What is a farmer’s relationship with environmental and animal welfare certification programs? Would it be right to say that it’s complicated? On one hand, farmers feel targeted by those in the activist community who reject the realities of modern agriculture. No genetically modified anything. No fertilizer. No pesticides. Small holdings with a few chickens,
Slicing bread: On July 19, 2022 – the 50th anniversary of CerealsCanada, two ceremonial loaves of Canadian grown, in-house milled and baked bread were cut by CEO Dean Dias and Ag Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. (Cereals Canada supplied photo)
The forerunner to Cereal Canada, the Canadian International Grains Institute or CIGI as known to many, started
The National Pork Producers Council said the allocation of federal funding for African Swine Fever control made a powerful statement about the U.S. commitment to foreign animal disease prevention. In July representatives of the NPPC, the National Pork Board and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and Foreign Agricultural Service travelled to the Dominican
Dr. John Carr a world livestock consultant, veterinarian, and lecturer, living in Brisbane, Australia and no stranger to the hog industry in Canada shared some thoughts personally and business about the world hog industry on a recent The Swine It podcast show with host Dr. Laura Greiner.“Okay. I’m a veterinarian and I love pigs.
Tyler Fulton director of risk management with HAMS Marketing Services said profitability in the swine sector through this winter and into early spring will depend mainly on feed grain prices. Summer – fall is when the cash hog supply tightens due to typical seasonal trends and lower growth performance in the hot weather, especially in
The Precision Swine Vet Team, based in Red Deer. Photo is from Alberta Pork Congress June 2022.
Your veterinary team is undoubtedly among the most important players in your operation. Its crew of skilled professionals advise and treat, analyze, and adjust to help you help your herd. But who is helping your veterinarian? Earlier this year,
The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network (CWSHIN) advised pork producers in Manitoba to cautiously spread manure this fall due to the high number of manure storages contaminated with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus. Digestion syndrome was among the themes of the CWSHIN swine disease surveillance report for the second quarter of 2022. Any disease or
Guests exploring the freefarrowing system.
Ribbon Cutting with officials from local and provincialGovernment, Manitoba PorkCouncil and Topigs executives.
On September 21, Topigs Norsvin officially opened its new nucleus farm Innova Canada which cost about 30 million dollars, near Plumas, MB. The company said the new facility Innova Canada is an important step in developing Topigs Norsvin as
LtoR: 1970 Bishop Joseph Kleinsasser, Queen Elizabeth II, JacobKleinsasser at the Miltown Colony near Eli, MB.(Pictures supplied by Ian Kleinsasser)
Ian Kleinsasser is an English teacher at the Crystal Spring Colony near Ste. Agathe, MB and his article Red Mittens for the Queen offers a plausible explanation of how Queen Elizabeth II of England visited
Tyler Fulton the director of risk management with HAMS Marketing Services advises pork producers to lock in their feed costs as they forward contract their hog production. The North American hog sector has started transitioning from the tight hog supplies of summer as numbers ramp up and are in line with those of the last
