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The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board credits proactive efforts over the past four years to improve biosecurity on Canadian swine farms for the success in containing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in Canada.

Manitoba will launch a five-year, $150,000 project to better monitor bovine tuberculosis (TB) by linking onfarm data to traceability tools throughout the beef processing system.

A nutritionist with the Prairie Swine Centre says lower feed costs and higher live hog prices are allowing pork producers to refocus on maximizing the productivity of their herds.

The swine technical consultant for western Canada with Elanco says the U.S. experience has shown the virus that causes Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea is thousands of times more infectious than similar coronaviruses.

Earlier this month, the Manitoba government submitted recommendations to the federal government on what should be included in federal legislation to address grain transportation backlogs affecting Manitoba farmers.

The legislation introduced by the federal government to address grain movement in the short and medium terms appears to give farmers a good deal of what they were asking for, says Doug Chorney, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers.

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board suggests a national approach to dealing with swine disease will put Canada in a much better position to deal with PED and the next disease threat.

The Manitoba government is making a special one-time amendment to spring weight restriction policy on provincial roads that will enable farmers to be nimble and react quickly to changes in climatic and market conditions.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council is encouraging truckers returning to Manitoba after delivering pigs to U.S. packing plants to have their trucks and trailers washed and disinfected at accredited truck wash stations in Manitoba.

The chair of the Ontario Swine Health Advisory Board is calling for a national strategy to work with USDA and other U.S. agencies to close the portal through which swine diseases are able to enter North America.