In an interview at the recent annual meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council, Mark Fynn, Manager, Quality Assurance and Animal Care Programs describe a new prototype of a disease response trailer.
“We recognized the need for a trailer to help us deal with disease situations in the province, especially when we look at the
Canada, United States agree on application of zones to allow safe trade in the event of an African swine fever outbreak
Recently Canada’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO), Dr. Jaspinder Komal, working in collaboration with the United States’ CVO, Dr. Jack Shere, issued the following statement:
We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
A conference call with Alberta pork producers in mid-May confirms that there have been no further cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea discovered since the initial outbreak earlier this year. Starting in January, the virus was first found within a herd north of Calgary, with further discoveries made on three more farms. The second
Various headlines tried to describe how the founding hog farmers sold their stake to Asian interests for half a billion dollars. A Manitoba success story started by four hog farmers from southeastern Manitoba with headquarters in the town of La Broqueire, MB east of Steinbach sold for half a billion dollars to interests in
As I am typing this note on a dreary Friday afternoon, we are getting some much-needed rain. Many of the guys have seeding complete in other areas of Western Canada, however, close to here there are lots of acres to go.
I was able to listen in to the teleconference at
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, stands at the Montréal-Trudeau airport with two Canadian border services officers and two detector dogs. Photo Credit: Gov’t of Canada
The Canadian Pork Council is applauding the Federal Government’s stepped up efforts to keep African Swine Fever out of Canada, the funding of up to
As I am typing this note on a beautiful +9 Friday afternoon, the snow, what is left, is melting at a fast pace.
All of us associated within the pig industry or sector are keeping track on the latest ASF updates, as Dr. Egan Brockhoff has said many times “it terrifies me.” The Canadian Pork
Work at Prairie Swine Centre indicates that sows in group housing systems will maintain room temperatures between 9 to12 °C, leading to approximately 78% reduction in energy consumption when compared to gestation rooms maintained at pre-set temperature of 16.5°C.
Conversion of gestation sow housing from stalls to group systems has been mandated in the recently
On Thursday February 21st, producers came from all directions to attend the 9th annual Cramer Expo. The sponsored lanes were crowded with attendees from Alberta, Montana, and Manitoba and of course majority from Saskatchewan. Kelly Turcotte, event coordinator stated, “we sold over 500 lunch tickets, plus many go off site to eat.” She smiled
“Pinball” Clemons understands the importance of farmers and what they produce.
CropConnect 2019 brought together an array of speakers, exhibitors, and of course farmer-producers of the most vital commodity on this earth – food. Held Feb 13 and 14 at the Victoria In Convention Centre, an excellent venue, including practical space, excellent acoustics, even better
