The online and self-directed program provides learners with a broad coverage of the industry from stockmanship, to pig health care, breeding, farrowing, nursery, and grow and finish.
The course will also provide an understanding of swine operations, including regulations, health...
Margins continued to improve over the second half of October on firmer hog prices while feed costs held relatively steady. Strength in the pork cutout led by the ham primal has provided support for hog prices which is fueling...
Farmscape for October 17, 2022
Full Interview 5:43
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A series of over 100 videos and printed resources produced by the Canadian Pork Council is helping pork producers get a head start in training new swine barn workers. An...
Farmscape for October 14, 2022
Full Interview 7:25
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The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is encouraging pork producers to shift their perspectives and look at themselves as producers of food rather than as producers of commodities. An article...
Farmscape for October 5, 2022
Full Interview 18:18
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A veterinarian with Prairie Livestock Veterinarians in Red Deer says her practice's participation in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine Pharmhouse Summer Student Swine Experience Program has proved to be...
Farmscape for October 3, 2022
Full Interview 8:56
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Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are using a low virulence strain of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae to help develop treatments for the pathogenic strains. Brachyspira is a genus of...
Farmscape for September 29, 2022
Full Interview 19:43
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The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is advising pork producers to pay particularly close attention to transport biosecurity heading into the fall. The Canada West Swine...
Farmscape for September 21, 2022
Full Interview 11:04
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Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are confident characterizing the epidemiology of Streptococcus suis will lead improved diagnostics and treatment. In an effort to improve the diagnostics and...
For generations, Manitoba farmers have depended on the land for their livelihoods. As farms have grown, technological advances have helped them increase yields while protecting the land and its natural resources. Hog farming is no different — Manitoba’s hog...
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Livestock vaccinations lead to healthy animals, healthy consumers, and a profitable industry
Vaccines are critical to protecting the health of livestock, such as pigs, which are a valuable source of protein for human consumption. It also protects...