Kevin Estrem, the past president of Minnesota Pork said Minnesota raises 18 million pigs a year in and so it’s a big factor in the state’s economy, and 3,400 different farms raise pigs in Minnesota.
“One thing about working with Manitoba Pork is we’ve had a very good relationship for many years. They’ve come down
Swine producers and crew attending seminars and information meetings throughout Canada have been hearing a wide range of messages about who their customers are and how those customers’ expectations have changed in recent decades.
While most pork produced in Alberta is earmarked for export, a significant portion stays at home for domestic production, which has
Hans Deason, a Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering with the University of Saskatchewan said Thermal Assisted Drying and Decontamination (TADD) is proving to be effective in deactivating pathogens in swine transport trailers but it requires some fine tuning.
As part of research on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc (SIP) aimed at developing an automated system
Jeff Clark, the Manager of PigTrace Canada, an initiative of the Canadian Pork Council, said compliance with mandatory swine movement reporting continues to build with about 11,300 movements nationally being reported each week.
Speaking to the annual meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council in April Clark said since July 2014, under Canada’s Health of Animals
Producing a pig of higher value at less cost in a safe and healthy environment is fundamental to the Prairie Swine Centre, based at the University of Saskatchewan.
Established 25 years ago to provide ground level research for the swine and pork industries, the team is supported largely by the levies producers pay to their
Many people ask Dr. John Carr, an international livestock consultant and veterinarian who feeds pigs around the world what he actually does … It is health maintenance and training.
“So to my mind, what I do, which is different, is I have coined the term ‘health maintenance’. So, traditional veterinarians would go out and treat
Trevor, Adrian, Jeremy, Jonathan and Matthew Shute are part of a family farm that employs 20 people and operates at Newhouse, Canworthy Water, Launceston, Cornwall, UK.
In a recent visit to this farm, Adrian, Jeremy, and their father Trevor spoke candidly about their operation that spreads over three separate locations with a 1,800 sow farrow
Holderness is a part of East Yorkshire famed for the quality of its farming and where it’s nearer, as the crow flies, to get to Grimsby than it is to get to Hull. The farms are all large and the rich clay soil is ideal for growing bumper crops of winter wheat. Back in
Pat McGonegle, the CEO of Iowa Pork Producers Association told the annual meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council pork is very important to the economy in Iowa.
“Iowa will raise about 30 some per cent of the U.S. pork production, market about 42 to 44 million pigs per year within the state. In Iowa, agriculture
The numbers are in, and there are not a lot of surprises as long term trends hold.
The numbers, in the case of the Canadian Census of Agriculture, with a document released every five years.
So what did we learn?
Well a good portion of farmers have at least a tinge of grey hair.
More than half of
