Washington | Reuters –– U.S. meat and poultry production will rise to a record 95.13 million pounds in 2015, with gains in pork and poultry output more than offsetting a slight drop in beef production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast on Thursday. Total U.S. pork production was seen up 5.5 per cent at 24.09 […] Read more
U.S. pork production seen at record high in 2015, beef lower
Pork producers urged to remain vigilant for PED virus over the fall and winter
New cases of porcine epidemic diarrhea in Manitoba have Alberta producers being warned not to drop their guard
Reading Time: 4 minutes Alberta pork producers are being warned to remain vigilant about a deadly pig virus, but may face another threat — falling prices if the U.S. herd rebounds from the PEDv crisis. The province’s pork sector has been successful in keeping porcine epidemic diarrhea out of Alberta, but new cases in Manitoba in the past month […] Read more
Novak: New pig welfare code shows ‘extremists’ wrong
Frank Novak says new guidelines on pain mitigation and gestation stalls show pork producers are responding to concerns
Reading Time: 3 minutes New rules phasing out gestation stalls and requiring pain medication for castration are proof pork producers are responding to consumer concerns, says the chair of Alberta Pork. “We think it’s an important thing to have, and if we follow the code, we’ll have to deal with less random outside influence, if you will,” said Frank […] Read more
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