Welfare issues are increasingly being highlighted through the media and elsewhere as consumers express concerns about how pigs are reared.
Here in the UK back in the late 1960s we put gestating sows into sow stalls – and tethers – so that these pigs were unable to fight and each had her
There is a federal election on.
In fact it’s been on far longer already than any election in the modern age of electronic social media should ever be.
It is now dragging on like a Prairie winter in March, with people enjoying the experience of the rhetoric and hyperbole just as much as a three-day storm.
Even
Red Deer Swine Tech
Planning is complete for the 2015 Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop. Mark your calendars for Wednesday October 21st in Red Deer at the Sheraton.
Some topics include: Antibiotic benchmark and resistance; Animal welfare audits; Understanding date; Foreign worker programs; Pain mitigation and the Code of Practice plus others.
Registration is $80 each, or
Update… There is a story elsewhere in this issue that talks about prices, hog numbers, and the how much the stronger American greenback is helping hog producers in Canada. Tyler Fulton, the director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, despite higher live hog numbers, prices in western Canada have improved over the
Three trends to watch that benefit
swine operations
The big value of feed technology is getting “more out of every bite” from livestock diets.
Today with advances in science there are more options and different types of benefits than ever before. The best feed technology is like a jack knife – there’s a lot it can
In Manitoba, the province declared the week of Sept 20 – 26 as the first-ever Farm and Food Awareness Week celebrating agriculture and locally-produced food.
This is a start of a number of things, but really, this is about growing and retaining the food business, and by finalizing the food processing sector to reach Manitoba’s
Each farmer, food producer has a responsibility – And ours do it well
The week of September 21 to 26 was Farm and Food Awareness Week in Canada. A great time for various institutions, farms and others involved in the production of food to highlight this very basic industry.
For nigh on 43 years, my goal
While deadly for baby piglets, the containment of the PED virus is quite doable if done right. In the United States, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians expects the winter of 2015 to be a benchmark period in terms of understanding what the future will look like from a PED standpoint.
The incidence of Porcine
Dr. Denise Beaulieu, a research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says the palatability of rations is a key factor in maximizing feed intake when transitioning young piglets from mother’s milk to solid feed.
Because the gastrointestinal tract of the piglet at weaning is so small, it is important to balance the rations carefully to
With more and more disease outbreaks and more demands from so-called consumer groups, organizations across the country keep moving to more regulations and plans to ensure safety and appease those who call for it.
Heather Carriere, the manager of B.C. Pork’s PED Response Project says all of the province’s pork producers have now endorsed a
