News - Pork Producers

A researcher with the Prairie Swine Centre says, by placing different objects in the pen, pork producers will be providing an outlet that will stimulate the pig’s natural desire to seek out food, to root and to explore.

A Veterinary Epidemiologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development reports western Canada’s pork industry has continued to keep Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea at bay.

The Canadian Pork Council is encouraging pork producers to consider the many benefits of complying with new regulations requiring the reporting of movements of live hogs.

An Alberta based swine veterinarian is advising pork producers to avoid the use of blood plasma products in swine rations and where the products are used to source them only from certified processing plants.

A professor with the University of Minnesota says, by increasing the longevity of the sow, pork producers have an opportunity to improve productivity and profitability.

The president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says thanks to improved profitability in 2014 pork producers are in a much better position to consider investing in swine barn upgrades and repairs.

The barn manager with Starlight Colony is advising swine producers and transporters to take extra care in ensuring transportation equipment is working properly during extremely cold weather.

A Veterinary Epidemiologist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is encouraging pork producers to treat all high hog traffic sites they visit as being PED positive.

An agricultural economics professor with the University of Missouri expects live hog prices to remain profitable until the end of 2015.

The chair of Sask Pork is warning Saskatchewan’s pork producers to be prepared for reduced profitability as pork production expands in response to record profits this past summer.