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Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Dying Hog Industry Asks For A Billion

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It might not make me very popular in some circles, but the imminent demise of the hog industry in Canada leaves me kind of cold. Oh, I’m as worried as anyone about the job losses in communities that rely on hog barns for local jobs. But the industry itself isn’t one that I brood over.
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Environmental Regulations Squeeze Spanish Hog Farmers

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“It was a successful model. It seemed like everybody was winning.” – VICTORIA SOLDEVILA Large-scale hog farming worked wonders for the Catalonian economy – for a while. Economically depressed for decades by a long civil war and later the rule of fascist dictator Francisco Franco, the Spanish autonomous territory bordered by France on one side
Hogs, Livestock

Egypt To Slaughter 400,000 Pigs

Egypt started seizing and slaughtering herds of pigs April 30 as a precaution against Influenza A H1N1, officials and farmers said, despite resistance by farmers and criticism from the United Nations. Egypt, already hit hard by bird flu, fears another flu virus could spread quickly in a country where most of the roughly 80 million
Hogs, Livestock

Dealing With Sick Or Injured Pigs

Just treating pigs with antibiotics without knowing the cause of the health problem is not only hit and miss, but will delay effective treatment and possibly compromise pig welfare. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and edi tor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week
Hogs, Livestock

First of two articles on identifying and working with sick pigs

There are few pig production skills that are as fundamental as the ability to recognize a sick, injured or disadvantaged pig so that action can be taken to treat it, euthanize it or remove it from the group. Yet it’s clear from my experience visiting many farms that this skill is not universal and that
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Hog Co-Op To Open New Yards Outside Winnipeg

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Manitoba hog-handling facilities are returning to a familiar location – next to a livestock yard. Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op will open a hog assembly point at the site of Winnipeg Livestock Sales Ltd., located in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, producers learned last week. It’s back to the future for the producer-owned co-op, which once
Hogs, Livestock

DDGS Hailed As Swine Feed Option

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The United States and Canada should join forces to create a win-win situation for ethanol production and hog farming. That was the message from an Alberta scientist to a recent international grains conference in Guatemala. Eduardo Beltranena, an Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development research scientist, said U. S. ethanol plants can broaden their markets by
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China Blames Blue Ear For Over 1,000 Pig Deaths

Blue ear disease has killed more than 1,000 pigs in the northern province of Shanxi, but agriculture experts said the spread of the disease should be contained by a vaccination program. Local authorities have sealed villages and forced local breeders to vaccinate pigs to prevent the spread of the disease, which killed 1,056 pigs in
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Air filters can help contain disease

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Air filters are working to keep pigs safe from porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome (PRRS), Dr. Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota told a recent industry day organized by the Ontario Pork Industry Council (OPIC). The lab and research farm results are confirmed by farm experience, said veterinarian Darwin Reicks of the nine-veterinarian Swine
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Hog producers pinch pennies as crisis continues

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Colin Hatch will only say his company’s sales are down “marginally.” But his body language suggests otherwise. Like other businesses servicing the hog industry, Elanco Animal Health is feeling the pinch. Low prices, high costs and trade barriers are causing producers to leave the industry. Fewer producers mean fewer pigs and, as a result, lower

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