LivestockThe Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) regulations came into full force as processors cut supply bases, leaving many independent producers on the spot market at 130-150p/kg while the published SPP sat near 180p.
AgrotechA Harper Adams engineering project found that machine-learning models fed with acoustic, water, environmental and management data spotted early signs of disease in nursery pigs better than any single sensor; it won the 2026 Nick Bird Award.
LivestockChina's new National Livestock and Veterinary Industry Development Plan sets 15 targets but none for total meat output, and calls for faster use of artificial intelligence and smart livestock farming.
OpinionSix months into the job, National Pig Association chair Jo Churchill writes in Pig World that high costs, oversupply, disease and new pig-trading rules are pushing farmers to consider quitting, and that Britain should produce more of its own pork.
LivestockManitoba veterinarian Blaine Tully describes low-cost sampling methods, from chew ropes to shoe covers and processing fluids, that let farms test hundreds of pigs for PED, influenza and PRRS by PCR and antibody tests.
LivestockAn AFBF Market Intel analysis finds the US herd 2 percent smaller at 74.3 million head, yet heavier hogs keep pork output up while exports soften, cold stocks rise 12 percent and feed costs are set to climb.
AgrotechThe Dutch firm's MS Smart Cleaning Robot foams, pressure-washes and disinfects livestock barns in one autonomous pass, finding its way with 3D LiDAR and no manual programming.
LivestockThe Senate Agriculture Committee left Proposition 12 out of its farm bill, but the National Pork Producers Council says the House bill's provision could survive when the two versions are merged in conference.
LivestockWEDA Dammann & Westerkamp's QEW mixing tank lets the bottom bearing be changed from barn floor level in minutes, removing the need to climb into a confined space with digester gases.
LivestockMichigan State University Extension's new Pork Pricing Calculator lets producers enter their own feed, labour, facility and processing costs to find break-even and target prices for whole hogs, halves and retail cuts.
AgrotechA camera-based, AI-controlled farrowing pen from WEDA and VetVise won the Gold DLG Innovation Award and the Animal Welfare Award at EuroTier 2026 by adjusting heating and feeding from sow and piglet behaviour.
LivestockKarl Stanley's family piggery near Ōpunake is adding a multi-million-dollar shed for 1,000 grower pigs and reworking its farrowing units to meet New Zealand welfare rules due by the end of 2035.
A training day at Taaibosch Piggery brought NSPCA inspectors, the pork producers' body SAPPO and vets together; group housing and batch traceability won ground, but farrowing crates and tail docking remain in dispute.
