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Changes To Trailers Will Improve Animal Welfare

A Blumenort livestock transport company has designed a trailer that could improve conditions for travelling hogs. The trailer allows for more space to be utilized for the animals and a new system for regulating temperature. No other livestock trailer in North America provides all of this, a release from Steve’s Livestock says. “It took a
Country Crossroads, Hogs

Wisinedaa!

Emphasizing healthy, mindful eating that emphasizes the wholesome goodness of food raised and grown in the region is what’s behind another initiative in Manitoba’s south-central region; the Wisinedaacookbook. Pronounced “wee sin en da” the title of this cookbook means “Let’s Eat” in Ojibway. It was put together by participants in cooking classes offered at the
Hogs, Livestock

More Loan Deadlines Loom For Hog Producers

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As Manitoba hog farmers struggle to repay their federal advance payment loans, another loan repayment deadline is looming. Over 130 provincial loans worth more than $40 million will start coming due for hog producers next April. Many producers are having trouble with their long-postponed advance payments and may find it even harder to repay loans
Hogs, Livestock

Feeding Sows Ad Lib Boosts Piglet Weaning Weights

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. Young’s own research (Table 1) showed that more than four per cent of all sows ate less than four kg and 17.5 per cent ate less
Hogs, News

Maple Leaf Urged To Put Meat Plant In Manitoba

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Manitoba hog producers hope Maple Leaf Foods will locate a new prepared meats plant here to accompany its existing pork operations in the province. The plant promised by Maple Leaf would be a natural fit for the company’s stated purpose of consolidating food-processing operations, said Karl Kynoch, Manitoba Pork Council chairman. Since Maple Leaf already
Cereals, Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Oct. 14, 2010

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Tariffs dropped:A federal decision to remove tariffs on imported vessels in the St. Lawrence Seaway is good news for western Canadian farmers, the Canadian Wheat Board says. “By removing the 25 per cent tariff on imported vessels, the Government of Canada has made the purchase of new lakers more economically feasible, helping to ensure farmers
Hogs, Livestock, News

Producers Must Now Register Livestock

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Attention Manitoba livestock producers. Tell the government where your animals are. A new program launched this month requires producers to register the land on which their livestock are kept with the province. Called premises identification, it’s part of a national initiative to develop a livestock traceability program which identifies farm animals, spots their location and
Hogs, Livestock

U. S. Hog Herd Stays Small

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USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Oct. 1 put the U. S. hog herd as of Sept. 1 at 64.991 million head, or 97.4 per cent of last year. That is the smallest September 1 hog herd since 2006. However, the smaller herd was expected as analysts, on average, had estimated it at 97.2 per
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Producers Crawling Back To Break-Even Point

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Hog prices have finally returned to profitable levels but it’ll take years for pork producers to recover from their worst financial crisis in recent history, an industry official says. Repaying massive debts racked up over the last three years will be a tough job for hog producers who haven’t already left the industry, predicts Andrew

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