For years, animal rights extremist organizations have pushed for state-level legislation banning frequently-used animal care practices, such as gestation stalls for pregnant sows or cages for laying hens.The Animal Agriculture Alliance said the true motive of these changes is to make it less efficient and more expensive for farmers to raise animals for food,

The of again on again off again strike and walkout on the west coast upended operations at Vancouver and Prince Rupert, two of Canada’s three busiest ports, which are critical gateways for exporting natural resources and commodities and bringing in raw materials.Bill Alford, general manager of Hams Marketing Services in Winnipeg, MB, said the

Dr. Jennifer Brown mentoring grad student Abby Tillotson

Teaching was pretty low on the scale of priorities in 2009, when research scientist Jennifer Brown joined the staff at Prairie Swine Centre. Fourteen years later, as she lays out her plans for life after retirement, Brown says mentoring and teaching young scientists has become one of

Brenda, Harry and Salli

Alberta writer Brenda Kossowan has returned safely home from an 8,600-kilometre tour across the Prairie Provinces and along the northern shores of the Great Lakes in Ontario.Starting at Alberta Pork Congress in Red Deer in mid-June, she and her dog, Salli, travelled to the University of Saskatoon and Prairie Swine Centre