September for the French livestock industry means it is SPACE show time and with Brittany being the hub of this farming sector – 60 per cent of France’s 1.1 million sows are located in Brittany – many attendees don’t have too far to travel. Most of the national and international trade fairs moved to
Producers across Canada are warned to watch for the recurrence of an old virus that has started cropping up in northern regions of the United States.
Incidents of Seneca Valley virus, which mimics foot and mouth disease, have been showing up in the northern areas of the Midwest, near the US-Canada border, Red Deer swine
Rules and regulations stacked upon each other as it pertains to building new hog barns in Manitoba to circumvent a horrendous moratorium that’s leaving the big Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon short of hogs every week are disgusting.
However, the organization that keeps fighting for itself, Manitoba Pork is still hopeful the first applications
With last year’s improved market conditions, the need to upgrade aging barn infrastructure and the added push from the Canadian code of practice for pigs, many producers are considering converting their existing stall barns to group gestation housing. With increasing market demands for ‘stall-free’ pork some producers may also see this as a way
If the number of people turning up for fall meetings can be considered an indicator, then optimism and a keen eye to the future are rising among Alberta’s pork producers and processors.
The 17th-annual Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop on Oct. 21 broke its attendance record with 279 people registered, while Alberta Pork’s Annual General meeting in
Some with absolute glee and others with kind congratulatory good wishes, while still other farm organizations outlining their own specific sector needs going forward as the no-experience left-leaning Justin Trudeau government takes over.
“We look forward to working with the Liberals in advancing the interests of prairie farmers,” said Levi Wood, president of the Wheat
So far so good, but winter is just around the corner and the hog industry needs to once again pick up its diligence to make sure the awesome bio-security system once again holds off PED virus.
Mark Fynn, the manager of animal health and welfare programs with Manitoba Pork says stepped attention to transportation bio-security
Since the Manitoba NDP government placed a moratorium on new hog barns and stopped the expansion of older ones, and the hog industry tanked financially, there’s been virtually no building or even renovating going on.
However, Manitoba Pork is hopeful the first applications for permits to build new or expand existing hog barns under a
The stellar organizers behind Red Deer’s 17th-annual Swine Technology Workshop revved it up a bit this year with shorter presentations and pop quizzes.
No worries for those with less than stellar memories of their school years; the quizzes involved a set of multiple-choice polls posed throughout the day that participants could answer on their cellphones.
Swine Innovation Porc, a national organization created to facilitate research on behalf of Canada’s pork industry has released its 2014 2015 annual report. This organization conducts the research through a national partnership involving the pork industry, government, and researchers is focusing on ensuring consumers will continue to choose pork.
While funded in part by the
