News - Agriculture

The Swine Health Information Center is encouraging pork producers to review recommendations pertaining to the disease risks associated with imported feed ingredients and discuss those risks with their suppliers.

Research aimed at improving transport trailer design is expected to improve animal welfare and reduce losses associated with transport.

A Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says the use of metagenomics in diagnosing infectious diseases offers the potential to provide information valuable in designing treatments.

A newly formed research alliance involving three of Canada’s swine research organizations is expected to create new synergies, improve the efficiency of resource and labour use and streamline knowledge transfer.

Farm Credit Canada has extended and expanded its support for a program that provides rural and agricultural communities the ability to offer “mental health first aid training”.

The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council suggests understanding the risks of disease transmission and developing simple mitigation strategies is critical.

Canadian scientists are conducting research aimed at improving the comfort of weaned pigs during transport.

The Chair of Sask Pork says the organization will be focusing on the value of hog manure as an organic fertilizer as it works to build the province’s hog production base.

The National Pork Producers Council says, in light of the incredible export opportunity resulting from reduced Chinese pork production due to African Swine Fever, the U.S. pork sector is anxious to see the restoration of more favorable access to that market for pork.

Manitoba Agriculture reports the first fields of fall rye and winter wheat are now being harvested in the very southern areas of the province.