Agriculture News Archives

A research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says aggression, one of the key challenges in working with group housed sows, can be curbed by providing various forms of enrichment.

The Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says there’s a strong desire among western Canada’s pork processing plants to be able to access increased numbers of slaughter hogs from Saskatchewan.

A Minto area farmer says livestock producers have an opportunity to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases by reducing their use of fossil fuels.

A professor in the Animal Welfare Program observes the public’s level of concern on matters relating to animal welfare is much higher than its level of awareness of the complexity of the issues, creating a major communication challenge.

The President of Brumm Swine Consultancy says, to accommodate today’s heavier market weight hogs, pork producers need to be looking at increasing the size of their feeders.

The Manitoba Sustainable Energy Association suggests the production and use of renewable energy has a role to play in meeting the greenhouse gas reductions being targeted by the world’s meat producers.

Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives has kick-started their official first year of operations by announcing an exciting $25,000 program partnership agreement with McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada to provide outreach and tours for Manitoba beef producers.

A Manitoba research study has shown the virus responsible for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea can survive for long periods of time but the infectivity of the virus will vary according its depth in the lagoon and environmental conditions.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, while export demand for pork has been sluggish, domestic demand has been holding firm.

A professor in animal welfare says changes in attitudes toward animal welfare are being driven by both the public and those involved in raising animals.