Agriculture News Archives

The chair of the Canadian Pork Council is applauding the stand being taken by the government of Canada to ensure the United States addresses Canadian and Mexican concerns over U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.

The manager of PigTrace Canada says the use of mobile devices has been the most popular method for reporting the movements of swine to the PigTrace database.

The general manager of Redhand Limited says the use of a new technology, manure agitation boats, provides improved consistency when applying the nutrients contained in swine manure fertilizer held in earthen manure storages to crop land.

In a first for the event, an Eden Area Hutterite Colony has captured the top two spots at the 2015 Hog Days Brandon Pork Quality Competition.

Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer says achieving PED Presumptive Negative status demonstrate this virus can be contained and eliminated from the herd.

The manager of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, despite recent declines in live hog prices, there are opportunities to lock in profits on the futures market this coming spring and summer.

The executive director of the U.S. based Swine Health Information Center says researchers are stepping up their focus on understanding the risks associated with contaminated feed in spreading the virus responsible for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The national biosecurity specialist with Vetoquinol Canada says pork producers can dramatically reduce the risk of their herds becoming infected by disease by thoroughly cleaning their barns.

Difficulties accessing labor and swine barn renovations are being blamed for a reduction in the number of entries in this year’s Brandon Hog Days Pork Quality Competition.

A consultant with FGC Construction advises pork producers who are deciding whether to convert their sow barns from stall housing to group housing to consider several factors.