Swine Innovation Porc recently released its African swine fever research priorities.There priorities were set by a working group of swine health experts in Canada and the United States who performed an analysis of research priorities related to ASF:Surveillance and Animal Healthi.e. Rapid diagnostic testing and pen-side diagnosticsi.e. Testing protocols to demonstrate that pork and/or
Dr. Jette Christensen – Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network said the first quarter of 2020 saw a dramatic improvement in the swine disease status in western Canada.Dr. Christensen said the first quarter was extremely quiet.“I’ve seen all diseases, all syndromes returning to the baseline across the clinical impression surveys, across all the laboratory
Price, demand, location, supply, and COVID-19 keep analysts, producers, and suppliers on their toes and sometimes off, too.Tyler Fulton, the Director of Risk Management with Hams Marketing Services, said shifting pork demand, due to COVID-19, makes it extremely difficult to assess the role of demand in influencing the value of live slaughter hogs.Reductions in
Rick Bergmann of Steinbach, MB, represents Canadian pork producers from coast to coast as chair of the Canadian Pork Council tweeted this on April 14, “Canadian producers are in a dire state. Take a minute and imagine being on a sinking ship waiting for rescue. It’s not a good feeling.”In response to Janet Krayden,
Bill Alford, general manager of Hams Marketing Services Co-op of Headingley, MB said changes in the geographic hog producing and marketing areas plus COVID-19 restrictions cause significant pig pricing discrepancies in Canada.Alford said the hog industry has moved to a more national-based reference model or reference market, off the USDA instead of a negotiated
Packers are working hard to get processing plants operational, to greater capacity and making great efforts to put in place enhanced employee safety measures to protect workers from Coronavirus.Hog commentator Jim Long said with U.S. pork cut-outs recently closing $1.10 a pound, the gross packer margin for packers is reaching over $100 per head.
Arnold and Alida Van Ginkle
Swine producers in Alberta are seeing various degrees of impact as they adjust to the world-wide battle against a deadly new virus.Early in March, concern over the appearance in China of a novel virus evolved into a global effort to save human lives from a pandemic identified as COVID-19.“I think
As I am penning this I can hear the hum off bees on a tree outside my office window. A sure sign that spring has sprung, plus all the seeding being done in the fields. So it should feel like the world is normal … well as we all know with the continuing COVID 19
L-R Jos Vaes (Plant Manager – MS Schippers Europe), Joost van Asten (General Manager – Schippers Canada), David Coffey (Operations Manager – Schippers Canada), Marco Fabrie (Director of Sales – MS Schippers Europe).
Schippers Canada Expands A plan over two years in the making came to reality at the Schippers Canada location near
Dr Scott Zaari
In October 2019, Manitoba named Dr. Scott Zaari, as its chief veterinary officer, responsible for leading work on issues related to animal health and welfare. Originally from southern Alberta, Zaari began his veterinary career as a mixed animal veterinarian, providing veterinary services for cattle producers. After leaving Alberta, Zaari worked
