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PigTalks Daily Insights

Producer Stories

  • Pigs at ease – Branding with breeze

    Mavin enhances its brand values by expanding living space for sows, promoting welfare within pig farming practices. The Vietnamese pig industry is becoming an increasingly competitive arena, with large companies vying for advantages in production practices and striving to establish their brands. While many are focused on beefing up the sheer number of pigs, others…

  • Nuôi heo nhân đạo – Mavin chọn hướng đi riêng tăng giá trị thương hiệu 

    Mavin nâng cao giá trị thương hiệu bằng cách mở rộng không gian sống cho heo nái, thúc đẩy phúc lợi trong hoạt động chăn nuôi heo. Ngành heo Vietnam ngày càng trở thành chiến trường khốc liệt của các công ty lớn, mỗi bên đều tìm những lợi thế để chuyên môn hoá các…

  • Pork profits: targeting the right customers for better prices

    Despite the challenges posed by inflation, which has dampened overall pork demand, a medium-sized farm in northern Vietnam has remarkably managed to flourish. Their strategy? They’ve shifted focus to market segments that remain less impacted by inflation—catering specifically to higher-income and middle-class consumers. “Catering to the needs of the wealthy and knowledgeable is quite a…

PigTalks is an independent pig industry publication and consultancy founded by Ha Thu

Ha Thu is a journalist and former editor of Asian Pork Magazine with over 12 years of experience in the pig industry. She has been fortunate to have spoken with the most influential people in the industry, visiting farms, feedmills, and meat processing plants.

She has developed a clear helicopter view of the industry and in-depth insights into most of the pig-producing areas in Asia.

Besides her understanding of the industry, Thu has built an extensive network that spans all geographies and all levels of the pig industry’s value chain. 

Most of Pigtalks publications (market insights, farm stories, leader opinions, and technical sharings) are open-access. Pigtalks also offers detailed data sets of the companies driving the pig industry in Vietnam at different levels of the value chain and provides a range of consultancy services.   

Market Map

  • Muyuan’s Vietnam entry: what changes, what doesn’t

    When Muyuan Foods announced Vietnam as its first Southeast Asian investment base following its Hong Kong IPO, the immediate reaction across the industry was curiosity rather than surprise. Vietnam is not short of large pork producers, nor is it an underdeveloped market waiting for its first wave of industrialisation. What makes Muyuan’s move notable is not the arrival of another major player, but the way it tests an already crowded and…

Knowledge Notes

Technology That Matters

  • Nuôi nái nhóm – Hiểu heo để tăng hiệu quả mô hình  

    Tiến sĩ Jennifer Brown đã phát biểu tại Hội nghị của Gestal về Heo 2022 về việc nuôi tập thể ảnh hưởng đến sức khỏe, năng suất và phúc lợi của heo nái như thế nào. Bà giải thích rằng mô hình nuôi theo nhóm có một số tác động quan trọng đến sức khỏe…

Leadership Perspective

Meet our experts

Dr Megan Edwards
 Nutritionist 
Integral Nutrition, Singapore

Dr Edwards serves a broad-spectrum client base, including farmers, integrators, feed suppliers, and feed additive companies. She is also involved in commercial research and technical training. Her primary interests lie in immunonutrition, with a focus on practical nutritional applications that support the immune system, gastrointestinal development, and colostrum production.

Dr John Carr 
Consulting Veterinary Practitioner
Worldwide

Dr Carr is a well-known consultant in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. He specializes in maintaining the health of pigs through promoting excellence in stockmanship and production practices. A frequent and popular conference speaker, he is widely published, including editing the comprehensive reference guide, Managing pig health – a reference for farms. He is also the author of the veterinary textbook ‘Pig Health’. 

David Dang 
Project Manager
Vietnam 

David Dang is an architect specializing in farm design for the agricultural sector. With extensive experience in large-scale projects, he has become a trusted advisor to investors in heavy industries like energy, transportation, and steel. Known for his candid approach, Dang identifies design flaws to ensure his clients’ success. His expertise encompasses traditional architecture and livestock management, with a particular focus on pig farming, including biosecurity and effective design solutions.