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Ohio Creates Board To Set State Livestock Policy

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“This is just another layer, plain and simple, of bureaucracy they are going to have to deal with.” – ROGER WI SE, OHIO FARMERS UNION Ohioans have voted to create a board to set state policy on livestock handling, a move state farm groups had sought to head off laws or ballot initiatives similar to
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Sow Stalls: Ethics, Perceptions, And Animal Welfare

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What if we granted that, of course animals can be raised for food, but that tightly caging them in gestation stalls is unethical because they are mammals? Dana Medoro is associate professor of American literature at the University of Manitoba and a member of the Farm Animal Welfare Committee with the Winnipeg Humane Society. The
Livestock, Opinion

Sow Stall Issue Won’t Go Away Until Sow Stalls Do

In reference to Ron Friesen’s article: I attended the debate at the University of Manitoba referred to in Ron Friesen’s Oct. 22 article “Debate Reflects Deep Divide Over Sow Stall Ban.” I was shocked that the activists, the Office of the Chief Vet represented by Dr. Wayne Lees and the proponents of sow stalls represented
Hogs, Livestock, News

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
Hogs, Livestock

Targeting Breeding Herd Output Fundamental

Breeding targets can only be achieved when there is a ready supply of gilts available to replace sows that are culled or which die. 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. In my
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Manitoba Pork Producers Ease Toward Sow Stall Ban

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“We think this is something we can’t ignore.” – MIKE TEILLET, MPC The Manitoba Pork Council may be edging toward supporting the eventual elimination of gestation crates for pregnant sows. A proposed policy statement in a sustainable development strategy being developed by the council calls for more research on, and a possible switch to, alternative
Livestock, News

Coalition To Step Up Anti-Confinement Activity

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“They don’t really understand what the welfare picture is in Canada.” – SHANYN SILINSKI, MFAC Acoalition of Canadian animal welfare organizations plans to increase pressure on government and the agricultural industry to ban confinement systems for farm animals. The seven-member group met in Winnipeg this past weekend to plan strategy for a national campaign against
Hogs, Livestock, News

German hog farms adapt to stall-free, drug-free model

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Germany, it appears, could teach Canadian hog farmers a thing or two. And two of its hog producers came here to the annual swine industry seminar recently to do exactly that. German producers have learned through trial and “a lot of mistakes” how to raise hogs in free-stall conditions, said Dr. Friedrich Osterhoff of Ahrhoff
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WHS hails California livestock law

The Winnipeg Humane Society last week congratulated California voters for passing Proposition 2 to phase out farmers’ use of gestation crates for breeding sows, battery cages for laying hens and crates for veal calves. WHS executive director Bill McDonald said the society has asked to meet with Premier Gary Doer “to review farm confinement practices

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