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A weaning ramp is easier on piglets and on the workers who handle them.

Manitoba piglet ‘weaning ramp’ earns Aherne Prize

Temple Grandin praises innovative ramp that saves the backs of workers and is gentler on piglets

By Banff Pork Seminar/hylife Release January 30, 2023

Two employees of HyLife sow farms in La Broquerie have won the F. X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production at the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. In most sow farms, the weaning process typically involves picking up piglets, vaccinating them and separating them by sex. But repeatedly collecting and picking up piglets places strain on

The pork industry is highly integrated throughout North America, so having a requirement in one state will have a ripple effect throughout the value chain.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Guest editorial: California could set the rules on raising pigs

By Kristy Nudds November 24, 2022

The biggest pork market in the U.S. could no longer be accessible to Canadian producers if a ballot initiative known as Proposition 12 becomes law. Proposition 12 was part of the state of California’s general election ballot in 2018. Also known as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, it aims to establish new minimum

“…we were definitely scrambling to find supply and through that period of time, prioritizing orders that were extremely urgent.” – Jeff Clark, PigTRACE.

Hogs, News

PigTRACE tag blockage cleared

PigTRACE ear tags are flowing smoothly again after the better part of a year of holdups

By Alexis Stockford November 15, 2022

The scramble to source ear tags for the pork sector’s PigTRACE traceability program is over, according to the industry. PigTRACE recently confirmed that the backlog in approved tags has cleared after about 10 months of supply issues. Why it matters: The traceability program has been mandatory for producers for years but the ear tags needed

Central European Boar. In 2020, an outbreak of African Swine Fever that devastated the German pork industry is suspected to have come from wild pigs from Poland.

Livestock, News

Animal diseases at centre of tri-nation accord meeting

Co-ordinated full-government approach to outbreaks touted

By Don Norman November 15, 2022

International cooperation is essential for managing livestock diseases, says Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork. Dahl was referring to discussions at the 31st Tri-National Agricultural Accord held in Saltillo, Mexico in October. “There were a lot of discussions around disease and how we work together on potential problems, something that’s absolutely critical,” says Dahl. Manitoba Agriculture Minister

Topigs Norsvin Canada general manager Cam McGavin stands outside the incoming Innova Canada site in western Manitoba.

Hogs, Livestock, News

Topigs Norsvin to open new nucleus barn

Nucleus site marks deeper Manitoba roots for global pig genetics company

By Alexis Stockford October 12, 2022

The gene pool for purebred hogs in Manitoba is about to get a little deeper. Construction is entering its final phase at Innova Canada, the latest Manitoba site for global hog genetics company Topigs Norsvin. The facility north of Plumas will be a new breeding and gestation nucleus site for the company. Cam McGavin, general

Hogs, News

Funds lined up for programs, planning against swine fever

Details are pending on a two-year funding package for the pork industry

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 20, 2022

The federal government is putting up an eight-figure funding wall to help prevent African swine fever from ever reaching Canada’s hog farms and to prepare against any breach. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Aug. 26 the government will provide up to $45.3 million toward a three-pronged effort to boost disease prevention and preparedness: pork sector

‘The hog sector is transitioning to Canadian Pork Excellence, a set of programs that allow registered pork producers to demonstrate compliance with food safety and animal care requirements.’ – Cam Dahl

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmers and the ‘prove it’ generation

Be real about modern agriculture because there’s much to be proud of

By Cam Dahl September 12, 2022

What is a farmer’s relationship with environmental and animal welfare certification programs? Would it be right to say that it’s complicated? On one hand, farmers feel targeted by those in the activist community who reject the realities of modern agriculture. No genetically modified anything. No fertilizer. No pesticides. Small holdings with a few chickens, a

Farmit Manitoba

Pigs among the poplars: a peek inside a unique Danish hog farm

With saturated markets at home, most of this Danish hog farm’s organic pork fills American appetites

By Geralyn Wichers August 15, 2022

A sow lounges on her side in a dusty hollow she’s dug for herself. A few piglets nestle up to her belly for a quick snack while the rest of her litter capers around her. She and her neighbour sows are too big to escape their electric-fenced pastures, but the piglets are not. Gangs of

“This is the time of year where we traditionally see an uptick in cases and I’m concerned that that’s going to happen again and we’ll see a new wave.” – Cam Dahl, Manitoba Pork.

Hogs, Livestock, News

PED cases still on the rise

Cases in the current outbreak had reached 114 by mid-June

By Alexis Stockford June 24, 2022

Manitoba is not on the right track when it comes to porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). That was the unfortunate news from Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl in the third week of June, with the province still embroiled in its most serious outbreak of the disease to date. “This is the time of year where

U.K. pork producers are facing unprecedented losses as costs of production soar.

News

Struggling British pig industry calls for grocer Tesco to step up

By James Davey May 18, 2022

Reuters – The trade body for Britain’s pig industry on May 5 told Tesco, the country’s biggest supermarket group, it needs to do more to support struggling producers or risk losing its U.K. pork supply base. In an open letter to Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy, the chairman of the National Pig Association (NPA), Rob

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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