Daily Network News

More News →

Hogs

Hogs, Livestock

Air Filtration Keeps Disease At Bay

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. Diseases such as PRRS, swine influenza and mycoplasma cost the North American pork industry hundreds of millions each year. For producers of swine genetics, including boar
Hogs, News

Record pork purchases by China

China in 2008 bought from around the world the most pork ever by a single country, which eclipsed the 2005 record set by Japan, the U. S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) said Feb. 3. However, because of increased pork production in China, the USMEF doubts that record will be matched in 2009. Based on import
Hogs, Other

Canadian Pork Council restructures board

The Canadian Pork Council will pare back its board from 18 to 11 members under a new structure to take effect this month. The council last week also announced a new corporate logo and its move to a new office on Laurier Avenue West, about five blocks south of Parliament Hill. The CPC said it
Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

Ritz says expanding trade key priority

By
Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz wants to focus on finding more customers for Canadian farm and food products and less on the future of Prairie barley marketing. Speaking to reporters in mid-January after official visits to India and Hong Kong, the minister said he’s looking forward to trips to the Middle East, Russia, Mexico and China
Hogs, Livestock Markets

Better hog prices seen in 2009

By
“Depending on where U. S. domestic pork supplies end up, hog prices should increase in the first half of 2009.” – Brad Marceniuk, Saskatchewan Agriculture Canada’s hog producers should see better prices in 2009 than in 2008, according to projections made by livestock specialists. A favourable price outlook for U. S. hog values and a
Hogs, Livestock Markets

U. K. seeks clearer food labels after pork scare

OXFORD/REUTERS Britain is pushing for clearer food labelling in the European Union following last month’s scare with dioxin-tainted Irish pork, Farm Minister Hilary Benn said Jan. 6. Benn told the annual Oxford Farming Conference that under current EU regulations, a product’s country of origin is the place where it underwent its last significant process. “A
Hogs, Other

Increasing sow and gilt nutrient intake during lactation

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 Co-operator. Second of two articles on nutrition during lactation In my previous article, I looked at the factors that influence sow feed
Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U. S. hog data hints herd reduction over

By
A sharp drop in feed grain prices during the latter half of 2008 apparently ended hog producers’ plans to pare herds, a move that could mean more hogs in 2009 than previously expected, analysts said after viewing USDA hog herd data Dec. 30. Opinions were mixed on the direction of February and April contracts, with
Hogs, Other

Philippines investigates Ebola in pigs

The Philippines has asked the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for help in stopping the spread of Ebola-Reston virus after an infection was found in some hog farms early this year, an official said on Dec. 17. The Agriculture Department has sent requests to the FAO to test an initial 10,000 swine in two

AgCanadaTV

AgCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for March 6, 2026

Sponsored by:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →