New Research Review: Quantifying the Gilt Gap

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Performance gap between market gilts and barrows costs integrated operations $5.12 per gilt About 50% of pig production is made up of market gilts, and gilts do not perform as consistently as barrows. Two university researchers recently completed a review of available literature and identified clearly defined performance gaps between barrows and gilts in growth […]

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Antimicrobial Benchmarking Project to Allow Comparison of On-Farm Antibiotic Use

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Farmscape for May 25, 2022 Full Interview 5:48 Listen An antimicrobial use benchmarking project will allow Saskatchewan’s pork producers to compare their on-farm use of antibiotics to others in the province and across Canada. A first of its kind antimicrobial use bench marking project for Saskatchewan’s pork sector, conducted by the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board, […]

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Pesky Pickering Wild Pigs Successfully Eliminated! By George Charbonneau from South West Ontario Veterinary Services

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Preventing the spread of wild pigs in Ontario is an important opportunity for Ontario. Wild pigs are considered one of the most damaging invasive species in North America and have been called an ‘ecological train wreck’ for the sheer damage they can cause to a number of native wildlife habitats and commercial agricultural crops. They […]

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Raising Small Groups of Pigs

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Beginners in personal meat production and homesteading may be interested in raising swine. When done correctly, you can put pork in your freezer at a lower cost than what you would pay in the grocery store, and possibly even make some money when you have extra pigs to sell. When raising your own pigs, you […]

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Persistence and shedding of Senecavirus A in naturally infected boars

Thursday, May 26, 2022

In this recent publication from the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Dr. Matt Sturos from the UMN Veterinary Diagnostic Lab shares a case report establishing the shedding of Senecavirus A through boar semen. This study highlights the importance of considering semen as a potential biosecurity risk in the case of a Senecavirus A outbreak. Case […]

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EuroTier 2022 offers new themes with prospects

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

EuroTier takes place from 15-18 November in Hanover, Germany

Belgium allows 5% conventional raw materials in organic feed

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

The war in Ukraine has made organic feed hard to source

Canada cattle, hog outlook shows mixed profitability

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Mixed projections for hog prices

Cheesecake Factory moves closer to eliminating gestation crates

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

It aims to transition 75% of its suppliers by year's end

Cattle futures weaken, hog futures mixed - CME

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Both were pressured by weakness in cash markets