Turning a pigpen into a playpen can make for happier and healthier animals.
Enriching a pig’s life doesn’t have to be expensive, according to Dr. Yolande Seddon, a post-doctoral fellow in swine ethology with the Prairie Swine Centre.
In her presentation at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2015, Dr. Seddon talked about meeting the enrichment goals
There’s a whole bunch of ‘stuff’ that hog industry people are saying about the effects of the COOL repeal, but more importantly the effects that, the exchange rate, and what the feed costs will be going into 2016 and beyond, and of course that mighty giant, consumer demand. How much pork do people eat
Dreams of new markets danced in their heads as leaders in Canada’s pork industry discussed where it would take them in the coming months and years.
Canada had just won its fight against COOL (Country of Original Labelling) in the United States and was on the brink of signing a new trade agreement – the
For certain, individual sow crates are becoming increasingly difficult to defend, a tag team of experts based in Nebraska said during their presentation to the 2016 Banff Pork Seminar in January.
Veterinarian Larry Coleman from Vet Care and Tim Friedel, manager of Thomas Livestock, shared the stage for a discussion of factors they had encountered
Use their tools, speak their language and address their values, says a leading animal welfare specialist invited to address the 2016 Banff Pork Seminar.
Colorado State University professor Temple Grandin, internationally renowned for her leading-edge work in animal welfare, said the general state of food animals across North American has improved immensely during the last
Started in 1987 by a young entrepreneur, Steve Brandt, with a single truck and trailer, Steve’s Livestock Transport today is the largest commercial livestock carrier in North America and a leader in the transportation industry.
Each week, their fleet of 130 power units is out on the road, transporting more than 2,500 head of cattle
Well here we are at the beginning of another year, a very exciting year for Prairie Hog Country indeed. As 2016 marks the 20th Anniversary in publishing, it seems our grass roots style of publication has found a niche. Producers and fellow industry tell me on a regular basis that they like the style
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
