News - Agriculture

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says population control is the best option for reducing the risk of disease transmission from feral pigs to commercial pigs.

A researcher with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is confident a new approach to dealing with bacterial diarrhea in pigs can be applied to other pathogens.

An engineer with the Prairie Swine Centre says the materials from which swine transport trailers are made, the roughness of their surfaces and the presence of gaps, nooks and crannies will play a role in their cleanability.

The Swine Health Information Center says to better address the risk of imported soybean meal harboring African Swine Fever, we need to know more about the manufacturing process, improve tests for contamination and create an effective response plan.

A Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says the use of metagenomics in the diagnosis of veterinary diseases offers the potential to fill gaps that exist in currently used diagnostic approaches.

A combination of warmer temperatures and rain has given crops in Manitoba a good boost.

A new sensor designed to track parameters related to animal welfare during swine transport and monitor the trailer temperatures during disinfection are expected to be ready for use by 2020.

The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says since receiving notice that African Swine Fever had been confirmed in China, there has tremendous progress in the United States in both prevention and preparedness.

Canadian producers are being asked to share their views on proposed changes to seed royalty structures for cereal crops in a new online survey.

The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is encouraging grain producers to consider the potential benefits to be derived from the use of hog manure fertilizer.