Watch For Mycotoxins In This Season’s Grain

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alber ta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. This year’s cool, wet weather not only delayed harvest, but also produced higher-than-normal incidence of fusarium mould in grain. Producers are being warned that high

Identifying Opportunities For Energy Cost Savings

It’s easy to waste money if you don’t understand how hog barn heating and ventilation systems work, or most common causes of energy wastage. “To be able to run the entire system at optimum performance without wasting energy, the operator has to know each component very well, in addition to understanding the related factors that


Changes To Trailers Will Improve Animal Welfare

A Blumenort livestock transport company has designed a trailer that could improve conditions for travelling hogs. The trailer allows for more space to be utilized for the animals and a new system for regulating temperature. No other livestock trailer in North America provides all of this, a release from Steve’s Livestock says. “It took a