The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council is calling on government, scientists and industry to set increased feed barley yields as a research priority.
The Governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $999,500 in a new research facility to support the province’s livestock producers in addressing production efficiency and environmental challenges.
Manitoba’s minister of entrepreneurship, training and trade expects a new Agricultural By-Products Processing Research and Demonstration Facility planned for the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station to have far reaching benefits.
Pork producers are applauding the planned construction of a new Agricultural By-Products Processing Research and Demonstration Facility at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station.
The addition of a new research nutritionist to the staff of the Prairie Swine Centre will enhance the facility’s ability to anticipate and address the evolving nutritional needs of the Canadian swine industry.
An Alberta based feed research scientist is advising pork producers to withdraw corn DDGS from grower finisher diets two to three weeks prior to marketing to preserve backfat hardness and belly quality.
Research conducted at the Prairie Swine Centre indicates pigs raised in large groups are much easier to handle than those raised in small groups.
A joint Manitoba-Israel collaboration on research into wetlands and watersheds will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the province, Water Stewardship Minister Christine Melnick announced.
Ms. Candice Hoeppner, Member of Parliament for Portage-Lisgar, today announced on behalf of the Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, $250,000 in funding to modernize the Morden Research Station in Morden, Manitoba.
Research underway at the University of Manitoba suggests dried distillers grains with solubles have the potential to play an important role in swine nutrition.
