Farmscape for June 20, 2022
Full Interview 14:05
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The Swine Health Information Center is advising additional monitoring and stepped-up biosecurity in those states that experienced an increase in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome. The Swine Health Information Center's...
The prototype of a new form of rapid test to detect infections in farm animals has been proven effective in detecting a devastating diarrheal infection in pigs first identified in Canada in 2014, and can be adapted to test...
Farmscape for May 20, 2022
Full Interview 14:20
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says, for the first time, we can see the prospects on the horizon for a commercially available African Swine Fever vaccine....
Market showing signs of a change of direction. Outside days, reversals, & breaking trend lines could contribute evidence of the turn. Increasing volume would confirm the change whereas decreasing volume would indicate the move is temporary.
Walt Breitinger,
Breitinger & Sons, ...
Genesus Global Market Report Canada April 2022
Spencer Long, Genesus Inc.
The pig price remains strong, with the current price in Ontario right around 67¢ U.S. liveweight a lb. This is positive as we head into the summer months, as total...
Full Interview 10:35
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Farmscape for April 28, 2022
The Western College of Veterinary Medicine is encouraging a continued focus on biosecurity on Canadian hog farms amid a later than normal peak in cases of influenza. Typically, the number...
Farmscape for April 26, 2022
Full Interview 12:11
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Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc indicates the naturally occurring bacteria in the gut of the pig play a role in health and productivity. The Universities of Alberta,...
Introduction
The transition in the swine industry to confinement production, where extensive mechanical systems are used automate many routine processes, has created new management needs and challenges. These mechanical systems wear and are prone to failures; therefore, they must be...
Farmscape for April 1, 2022
Full Interview 9:22
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Research conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc suggests the infectivity of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea contaminated manure in lagoons dissipates more quickly than previously suspected. On behalf of Swine Innovation...
About the Guest
John Paul Engel is the Founder of Knowledge Capital Consulting and Secure Bin Labs. John has worked in a dozen countries advising the senior management of some of the largest companies in the world. He has helped...