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Animal Nutrition

Soy hulls a good alternative source of fiber for piglets

Soy hulls can be used in piglet diets to replace more expensive wheat bran and other high-fiber sources.

African Swine Fever

USDA’s ASF vaccine candidate successful in tests

Research shows a vaccine candidate has the ability to be commercially produced while still maintaining its efficacy against African swine fever virus.

African Swine Fever

US biosecurity greatly improved by attention to ASF

Pork Checkoff study finds no major gaps in U.S. defenses against African swine fever, but animal feed remains a potential biosecurity risk.

Animal Welfare

NPPC, AFBF file Prop 12 appeal to Supreme Court

In a petition to the court, the groups argue that California’s Proposition 12 violates the Commerce Clause and will raise prices on pork without any improvement to food safety or animal welfare

Feed Production by Region

New ASF cases reported in Asia, Africa

Learn about the recent African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks that have occurred in China, Philippines, Ghana and South Africa.

Feed Additives

French feed sector stable despite strict COVID measures

Learn how French 2020 feed sector, production managed to grow despite France's firm COVID-19 quarantine measures.

African Swine Fever

Germany proposes enhanced ASF protection corridor

Find out how Europe's largest pork producer is securing its border after new ASF cases are reported in Poland and Romania.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever confirmed in pigs in Haiti

The African swine fever (ASF) virus has been confirmed in pigs in Haiti, nearly two months after the disease was detected in neighboring Dominican Republic.

Feed Additives

VIDEO: Feed industry’s stake in the Food Systems Summit

Find out what AFIA's Constance Cullman believes may be the potential outcomes of the U.N. Food Systems Summit on U.S. feed production.

African Swine Fever

USDA suspends hog movement in Caribbean

The USDA has suspended movement of pigs and pig products from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the mainland to protect the country’s swine herd from African swine fever (ASF).

Feed Additives

Trace amounts of antibiotics might worsen pig health

Pilot study suggests feed, water or soil contaminated with trace amounts of antibiotics might damage gut health and prolong infectious disease in pigs.

African Swine Fever

ASF: German pig industry situation ‘precarious’

ASF just one of the factors blamed for the current state of Germany’s pig industry, which is facing multiple challenges.

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