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Lactation Management Impacts Future Parity Productivity

March 17, 2011

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. about two to four and embryo survival by about 10 to 20 per cent, Kemp says. First-litter sows are especially vulnerable, due to their restricted feed

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In Brief… – for Mar. 10, 2011

By Reuters March 10, 2011

Cash for clunkers:Russia will spend an extra four billion rubles from this year’s budget to subsidize farm equipment leasing and may look into a “cash for clunkers” scheme to boost tractor purchases, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. “I hope it will help reap a good harvest and stabilize the situation with food prices,” he told

Hogs, Livestock

South Korea Re-Opens Slaughterhouses

March 10, 2011

South Korea, battling against its worst foot-and- mouth outbreak, said March 2 it had reopened most slaughterhouses nationwide to ease a supply shortage after closing them to contain the animal disease. The government of Asia’s fourth-largest economy said in a separate statement that it had confirmed 150 cases in 11 provinces in three months so

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Small Hog Producers Get Manure Storage Break

By Ron Friesen March 3, 2011

Manitoba hog producers have received over $26 million to help small operators convert to large manure storages in advance of a 2013 ban on winter spreading. The money from Ottawa and the province will cover 75 per cent of a producer’s construction costs to a maximum $250,000. Ottawa funds 60 per cent of the three-year

Hogs, Livestock

Tubing Piglets Gives A Quick Energy Boost – for Mar. 3, 2011

March 3, 2011

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. Larger litters have created a new challenge in recent years when it comes to maximizing piglet survival rates. It is not unusual to see barns averaging

Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Manitoba Has The Opportunity To Lead On Animal Welfare

By Lynn Kavanagh February 24, 2011

The animal agriculture industry is fond of telling the public their animals are well cared for. It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words, so when the public is presented with an image of a sow confined to a metal-barred gestation crate barely larger than her body and told that this is

Crops, Hogs

South Korea Imports More Pork

By Lee Shin-hyung February 17, 2011

South Korea plans to expand tariff-free pork imports to ease a supply shortage caused by outbreaks of foot-andmouth disease and to ease inflation, Vice Finance Minister Yim Jong-yong said on Friday. The South Korean government in late January said it might raise a quota for tariff-free pork imports from 60,000 tonnes as pork prices spiked

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Manitoba Second-Largest Recipient Of Hog Exit Money

By Ron Friesen February 17, 2011

Afederal program to help financially stressed hog farmers leave the industry saw 74 Manitoba producers receive $15.6 million to close their barns and sell their herds. The program reduced the number of pigs in Manitoba by 136,381, including 36,748 sows, 45,073 weanlings and 54,734 market hogs, according to the Canadian Pork Council. Manitoba was the

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Heavier Carcasses Good For Producer And Processor

February 17, 2011

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. The trend to heavier hog carcass weights benefits both the producer and the processor, said two speakers at the recent Banff Pork Seminar. Ron Gietz, with

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Hog Traceability Gets Second-Phase Funding

By Ron Friesen February 17, 2011

Canada’s national hog traceability system moved into a new phase last week, courtesy of $3.7 million in federal funding. The money will go toward developing a national centralized database to record the movement of pigs across Canada. It comes on top of a previous $3.3 million from Ottawa last May to create the first phase

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Lactation Management Impacts Future Parity Productivity

In Brief… – for Mar. 10, 2011

South Korea Re-Opens Slaughterhouses

Small Hog Producers Get Manure Storage Break

Tubing Piglets Gives A Quick Energy Boost – for Mar. 3, 2011

Manitoba Has The Opportunity To Lead On Animal Welfare

South Korea Imports More Pork

Manitoba Second-Largest Recipient Of Hog Exit Money

Heavier Carcasses Good For Producer And Processor

Hog Traceability Gets Second-Phase Funding

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