Nov 29, 2022
Food security is a top priority for China and like many governments in Asia, they are keen on securing their own local supply. One of the main ways this can be achieved through is improving crop yields with GM seed. Asian Agribiz talks to Darin Friedrichs, co-founder of Sitonia Consulting to know how China is managing...
Nov 25, 2022
This is Thanksgiving week in the US, but the price of turkey is nothing to be thankful for. While markets continue to report a worrying edge on prices, even of poultry, the cheapest meat protein, we see how Asian producers appear to be coping well. Headline inflation appears to be easing and we see growth, investments,...
Nov 22, 2022
Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD/Gumboro) is one of the most common diseases affecting commercial poultry in Asia. In the clinical acute form (vvIBDV), the disease causes significant economic losses due to mortality, reduced performance, and immunosuppression that lead to increased susceptibility to other diseases.
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Nov 11, 2022
Arguably, the global animal protein industry is facing what may be the biggest challenges it ever faced. Threats loom from various sides – conflicts that disrupts the supply chain, inflation that increase costs and lower demand and consumption, animal health challenges that reduce productivity are just a few. Amid all...
Nov 10, 2022
The sow herd is a profitability driver of breed to finish swine farms. Maintaining the sow herd's health status can help swine farms significantly improve pig survival and performance from birth to market weight, and therefore is crucial for a farm’s long-term profitability.
Watwarat Janjariyakul, Technical Sales...