Antibiotics consumption in pig production is a very emotive issue and the pig industry is being taken to task over this. Quite rightly, today’s consumer is wanting to know how his or her food is produced and what exactly the pig is eating and receiving in terms of medication. Some parts of the tabloid
The grain / all commodities transportation backlog and rhetoric continues at all fronts. Many have suggested solutions, others are getting into the mix because it is the thing to do, and then there’s Ag Minister Gerry Ritz, who for all intents and purposes, is the go-to-guy, who can do something about it.
Yes, I know,
Swift Current played host to the fourth annual Cramer Crop and Livestock Expo back in February. The sold out trade show had representation from all aspects of the industry from breeding companies, suppliers and everything inbetween.
Doug Cramer, president and founder of both the show and Cramer Nutrition, was all smiles with the traffic flow
Judi Graff, the producer of farmNwife.com says farmers who wish to use social media now have a much wider range of options to choose from, many of them free.
Speaking at the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg, MB in February Graff produces and authors a website, FarmNwife.com, she started in 2007, to help farmers tell
One of the side benefits, and maybe a detriment too, depending on how the industry and individuals including hog producers and industry employees handle it, has to do with the heightened biosecurity.
For those who take biosecurity seriously all the time, they can use the crisis as a teaching and learning period, making sure the
Mark Greenwood, the senior vice president of AgStar Financial Services of Mankato, MN says, when using risk management strategies in hog production, producers need to consider all of the risk factors.
Mark Greenwood, speaking at the 2014 Manitoba Swine Seminar in February likens risk management in swine production to a three legged stool.
“You have your
It is no secret the hog barn infrastructure in Manitoba is aging, and aging fast and with the ban on new hog expansion still fully in place, it makes people in the industry wonder how and when, and maybe even if this will happen.
At the recent Manitoba Swine Seminar 2014 in Winnipeg, MB, Andrew
The see-saw battle involving biosecurity, technology and human effort, in some case well beyond what people once considered beyond the call of duty keeps paying off for hog farmers whose premises don’t have the PED virus, at least not yet. That can change in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, but for
Dr. Chris Byra, the manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says strict adherence to biosecurity protocols gives Canada an edge in dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.
In Canada, the PED virus remains centered in Ontario, they are disinfecting one infected barn in Quebec, the virus is under control in Manitoba, and one infected
Another new pig virus has been detected at six Ontario hog farms – DeltaCoronavirus (SDCV).
The Animal Health Laboratory says the symptoms are similar to Transmissible Gastroenteritis (TGE) and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) virus, but it’s less deadly.
It prompts pigs of all ages to vomit and to develop diarrhea and has the highest mortality rate
