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With extreme weather comes an increased need to concentrate on animal welfare and safety. Cold can cause severe frostbite and death for hogs in transport.
Please review the sections below to learn more about fitness for transport and truck load...
Farmscape for December 23, 2021
Full Interview 11:01 Listen
Research conducted by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine indicates ear tip necrosis has an infectious cause. Ear tip necrosis typically affects pigs after weaning where the tip of the ear...
What lies ahead for hog and pork markets in 2022? Alberta Pork’s new economics videos are worth a look to find out!
Brett Stuart of Global AgriTrends and Steve Dziver of Commodity Professionals Inc. shed some light on what they...
ivestock Water Recycling (LWR), the innovator of a waste-to-worth manure processing system and data analytics platform, is proud to announce that it has been accepted into the MaRS Momentum program as one of Canada's future economic powerhouses. The MaRS...
Alberta Pork’s board of directors, staff and producers are saddened to acknowledge the passing of long-time pork industry researcher and advocate, Dr. George Foxcroft, who left us suddenly on Mon., Dec. 6. Our sincere condolences to Foxcroft’s loved ones...
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From Alberta Pork
Evaluating the merits of creep feeding
While creep feeding is a common practice in the pork industry, perceived benefits only occur if the creep feed is consumed. Research has shown how the practice has little...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle, feeder cattle and hog futures ended lower on Friday as profit-taking hit the livestock markets ahead of the weekend, traders said.
Live cattle futures consolidated after setting contract highs this week, traders said.
Most-active CME February...
Farmscape for November 23, 2021
Full Interview 10:36
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The Associate Dean Research with the University of Saskatchewan says researchers are now looking for ways to increase the reliability of heat to disinfect swine transport trailers. Research conducted by VIDO-InterVac...
Overview
View the CWSHIN Q3 report as a PDF
The CWSHIN report for the third quarter of 2021 has been released.
With funding from producers through their pork boards, government and the participation of registered veterinarians in the four western Canadian provinces,...
Farmscape for November 19, 2021
Full Interview 16:50
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The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is encouraging pork producers to request ASF rule out testing if they detect any infection that produces symptoms similar to African Swine fever. The...