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In Brief… – for Aug. 11, 2011

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Correction:The following four winter wheats – CDC Kestrel, CDC Clair, CDC Harrier, CDC Raptor and CDC Falcon will be transferred from the Canada Western Red Winter wheat class to the Canada Western General Purpose class Aug. 1, 2013. Incorrect information appeared in last week’s edition. CDC Falcon will remain in the CWRW class past 2013
Hogs, Livestock

Early Nursery Performance Not Affected By Diet Complexity

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Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Recent research by Dr. Denise Beaulieu at the Prairie Swine Centre suggests that the response of newly weaned pigs to two dietary regimes based on a
Hogs, Livestock

Pfizer Brings Boar-Taint Remedy To Canada

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Canadian hog producers will soon be able to immunize male pigs against boar taint as an alternative to castration. Pfizer Animal Health has received regulatory approval to launch Improvest, a product that has been available in other pork-producing countries for more than a decade. Improvest is a protein that uses the pig’s own immune system
Hogs, Livestock

Innovative Research Addresses Industry Challenges

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BERNIE PEET Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba The Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) plays a unique role in the Canadian pork industry as one of the few establishments carrying out
Hogs, Livestock

Don’t Bring This Baggage Home

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging travellers to be mindful of the role they play in keeping Canada free of serious foreign animal diseases. “Travellers should be extra vigilant at the border in light of recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Asia, classical swine fever in Europe, and African swine fever in Russia. While
Hogs, Livestock

China To Stabilize Pork Prices

China will do more to boost pork supply and stabilize prices as part of efforts to check inflation, the state council said July 28. Pork prices fell last week, for the first time since April, data from the Commerce Ministry showed. The price of pork, a staple food, is particularly sensitive in China since it
Hogs, Livestock

China Banks On Massive Pork Farms

BEIJING/SHANGHAI/REUTERS A growing number of firms have laid out plans to build massive industrial-scale pig farms in China, the world’s largest pork consumer, as Beijing resumed a $2.5-billion-yuan subsidy to spur pig breeding and prevent future supply shocks. China, the pork powerhouse of the world, produces some 50 million tonnes of pork each year and
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Federal Funds Diverted From Beef To Hogs

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While Manitoba’s hog industry celebrated some rare good news last week, the beef sector was reeling from yet another setback in the bid to re-establish federally inspected beef slaughter capacity here. Citing unspecified problems with the Keystone Processors Ltd. business plan, the federal government has withdrawn $10 million in financing it promised the beef-processing company
Hogs, Livestock

Danish Research Targets Sow Longevity

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In my previous article, I explained how the Danish industry is improving productivity and reducing production costs through a focused research and development program which quickly
Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Hog Farms Drive Growth With Genetics, Husbandry

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U.S. hog producers are using genetics, modern farm housing, and animal husbandry to maximize pork production without greatly expanding costs for feed and barn construction, industry sources said. With global demand for food growing quickly and production land limited or even shrinking, pressures are mounting to produce more with the same or less throughout agriculture.

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