Pork

Adoption of Group Housing Varies by Region

A Research Scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says the adoption of group sow Housing has tended to vary depending on location by Bruce Cochrane – FarmScape Online Dr. Jennifer…

Farm Babe: When a farmer stands up to PETA

PETA?!? That is one word farmers don’t like to hear. It’s no secret that they are a radical animal-rights extremist group and no friend to farmers by Michelle Miller –…

NPPC Optimistic NEW NAFTA Will Improve Outlook for North American Pork Trade

The National Pork Producers Council is optimistic a renegotiated North American Free Trade Agreement will see the preservation of the benefits it’s afforded U.S. agriculture over the past 23 years…

PEDv Update: 61 Cases Confirmed in Manitoba

After a lull in the PEDv outbreak in southern Manitoba, a second wave of reported cases has generated warnings to UK pork producers by Cam Patterson “We had not had…

Maintaining Zero Tariff Rate on Pork Top Priority of U.S. Producers During NAFTA Renegotiation

The National Pork Producers Council says maintaining zero tariffs on the movement of pork is the top priority of U.S. pork producers as the U.S., Canada and Mexico move to…

Research in Sow Milk Production Leads to Increased Piglet Production

Recent research by Dr. Chantal Farmer, of Agriculture and Agri-food Canada’s (AAFC) Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, has revealed that the amount of food a sow eats during pregnancy affects…

The Manitoba PEDv Outbreak: Was Bio-Security Really Working

With forty-one barns infected with PEDv in Southern Manitoba, mine was not the first call Andrew Dickson had taken the morning I called the Manitoba Pork Council office by Cam…

The Banff Pork Seminar Overview with Mark Chambers

The Banff Pork Seminar has become one of the most anticipated annual industry events and this year’s conference held in January set the bar even higher according to Committee Chairman…

Rick Bergmann Q&A

Rick Bergmann has been voted to chair the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) for a second term and he couldn’t be more delighted. He has been running his own hog farm…

Our December 2024 Issue

In our December 2024 issue we look at the Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement, Federal funding for the Cattle Industry’s Improvement initiatives, Ontario’s Agritourism Sector, Cargill cutting jobs, A&W tackling food waste, Consumer Trust over Climate Optics, the rising cost of doing business, and much more!