Brits Take The Lead On Welfare Assessment – for Aug. 12, 2010

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. British pig producers have long extolled their high animal welfare standards compared to European competitors and welfare has been an important component of quality assurance schemes

Brits Take The Lead On Welfare Assessment – for Aug. 12, 2010

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. British pig producers have long extolled their high animal welfare standards compared to European competitors and welfare has been an important component of quality assurance schemes


Brits Take The Lead On Welfare Assessment – for Jul. 29, 2010

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. British pig producers have long extolled their high animal welfare standards compared to European competitors and welfare has been an important component of quality assurance schemes

Danish Industry Rationalizes And Continues Efficiency Gains

bernie peet Peet on Pigs The evaluation revealed that, in particular, meat from the Mangalitza and Ibérico pigs was distinctly and positively different from that of the Danish breeds as the meat was more tender and had a more attractive taste.” Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor


Swine Management Strategies For Profitable Times

“Just as it was vital to find ways of reducing costs during an extended period of financial loss, it is now equally important to ensure that producers position themselves to maximize their efficiency when profits return.” – LEE WHITTINGTON Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western

Drilling Down Into Breeding Herd Records

Learning to drill down into herd data can not only be very interesting but also profitable. 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. Computerized herd-recording systems have come a long way since they


KSU Publishes Valuable Swine Research

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. The swine research team at Kansas State University, under the leadership of Dr. Mike Tokach, has an enviable reputation for carrying out practical and relevant research.

Australians Look To Offset Their High Cost Of Feed Grains

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. “The new varieties offer grain growers the potential to increase energy yields per hectare by 20 to 25 per cent and for pork producers to reduce



New Genetic Testing Technology Revolutionizing Swine Breeding

bernie peet Peet on Pigs “The genome of the pig has millions of such SNP locations, so SNPs are a rich resource for use as genetic markers.” 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