“For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.” (Psalm 66:10)The mineral silver is found among other minerals and ores. For it to be precious, moldable, and fashionable – it has to be refined. If there is silver in the ore it needs to be smelted at 962 degrees Celsius
Never the twain shall meet -Harvest by fire!What’s the meaning of the phrase ‘Never the twain shall meet’ – Two things which are so different as to have no opportunity to unite. While not pursuing that phrase specifically, it reminded me of the 2019 harvest that began in August 2019 and for some farmers
Dr. Gray’s article prepared for AlbertaFarm Animal Care
During the era of Covid-19, these unprecedented times bring high anxiety as we do not have all the answers. One minute, we’re told not to wear masks, and the next, well…you better get yourself a mask.The pig industry is certainly not free from the anxiety of this
In a news release, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) says CEBA has potential to provide up to $670 million directly to farmers from the forgivable portion of CEBA interest-free loans.The Canadian Emergency Business Account has potential to provide up to $670 million directly to farmers from the forgivable portion of Canadian Emergency Business Account
HyLife made two business deals recently that shows the company continues to be serious about growing the business in North America.The most recent announced on May 22, has HyLife partnering with Glen Taylor, purchasing 75 per cent equity interest of Prime Pork LLC from Taylor Corporation.The critical element here is additional processing capacity for
Late last month, Ceva Animal Health hosted a successful webinar, “Maximize Your Farm Security”, in which Dr. John Carr and Avery Zeng provided their view on biosecurity, with a focus on the ASF experience in China. (More on the seminars in a future issue).Dr. Carr, in his opening remarks to 800 swine industry representatives
The identification of genetic traits that contribute to disease resilience in swine could become a mainstream approach to protecting pigs from diseases.Since 2015 an international team of scientists is contributing to a natural disease challenge model established at the CDPQ wean to finish commercial research facilities in Quebec for evaluating the resilience of swine
Ten years ago, Arian de Bekker helped develop an agricultural co-operative (Independent Hog Farmers Co-op Inc.) specifically for independent pig farmers. Its aim to combine the volume of production to access opportunities in purchasing goods and farm insurance and provide technical and management education.De Bekker said the co-op formed officially in 2011, but existed
Swine Innovation Porc recently released its African swine fever research priorities.There priorities were set by a working group of swine health experts in Canada and the United States who performed an analysis of research priorities related to ASF:Surveillance and Animal Healthi.e. Rapid diagnostic testing and pen-side diagnosticsi.e. Testing protocols to demonstrate that pork and/or
Dr. Jette Christensen – Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network said the first quarter of 2020 saw a dramatic improvement in the swine disease status in western Canada.Dr. Christensen said the first quarter was extremely quiet.“I’ve seen all diseases, all syndromes returning to the baseline across the clinical impression surveys, across all the laboratory
