Slat Gap Cover Has Many Uses
Because of welfare considerations many EU countries have introduced legislation which increases the area of solid flooring in pens. This has given producers with fully slatted floors something of a headache, as relaying flooring is a very expensive exercise.Danish legislation relating to piggery flooring is very detailed . Fully
The Manitoba hog industry continues to hold its fingers crossed and keeping the bio-security tight as news came from the Office of Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) confirming the province’s second on-farm case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus in a finisher barn in southeast Manitoba.
Interestingly, the CVO says the animals on this farm
Stoneleigh, Coventry is the venue for the biennial UK Pig and Poultry fair. The site in the past used to host England’s Royal Show and it’s very sad that England does not have a premier farming event, unlike Wales or Scotland. We do have the very successful and popular three day Great Yorkshire Show
People I meet, and some are more special than others.I’m one who isn’t afraid to tell people to their face, or comment about them in public, if they mean something to me in my life. My wife Judith, my in laws, my parents, my children and grandson, and my extended families are very important
What’s a fair without a competition and what’s a competition without a winner? Often the culture of removing competition from events like this actually takes away that feeling of accomplishment for those who enter these events, but not so at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair in Brandon in April.
Manitoba Pork Council, the title sponsor
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea has not made its way into British Columbia and the BC hog industry wants to keep it that way.
The industry has received $600,000 from the provincial and federal governments through Growing Forward II to implement bio-security programs to prevent PED and other infectious diseases from coming onto BC hog farms and
When Dr. John Carr, an international livestock consultant and veterinarian, who lives in England, read the Canadian draft Pig Code of Ethics during comment period in June 2013, he said Canada could well be at a significant disadvantage if the hog industry falls under the regulations of the draft Pig Code.
Dr. Carr said a
Dr. Denise Beaulieu, a research scientist in nutrition with the Prairie Swine Centre says lower feed costs and higher live hog prices are allowing pork producers to refocus on maximizing the productivity of their herds.
Beaulieu told producers at a recent Prairie Swine Centre producer meeting the big change in the past few months is
When Dr. Peter Provis of Elanco Animal Health, talks about the PED virus, his audience listens. As was the case at a producer meeting in Portage la Prairie recently hosted by the Prairie Swine Centre of Saskatoon. Provis took his time, answered any questions, used many great examples and analogies and after speaking continued
An overall climate of optimism is a more than a little unfamiliar for Canadian pork producers, when things have been so bad for so long. But there’s hope that promises made years ago will finally start to bear fruit, say the chairman and the executive director of Alberta Pork. Strengthening the value chain, continued
