Pig Farming

PHYTOGENIC BLEND HELPS TO BOOST FEED STRATEGY AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine December 10, 2021 207 0

Phytogenic feed additives offer multiple benefits in terms of increased feed intake, improved gut health and – crucially for developing piglets – reduced incidence of diarrhea by Dr Ceinwen Evans, Danisco Animal Nutrition (IFF). With restrictions on the use of in-feed antibiotics introduced in Continue Reading

Pig Farming

FARM GROUPS ASK SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK CALIFORNIA’S PROP 12

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine October 8, 2021 145 0

With California’s Proposition 12 animal welfare law set to go into effect on Jan. 1,two farm groups asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the voter-approved standards as an unconstitutional burden on farmers and consumers everywhere. Prop 12 bans the sale of pork products that are produced outside the state but do not match California’s rules. Voters […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming Poultry Farming

SYNERGISTICALLY IMPROVING LIVEABILITY

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine September 9, 2021 218 0

A recent study has shown that a novel protease/ probiotic combination can increase liveability rates in grower-finisher pigs while also improving growth rates. It’s part of a new scientific approach focused on helping producers make strategic feed decisions to improve animal performance and maximize commercial return. High production costs for grower-finisher pigs mean Continue Reading

Pig Farming

PIG FARMERS URGED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE RECORDS FOR PROPER PLANNING, ACCESS TO FINANCE

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine May 19, 2021 275 0

PIG farmers have been urged to maintain adequate records in their operations for proper planning and ease of access to credit from financial institutions. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of the 2021 annual congress of Pig Farmers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), with the theme: “Pig Value Chain: The Opportunities and […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming

FOLIC ACID IMPROVES PERFORMANCE OF WEANED PIGLETS

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine January 21, 2021 243 0

A recent study determined that dietary folic acid supplementation can improve the growth performance and intestinal morphology of weaned piglets by maintaining the balance of epithelial cell renewal. The weaning of piglets is a stressful process and can be associated with gastrointestinal function disorders, and often growth retardation and diarrhoea. To assist piglets Continue Reading

Pig Farming

BRAZIL’S PIGMEAT EXPORTS TO TOP 1 MILLION TONNES IN 2020

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine December 18, 2020 282 0

Brazil is about to achieve the threshold of 1 million tonnes of exported pigmeat in 2020. The result is a new year record for the country’s swine sector. According to the Brazilian Association for Animal Protein (ABPA), by the end of 2020 exports are likely to reach the level of 1.03 million tonnes, which would mean a […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming

TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEAN YOUR PIGLETS DIFFERENTLY

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine December 18, 2020 196 0

Weaning is the most challenging and stressful event in the piglets life we can help the piglets by increasing the resilience of the piglet and / or reducing the challenge. With the banning of high levels of ZnO in 2022, new solutions must be found. A piglet is taken from his mother at a younger […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming

COVID-19 HAS RUINED PIG FARMING –FARMER

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine October 15, 2020 278 0

A pig farmer, Mr Fortune Alabi, said in Lagos on Saturday that the COVID-19 pandemic has hampered the breeding and selling of pigs, following the lockdown caused by the disease. Alabi made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN on Saturday in Lagos, while speaking on trends in the agriculture sector since the […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming

UN AGENCIES CALL FOR GLOBAL ACTION TO HALT SPREAD OF DEADLY PIG DISEASE – REPORT

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine July 27, 2020 219 0

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) have called for concerted global action to halt the spread of a deadly pig disease, African Swine Fever (ASF). The agencies called on countries and development partners to join forces to fight the disease through the adoption of the […]Continue Reading

Pig Farming

‘GBERIGBE PIGGERY ESTATE IS NOT INFECTED WITH AFRICAN SWINE FEVER’

Nigerian Farming Online Magazine July 17, 2020 430 0

Pig farmers in Gberigbe Piggery Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos, under the umbrella of Gberigbe Pig Farmers Association, said there is no record of the African Swine Fever (ASF) on the farm, noting that anything contrary is untrue. Chairman, ad hoc committee of the association, Mr. Oludele Oluyoyin, said the fact that Oke-Aro Piggery Estate, Ogun State, […]Continue Reading