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USDA Finds More Show Pigs With H1N1 Flu Virus

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Six pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair last month have been confirmed as having had the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 29. The USDA said it is running confirmatory tests on samples from another six pigs that tested positive for the virus during preliminary tests. Some of those
Hogs, Livestock

Swine Fever May Impede Growth In Russia Herd

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The spread of African swine fever, a deadly hog disease, to near St. Petersburg could threaten Russia’s attempts to become self-sufficient in pork production, the U. S. Meat Export Federation said Oct. 28 in a note to members. “If recent ASF outbreaks in Russia are as widespread as available information indicates, they could represent a
Hogs, Livestock

Get Your H1N1 Flu Shot

Turkeys on a farm in Ontario have become infected with the H1N1 flu virus, but no birds or eggs from the farm entered the food supply, provincial government officials said Oct. 20. The infection poses minimal risk to human health, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, said in a news conference in
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“Managing Supply” An Option For Battered Hog Farmers

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“The nice thing about managing supply is it actually gives producers the tools to get it (returns) from the marketplace and we don’t keep going back to government with our hands out.” – IAN WISHART Canadian hog farmers should consider managing supplies, as American potato growers do, to avoid excess production and depressed prices, says
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Manure Management Initiative Expands Its Board

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The Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative (“Manure Initiative”) board of directors recently welcomed seven new members to the board. “Since its inception, the Manure Initiative has made every effort to form a board with a good cross-section of government (Agriculture, Conservation), academic (University of Manitoba), and agri-industry (Manitoba Pork Council, Maple Leaf Foods) expertise,” it
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Pork Council Looks For An Action Plan

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“It’s a short period of time (to get organized), but there was a clear message from the summit that we need to follow up on the ideas.” The Canadian Pork Council will establish a steering group to develop a strategy for acting on all the ideas for bettering the sector that were advanced at the
Hogs, Livestock, News, Poultry

East-West Biosecurity Divide

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The federal government seems to be on the verge of announcing money to run an around-the-clock biosecurity centre at West Hawk Lake near the Manitoba-Ontario border. West Hawk has been chosen as the dividing point between Western and Eastern Canada should there be an outbreak of a foreign animal disease. Canadians hope to convince trading
Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Oct. 29, 2009

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Consumer and producer disconnect growing While I appreciate and share Laura Rance’s concern for the world’s needy “Stuffed and starved,” Manitoba Co-operator Oct. 15, 2009, I can’t help but feel her editorial is, in itself, a prime example of the growing consumer/ producer disconnect that Rance refers to and which many fellow producers wish to
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Debate Reflects Deep Divide Over Sow Stall Ban

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“It’s about the pigs and the people, not just the pigpen.” – LAURIE CONNOR, U OF M Arecent speakers’ panel of animal welfare specialists generally agreed on phasing out sow gestation crates, but differed widely on how to get there. Sow stall opponents called for immediate action to eliminate sow crates, while others urged a
Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Looking Beyond The Bars

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One of the perks of writing a column about agriculture in a major city daily is the feedback one gets from urban folks about farming issues. The level and intensity of interest is surprising at times. For instance, a column last summer outlining the gist and possible implications of the proposed federal support package for

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