From rising production costs to animal care, there are constant challenges the pork industry has to overcome. This includes mitigating the presence of Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome (PRRS), which can have devastating effects on production costs and animal health.
Over the last decade, there has been a strong push to eliminate PRRS in North
Cramer Livestock Expo
Be sure to come out for the Cramer Crop and Livestock Expo. It is back for its sixth consecutive year, this years theme “Back To Our Roots,” will be held Thursday February 18th in Swift Current, SK at Kinetic Park. Trade show floor is open from 8:30 – 4:30 followed by Cramer
Late in 2015, the Manitoba government introduced a new special pilot project permit evaluation protocol designed to allow the construction of swine barns in the province to resume under 11 new conditions.
In 2006 the Manitoba government banned building and expanding hog barns in 35 RMs; then in 2011, expanded that ban to the entire
Production and processing leaders from across Canada left a meeting in Calgary on Jan. 28 with the feeling that something great is afoot.
Last fall, Michael Young from Canadian Pork International presented producers and processors with a new proposal for a pork grading system that would provide a high level of detail about what’s inside
The most stressful time in a piglet’s life is the day it says goodbye to mom. After spending three or four weeks in a farrowing room, it is time for junior to go to nursery school.
There are ways in the farrowing room to take some of the stress out of that moment in every
Euthanizing an animal is not easy, even for an expert on the field. During her presentation at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry symposium 2015, Jennifer Woods shared an experience she had with euthanasia on her Alberta sheep farm.
Woods and her family became attached to a lamb after saving it from near death. The bond was
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
