The producer services manager with Sask Pork is encouraging pork producers to pay particular attention to the cleanliness of trucks entering their farms to minimize the risk of their herds becoming infected by Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus.
A professor of veterinary medicine with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine suggests the use of genomics is the way of the future for limiting disease within the swine herd.
The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says as the number of swine veterinarians submitting swine health information to the network grows the level of confidence in the data will increase.
The president of Olymel says despite increasing competition, especially from the United States, the future for the Canadian pork industry looks bright.
Saskatchewan’s minister of agriculture says there is a growing recognition within the U.S. of the risks posed to the U.S. packing industry from Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.
The manager of PigTrace Canada says the active promotion of the use of new tools designed to accommodate the mandatory reporting of pig movements in Canada will begin early in the new year.
The director of marketing and producers services with h@ms Marketing Services suggests by making adjustments based on information contained in the kill statement pork producers can boost returns by anywhere from five to ten percent.
All four farm leaders from the West have confirmed poor rail service is hindering the bumper crop produced this year from getting to market.
Data collected through the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network has shed new light on the patterns of influenza infection within Canadian Swine Herds.
The manager of PigTrace Canada says tools designed to accommodate the mandatory reporting of movements of pigs within Canada to accommodate swine traceability are now available for use.
