s […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W26
Dear readers, We always look for some good news from our industry: Events calendar: Denmark The awaited raise of the pig prices ended up in decreasing piglet prices. It is one way to generate better income for the pig producers… In Germany more and more pig farmers are emptying their stables, as shown by […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W25
Dear readers, With the European football championship advancing and tourists roaming to the beaches again, we are looking for good news in the pig industry: Events calendar: Arts and crafts: Human I got a lot of questions from pig industry players related to the Chinese “anti-dumping” investigation on European pork. My thoughts on this: it’s […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W24
Dear readers, The weather is good, the European football championship has started, let’s see some other good things for our industry: Events calendar: Arts and crafts: From Paris to Berlin The European parliamentary elections have shown the decreasing popularity of the greens, compensated by the resurrection of the extremist parties. Food is part of […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W23
Dear readers, Let’s see some good news from the pig industry: Events calendar: Fire The pig producers were waiting the increase of the German reference price for a long time. With several occasions(Easter, 1 of May) the expectations have not been reached, now we were hoping for the increase due to the start […]
WEEKLY PIG INDUSTRY REVIEW BY DR. ABRAHAM W22
Dear readers, Let’s see some good news from the swine industry: Events calendar: Your Decision Why is so important to properly control also the passenger flow, as we see the Taiwanese example? An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) occurred on May 21 on a farm with 1,577 susceptible animals in Cheorwon, Gangwon-do, South Korea. […]
