Just after The Canada-West Swine Health Intelligence Network reported on Erysipelas, Rotavirus, Greasy Pig, and Influenza as the main diseases identified by swine veterinarians during the first quarter of 2018, Manitoba confirmed a new case of PEDv on May 15, 2018, in a finisher barn in Southeastern Manitoba. Biocontainment on this site is in
Early in 2017, as the swine industry in Manitoba was gearing up for another great year, a PED Virus outbreak hit the industry hard, and it took most of the year get the dreaded disease under control.
The Office of Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer said all but three of the 80 swine herds infected during
Colin Robertson, the Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, is confident, despite missing another deadline for completion of a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal is still possible.
An informal deadline passed in May when the U.S. had hoped to have a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement in place to
Nutritional strategies for improving performance, profitability and sustainability took centre stage at a conference that brought some of the livestock industry’s top researchers together on May 2 and 3.
On the morning of the second day, scientists from the University of Alberta, the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Sherbrooke, QC shared
At the recent AGM of the Manitoba Pork Council Michael Young, the Vice-President Technical Programs and Marketing Services with Canada Pork International demonstrated how he sells pork around the world, especially to the Asian people in Japan, China, and South Korea. It starts with the branding known as Verified Canadian Pork and its role
Hog slaughter and meat processing lines at the Pine Haven Colony were restarted in mid-May, roughly a month after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall of pork products sold from the plant from Feb. 19 through April 24.
Alberta Health Services announced on March 29 that it was investigating an outbreak of pathogenic
HyLife, a Manitoba integrated pork processor, headquartered in La Broquerie, with business around the world recently held an Open House to show the completion of its pork processing facility expansion and upgrade project.
The company focused the bulk of its investment modernizing the Integrated Pork Processing Plant in Neepawa with leading-edge technology making it one
Wow, here we are at the third of six editions already in 2018. I am barely getting used to writing or typing 2018 and I have begun initial planning for 2019 release dates.
After an extremely long winter, record breaking in my area, seeding is in full swing. Some guys are done and some yet still
Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is suggesting it is time Canadians give up the supply management system.
In a recent keynote speech at CropConnect in Winnipeg he said dismantling the system would create a boom for food processors and provide more affordable food for consumers.
At the same time Mulroney did suggest that farmers would need
The Wheat Growers very much relevant in today’s farming environment We attended the annual meeting of the Western Wheat Growers Association in Washington D.C. and I am writing this column from our DC hotel listening, reading, and watching reports of snow and more snow at home.
One reason for going to the WCWG’s convention was
