The Swine Health Information Center is working on multiple fronts stakeholders on African Swine Fever preparedness, prevention, and response as part of its mission to protect and enhance the health of the U.S. swineherd.
Swine Health Information Center Executive Director Dr. Paul Sundberg first outlined the situation with ASF.
“The virus continues to spread
The Federal, Provincial, and Territorial (FPT) Ministers of Agriculture concluded their two-day annual meeting in Quebec City on July 19.
During the meeting, Alberta’s Agriculture and Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen strongly recommended the federal government take urgent action to provide support to the agriculture industry in the short and long term.
The industry is currently experiencing
Porcine epidemic diarrhea has once again surfaced in Manitoba. According to the Manitoba Pork Council 60 cases of PED (24 finisher barns, eleven nursery barns, 24 sow units, one quarantine) up until July 26. Of those facilities with infected pigs, 48 are in southeast Manitoba, nine west of the Red River in the Lowe
Here we are in the fourth of six editions in 2019, the time seems to fly by faster and faster every year. Thinking of how fast time goes the release dates for 2020 can be found on page 41. Also on page 41 is the call for advertisers for the 2020 Prairie Hog Country
The Lacombe Research and Development Centre is part of a research project with Swine Innovation Porc (SIP) to generate research, commercial testing, and cost estimates of different technologies for online pork classification based on the proposed Canada Pork International quality rating’s system.
The new tools are to improve and standardize the classification of Canadian
Thunder Creek Pork Awards and Open House On July 16th about 40 people attended the 8th annual producers Open House for Thunder Creek Pork. Those in attendance represented both producers and members of the industry. A processing plant tour was followed by a delicious pork lunch, then a Q & A session
Mounds of Dead Pigs
International livestock veterinarian consultant and lecturer Dr. John Carr said this recently about African Swine Fever in China, “Some Chinese, I think, are living with it, but not proving too successful so far. So instead of dying [THE INDUSTRY] within two weeks, you’re dying in six months.”
When Dr. Carr
Biosecurity is very important
Advanced Agri Direct won 2nd place for booth winner.
Strutting your stuff is just one aspect of a major trade show that recently wrapped up its 45th edition. Volunteers, sponsors and exhibitors who are all part of Alberta Pork Congress swept into Red Deer on the afternoon of June 11, bent on
Ingredients Spinach Stuffing 1-2 Tbsp (15-30 mL) butter 1 bunch fresh spinach, rinsed and trimmed 2 cloves garlic, crushed 4 Tbsp (60 mL) feta cheese, crumbled Mustard Mop 3-4 Tbsp (45-60 mL) House of Q Smoke Gold Slather and Sauce 3-4 Tbsp (45-60 mL) white sugar 2 Tbsp (30 mL) cider vinegar Pork Chops
U.S. Hosted a ASF Event Manitoba Pork attended an African Swine Fever Tabletop Exercise recently in Wisconsin, hosted by Johnsonville Foods and the U.S. National Pork Board. The goal of the event was to help develop a response for U.S. packers in case ASF comes to North America. An interactive display with strategically
