Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transportation, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says
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Pig transport stress costs pork sector
Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transport, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says
Precision pig feeding lowers farm cost, greenhouse gas emissions
Customizing pig diets for each animal reduces the farmer’s feed cost, boosts hog growth and bolsters the pork sector’s environmental track record
A customized diet for each pig reduces the farmer’s feed cost, boosts hog growth and bolsters the pork sector’s environmental track record.
Pork’s problems with Livestock Price Insurance linger
Few price insurance policies are sold to pig farmers in Western Canada as expensive premiums remain a major obstacle
Pork producers in Western Canada rarely buy livestock price insurance, citing high premiums as a major obstacle to the non-cost shared business risk management program.
China wants slimmer pigs
Chinese government cracking down on speculative “refattening” practice
Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.
U.S. gene edited pig approval a test for Canada’s rules
The gene edit makes pigs resistant to the tough PRRS virus
The U.S. has approved pigs gene edited to be resistant to disease for use in the food chain. Canada should be watching closely.
Newly discovered pig peptide could boost disease immunity
A naturally ocurring peptide could help breed better disease resistance or lead to new antibiotic alternatives in pork production
A natural peptide in pigs could help breed better disease resistance or lead to new antibiotic alternatives in pork production
Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Farm funding and insurance materials need to be clear
Farmers are less likely to turn to agricultural programs meant to help them if those programs are frustrating to navigate
Canadian farmers are less likely to turn to agricultural programs meant to help them, like business risk management or on-farm funding, if those programs are frustrating to navigate.
All in a dog day’s work
People: Heritage hog producer sells his hot dogs, and more, on a frozen Lake Winnipeg
Rudy Wall of Cochrane Creek Farm north of Winnipeg, Man., raises heritage breed pigs and produces the meat locally to sell from his hot dog cart.
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