Agriculture News Archives

The National Pork Board’s new Swine Health Intelligence Center will provide the U.S. Pork industry a new line of defense against new and emerging swine diseases.

The executive director of the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative says research planned for this summer will help manure applicators reduce the cost of relocating phosphorus from areas where it is in excess to areas where it is in short supply.

The Western Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network has introduced a new cell phone app designed to make it easier for veterinarians to report on the health status of swine in their regions.

4-H Canada and Farm Credit Canada are happy to announce the extension of FCC funding to 4-H Canada to 2018.

Swine farms considering converting from stall housing to group housing of gestating sows are being invited to participate in a nation-wide sow housing conversion project.

Blumenort based Steve’s Livestock Transport has started testing a new livestock trailer designed to make loading livestock easier on both the workers and the animals.

A cereal crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development is advising farmers across the province to be monitoring fields for signs of leaf and fungal diseases.

The chief veterinarian with the National Pork Producers Council says legislative changes in the level of access by pork producers to antibiotics will have the largest impact on smaller operators.

Provincial pork associations in western Canada are preparing to move to the next phase of the Canadian Truck Wash Facility Registration Pilot Project.

Research planned to begin this summer will assist pork producers, manure applicators and land owners in optimizing the use of phosphorus contained in two cell earthen manure storages.