Impact of ground herb and essential oil phytobiotics on gut health and growth performance in nursery pigs challenged with F18+Escherichia coli
Herb based phytobiotics supplementation may improve gut health in weanling pigs.
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Chronic inflammation in pigs: natural solutions for more efficient production
Chronic inflammation is one of the main challenges in modern pig production, affecting intestinal health, productive performance, and feed efficiency. In light of increasing pressure to reduce antibiotic use, functional nutrition emerges as a key tool.
Spain: Record yield in the 2025 grain harvest
Spain forecasts a cereal harvest of 25.8 Mt with a record average yield of 4.57 t/ha, 16% more than in 2024.
EU 2025 harvests: Improvement in cereals and good figures for protein crops
Copa-Cogeca forecasts a 6.9% increase in cereals and an 8% increase in protein crops, despite a smaller area.
Argentina approves new genetically modified corn and soy bean crops
The Ministry of Economy's Secretariat of Farming, Livestock and Fisheries authorised, through regulations 113/2025 and 115/2025, the commercialisation of two new genetically modified crops: one for corn and the other for soy beans.
Antioxidant and osmolyte enriched or energy-dense diet: effect on heat-stressed finishing pigs
Supplementation with antioxidants and osmolytes may improve weight gain in heat-stressed finishing pigs.
Commodity prices: Are we facing a turnaround or a dead cat bounce?
The good domestic crop contrasts with global uncertainty: currency, geopolitics, and funds continue to drive prices in the short and long term.
EU: Council explores ways to reduce dependence on imported feed proteins
EU ministers call for a common protein strategy and diversification of feed sources to ensure autonomy and sustainability.
Precision feeding for lactating sows: The path to sustainability and efficiency
Implementing precision feeding through the use of electronic feeders improves sow and piglet performance while providing economic, environmental, and animal welfare benefits.
Optimal benzoic acid supplementation enhances growth, nitrogen utilization, and carcass traits while reducing ammonia emissions in pigs from weaning to market
Dietary benzoic acid supplementation may improve growth performance, N retention while reducing the environmental impact in growing-finishing pigs.
Argentina: The 2024/25 soybean harvest reaches the best result in six years
According to the June report from the National Directorate of Agriculture, production increased by 3.5% compared to the previous season.
The EU imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Chinese lysine
The EU imposes a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Chinese lysine.
Swine dysentery, old new enemies
Digestive diseases in pigs that were previously addressed individually, targeting a single pathogen, now form a digestive disease complex that we must confront from various angles.
Inhouse Farming - Feed & Food Convention 2025: New approaches to animal husbandry with insects and algae
International conference with foyer exhibition on September 30 and October 1, 2025 in Hamburg, Germany.
Impact of a phytogenic feed additive on diarrhea incidence, intestinal histomorphology and fecal excretion of F4-fimbriated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in post-weaning piglets
Phytogenic feed additive supplementation to piglets challenged with F4-fimbriated enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli reduced the prevalence of fecal E. coli excretion and improved jejunal histomorphology.
Brazil and China negotiate exclusive sustainable soybean chain
The “Soja China” initiative targets environmental standards and could strengthen Brazil's leadership in the world's largest market.