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Friday, August 15, 2025
African swine fever hits another farm in Penang, Malaysia
An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has infected a pig farm in Kampung Selamat, Tasek Gelugor, Penang, increasing the total number of infected farms to five.
Friday, July 4, 2025
South Africa reports H5N1 bird flu on poultry farms
South Africa has reported the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, on two poultry farms, as stated by the World Organisation (WOAH) for Animal Health on July 2.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Zoetis part of partnership to drive disease surveillance in Sub-Saharan African tilapia farms
Zoetis and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) recently announced a strategic partnership to advance disease surveillance in tilapia farms across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Monday, July 1, 2024
Aviagen: Arbor Acres held series of broiler farmer visits in South Africa
Aviagen's Arbor Acres® distributor, Arbor Acres South Africa, held a series of broiler farmer visits for customers across South Africa, in collaboration with broiler consultant Henry van Dungen on April 15-24, Aviagen revealed this mon ...
Monday, September 25, 2023
Tight supplies of chicken, egg in South Africa expected as farmers face worst bird flu outbreak
South African poultry farmers have warned of possible chicken and egg shortages as they battle what the industry said is the worst bird flu outbreak ever to hit the country.
Friday, July 28, 2023
African swine fever detected at Estonian farm, over 9,000 swine to be culled
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected at a farm in Polva County, south of Estonia, with over 9,000 swine to be culled, Estonian Public Broadcasting reported.
Thursday, May 18, 2023
South Africa's livestock farmers dismayed by lack of critical vaccines
Livestock farmers, meat producers and politicians in South Africa are in uproar over the shortage of strategic vaccines caused by ongoing challenges at the state-owned animal vaccine manufacturing company, Onderstepoort Biological Products ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023
South African egg farmers face rising production costs, association says
The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) warned it is becoming increasingly more expensive for farmers in South Africa to produce eggs.
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Malaysia to compensate swine farmers affected by African swine fever
Chan Foon Hin, Malaysia's Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister, said the government will finalise a compensation plan for swine farmers affected by the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in the country, The Star reported.
Thursday, November 3, 2022
Aviagen East Africa celebrates grand opening of new grand parent farms in Tanzania
Aviagen celebrated the grand opening of its greenfield project, Aviagen East Africa Limited, last September in Arusha, Tanzania.
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Aviagen East Africa celebrates grand opening of new grand parent farms in Tanzania
Aviagen celebrated the grand opening of its greenfield project, Aviagen East Africa Limited, last September in Arusha, Tanzania.
Thursday, October 13, 2022
African swine fever detected at Romanian swine farm
Romania has detected an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak as a major swine farm in Timis county, west of the country, with 39,000 livestock set to be culled to prevent the spread of the disease, Reuters reported.
Monday, August 1, 2022
Maxim Agri Holding, Victory Farms Ltd and Gatsby Africa announce joint partnership for aqua feed mill in Kenya
Maxim Agri Holding, Victory Farms Ltd, and Gatsby Africa have announced Samakgro, a joint partnership for an aqua feed mill that will be managed by Maxim Agri to produce high-quality aqua feeds to meet the demand of East Africa's growing aq ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
South African chicken farmers deny they are taking advantage of soaring prices
Izaak Breitenbach, the chair of the South African Poultry Association, said the country's chicken farmers are not taking advantage of soaring record poultry prices at the expense of consumers, Business Day reported.
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Malaysian minister urges swine farmers to intensify biosecurity measures against African swine fever
Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom, Malaysia's said Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development, has urged swine farmers in the Malaysian state of Sarawak to intensify their farm biosecurity measures to prevent the spread ...

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