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The animals occupy 10% of the area and move from one plot to another periodically to leave the area unoccupied and at rest for seven months.

The arrival of the ASF in Hungary in 2018 was a crisis in the sector whose local production stagnated, reduced its exports, and increased imports.

Currently there are many women who are part of the pig sector and work in each of its links.

Among the sectoral challenges is the fight against antibiotic resistance, with the prospect of reducing the sale of antimicrobials for livestock by 50% in 2030.

Rotecna has been included for the fourth consecutive year in CEPYME's ranking of the 500 leading growth companies in Spain.

Changes in the structure of the sector have allowed Danish pigs to become one of the largest producers and piglet exporters.

The VIGIASAN project  aims to develop a livestock surveillance system through movement patterns that can detect infectious diseases early.

The implementation of the new technologies on farms has increased production figures.

This virus, which only affects the pig species, is typified as the virus that generates the most economic losses in the pig sector.

Rotecna has an outstanding offer in electronic feeding systems for sows in farrowing and gestation.

The high consumption of pork in Mexico offers an excellent market niche to large exporters.

With virtual reallity, we can visualise the product developed from a very inital stage. 

The Spanish cluster of pig producers has developed several actions with the aim of improving the competitiveness of a key sector in the Spanish economy.

The Clear Farm project will include the creation of a platform that will allow us to know the state of the animals on the farms.

There are currently thirteen countries in the European Union affected by the ASF, and many have been forced to close the doors for export.

SKIOLD has acquired Rotecna (the “Company”) from its founder and two financial sponsors, Talde Private Equity and Oquendo Capital.

Since the start of the Covid-19 health crisis, Rotecna has had a Monitoring and Action Committee. Besides, antibody tests have been carried out on all workers.

In recent years, pork sales have grown by 8% and the total is expected to continue increasing.

Solid-liquid separation is a system that will have to be implemented on any farm that wants to go further in the treatment of its slurry or wants to differentiate itself. 

The Spanish swine sector has demonstrated its solidarity and efficiency in an unusual situation, never before seen.

Pig production in this Chinese region is concentrated on 43 farms, so most pork is imported.

Biosecurity is the best tool available to the sector to reduce the risk of disease entry and its spread.

CREBA, which started its activity four years ago, has a modern facilities for biomedical research with pigs.

The increase in local pork production and the rise in the price of beef and lamb has provided pork with a perfect setting for its development.

This bacterium is capable of causing significant respiratory problems, impairment and growth retardation at levels that can be very serious.

Awarded by the General Directorate for Innovation and Competitiveness, it confirms the innovative nature of the company.

The latest research has shown that the pig is a great option for medicine, since due to its similarity to people, different parts of this animal's organism can currently be used in this field.

Spanish pork production has increased by 2% in 2019 compared to 2018, leading the European Union's pig production ranking.

The sounds that pigs make transmit a wide range of information such as the emotional, mood and psychological state of the animal.

The other side of the pig that few know: clean, intelligent and with a great sense of smell.

Specipigs have the same research advantages as conventional pigs, but their weight stabilizes at about 35 kg as they reach adulthood.

Resistance to antibiotics, increasing biosecurity requirements and the entitled to welfare benefits, are some of the challenges Higuera will take on during his presidency of the European animal health and welfare group.

Pigs are able to use a command to move a sensor on a screen.

Minimising well-known risks such as densities, feeding, ventilation and health of the animals is one of the main facts to prevent caudophagia.

65.7% of the Guatemalan pig sector is concentrated in technified farms, while the rest (34.3%) is on family or backyard farms.

The surge in imports, the opening of new markets and the growth in pork consumption have led Costa Rica's pork sector to expand towards a more ambitious and technical industry.

From january 28th to 30th, Rotecna’s sales team travelled to the Russian capital to present the latest launched products of the company.

We talk to Emilio Magallón. The vet takes a look at the current situation of the pig farming sector and deals with topics of interest such as ASF, the use of antibiotics and slurry management.

Spain is the leading supplier of pork for France, with more than 315,000 tonnes per year.

The Catalan Government recently approved the Soil Fertilisation and Livestock Manure Management Decree. This establishes an absolute moratorium of two years from the publication of the decree for the construction of new farms and the extension of the capacity of existing farms located in any of the 66 municipalities with a high livestock density index (LDI), i.e., over 1.2.

The Asian nation is the world's largest pork producer, with just over 54 million tonnes in 2018, representing almost 48 % of world production, according to data recorded by ICEX.

The biggest Bolivian city, Santa Cruz, is the largest producer of pork, with 80% of total production

Meat production in German commercial slaughterhouses declined in the financial year 2018. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported that, compared to the previous year, productivity fell by 1.5%, reaching 8 million tonnes.

Swine production in Ireland comes in third place in the country’s gross agricultural production, accounting for 8% of the total.

With the aim of protecting pig farms from the major impact on the sector of the entry of serious diseases, biosecurity is gaining ground as one of the topics of greatest relevance to the future of the sector. Given this scenario, veterinarian and a biosecurity advisory Josep Casanovas analyses the main challenges and errors in the field of biosecurity. On this occasion, we'll address external biosecurity, and in a future edition we will focus on it internally.

The new European regulations on animal welfare, mandatory from January 2013, set out the need to build more spacious pens to create a comfortable environment and avoid stress among animals due to lack of space. Pens should also have a feeding area, a rest area and a defecation area. In terms of size, the regulation establishes a minimum space of 0.65 m2 per fattening pig of up to 110 kilos, and of 1 m2 per fattening of more than 110 kg. More spacious pens make it easier for the pigs to move more freely and develop more natural behaviour.