Title: "Hog Market Downturn Forces Layoffs at Olymel Pork Processing Plant in Red Deer"
Red Deer's Olymel pork processing plant is set to experience significant job losses, with 100 staff members facing layoffs due to a downturn in the hog...
Farmscape for January 12, 2024
Full Interview 5:21
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An animal care specialist with J Woods Livestock Services says one of the most difficult concepts to for people to get their heads around when moving pigs is "the fewer...
The reverberations of California's Prop 12, a 2018 animal welfare law, are creating ripples in the North American hog market, leaving Manitoba Pork and other stakeholders facing uncertainty. The law, effective from January 1, 2024, mandates that meat and...
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Information from Alberta Pork and our partners
Board director nominations - next week
This spring, four positions will be open on the Alberta Pork board of directors. Producers are encouraged to step up and nominate fellow producers by...
Farmscape for January 10, 2024
Full Interview 9:35
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Research conducted by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine shows the opportunity to engage in play enhances the physiological and psychological robustness of grow-finish pigs and boosts their ability to...
Farmscape for January 8, 2024
Full Interview 12:48
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Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are using serotyping to categorise the virulence of Streptococcus suis.
Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine have been investigating the implications...
Farmscape for January 5, 2024
Full Interview 11:34
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The Western College of Veterinary Medicine's three year Foreign-Trained Veterinarian Swine Medicine Residency Certification program is allowing foreign trained veterinarians to quality for veterinary certification in western Canada. The Foreign-Trained...
ENDOVAC; a Novel Vaccine for Prevention of Gram-Negative Swine Diseases.
ENDOVAC-Porci with Immune Plus was launched at the 47th Annual Alberta Pork Congress. ENDOVAC was received with great interest as a new tool to combat gram-negative diseases in swine. “ENDOVAC’s...
It is sometimes necessary to provide assistance to sows and piglets during farrowing in order to improve piglet survival, resulting in increased labour costs. There is evidence in cattle and ewes that feeding at night results in an increase...
Farmscape for January 3, 2023
Full Interview 11:35
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A recombinant African Swine Fever virus designed to fluoresce when it replicates is helping researchers evaluate the effectiveness of antiviral compounds for use in developing new drugs to help control...