Page 5 of articles about management in Swine news

The Minister of Agriculture, Ms Carola Schouten, bets for a sustainable pig production and for reducing the risks for health and the environment in high-density areas. The pigs farms that cause trouble and wish to quit theur activity will have the chance to opt for subsidies.

As published by Le Soir, Flanders will have its own mobile team for the control of welfare at the abattoirs.

After an important drop in 2010, piglet mortality rose again until reaching 13.6% in 2016.

The approval of isofluorane is an important step to fulfil the legal requirement of avoiding pain when castrating piglets.

The Great Coalition in Berlin has given an answer to the pig producers' concerns and wants to postpone the ban on piglet castration without anaesthetics.

Some 1,000 farmers showed their unrest due to the situation in the sector before the seat of the Conference of Ministers of Agriculture.

The approval by the Council of the text of the Regulation allows existing and potential organic producers to plan with confidence and certainty on the basis of new rules.

The number of pigs rea red organically saw the largest proportional increase.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food intends to implement a more ambitious animal welfare policy. Some of the measures are already included in the bill that will be discussed in the Parliament.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has decided to use AI technology to help China boost its pig-husbandry industry, which has long been plagued with poor efficiency and high labor costs.

Organic pig producers, abattoirs and organisations related to animal welfare have signed a new agreement that will further improve the pigs’ welfare and their environmental impact. This agreement sets more requisites and regulations and will give place to an E-brand that will come into force in January 1st 2018.

The Internet of Food & Farm 2020 (IoF2020) project accelerates the uptake of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the European farming and food chains in view of strengthening their competitiveness and sustainability.

EU PIG is a new concept which aims to improve the connection between producers and the latest science, husbandry techniques and technologies from within their industry via fellow producers, academics and advisors connected through thematic and regional platforms.

The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) carried out in November 2015 a survey on pig castration in order to see the progress made in respect to the European declaration on pig castration.

The voluntary effort included the development of wash facility and wash process checklists designed to identify strengths and weaknesses to help improve biosecurity.