The conditions under which chickens are housed – including heating, ventilation, air quality, water availability and feed – have a direct impact on the...
Despite a challenging trading environment, large-scale South African poultry meat production remains internationally competitive. This competitive advantage can be ascribed to the industry’s significant...
In September 2022, Astral announced that it was expecting market conditions to deteriorate, with record-high feed input costs, devastating levels of rolling blackouts, and...
Lipidos Toledo, S.A. (LIPTOSA) is an animal nutrition company commited since 1996 to provide effective solutions to nutritionists, veterinarians and farmers in the animal...
Reducing rates of foodborne outbreaks in humans caused by salmonella and campylobacter continues to be a major task across the globe.
Figures from 2016 showed...
The South African poultry industry – the second-largest agricultural sub-sector contributing to the economy – has grown to be a R59 billion industry over...
In recent years, animal product consumers have started demanding higher standards of welfare for pigs in food production.
There is no consensus on a unique...
Over the past decade, the use of genomics in pig breeding has helped to accelerate genetic improvement and on-farm performance.
“Genetics companies in general have...
