Reading Time: 3 minutes The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Revamp started on Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Pigs turn the thermostat down
Study shows when pigs control barn temperatures, they prefer it on the cooler side
Reading Time: 3 minutes A study from the Prairie Swine Centre showed that pigs prefer to keep temperatures lower in the barn when they have control of the thermostat, which helps producers keep their pigs happier and save on their utilities bill.
China blocks pig, boar imports from Bangladesh due to African swine fever
Chinese farmers have ramped up slaughter under cost, price pressure, ASF outbreak
China has prohibited the import of pig, pig products and wild boars from Bangladesh after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in the country's major port city of Chittagong.
PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15
Program costs 'unsustainable' without price increase
One of the prices producers pay for hog traceability will be going up 10 per cent. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a notice to producers Wednesday that the Canadian Pork Council will apply a 10 per cent increase to the prices of PigTrace ear tags and accessories, effective Dec. 15. Table: PigTrace ear tag […] Read more
Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork
Three initiatives will be funded through the federal African swine fever preparedness program
The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three initiatives: Squeal on Pigs, increased […] Read more
Company targets precision feeding in hog barns
Funding heats things up for Manitoba ag-tech startup
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – A Canadian agricultural tech startup hopes its product will raise the bar for feed monitoring systems in hog barns. “Our sensor goes right on the feed line within the barns, as opposed to general load cells, which go on the bins, or laser systems that are at the top of the bin […] Read more
Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine fever vaccines
U.S. Agriculture Secretary says farmers may purchase as precaution despite no domestic cases
Hanoi | Reuters – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United States, and AVAC ASF LIVE […] Read more
New year sees lower hog prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hog prices have dipped this year, says provincial livestock analyst Ann Boyda. As of March 10, hog prices had averaged $1.81 per kilogram, down about six per cent from the same period a year earlier, Boyda said in an Agri-News article. However, prices in 2022 (which averaged $2.27 a kilogram for the year) were nearly […] Read more
Piglet ‘weaning ramp’ earns Aherne Prize
Temple Grandin praises innovative ramp that saves the backs of workers and is gentler on piglets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Two employees of HyLife sow farms in La Broquerie, Man., have won the F. X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production at the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. In most sow farms, the weaning process typically involves picking up piglets, vaccinating them and separating them by sex. But repeatedly collecting and picking up […] Read more
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