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Sows in group housing in straw. Photo: Daniel Azevedo

30-01-2020 | News

Carrefour Brazil: Gestating sows max 28 days in crates

Russian pig meat, shipped to Venezuela, is worrying South American vets. Photo: Shutterstock

24-01-2020 | News

Russian pork in Venezuela worries vets in South America

Pigs being burned after an ASF outbreak in Cuba. Photo: Museum of the Revolution, Havana, Cuba

17-01-2020 | Article

ASF in the Americas is no science fiction at all

Pigs on a farm in Bahia state. Photo: Daniel Azevedo

06-01-2020 | News

Brazil’s pig sector to achieve new highs due to ASF

5 new slaughterhouses in Rio Grande do Sul have been given permission to ship their pork products to China. Photo: Shutterstock

14-11-2019 | News

China enables 5 more pig plants in Brazil to export

The Lar feed mill in Santa Helena, PR, Brazil. Photos: Vincent ter Beek

13-11-2019 | Article

Why cooperative Lar wants to stay ‘clean’

Pig trotters for sale in Xi An. They are in high demand on the Chinese market. Photo: Shutterstock

06-11-2019 | News

China approves 7 more Brazilian pig slaughterhouses

In the trial, some sows were kept in straw for 18 days. The sows in the picture were not part of this trial. Photo: Henk Riswick

24-10-2019 | News

Piglet behaviour better when enrichment used for sows

The enlarged factory of Aurora in Chapecó. Photo: Daniel Azevedo

23-10-2019 | News

Aurora expands pig plant to be Brazil’s largest

Como en muchos países, las granjas más pequeñas en Brasil desaparecieron, y las grandes industrias profesionales, como ésta en el estado de Paraná, las han sustituido. Foto: Vincent ter Beek

03-10-2019 | Article

Pequeños avances en la industria porcina brasileña