University of Manitoba

A University of Manitoba researcher is trying to find out if the time of day when piglets are weaned affects when the sow is ready to breed again. “It is very important to get the accurate mating time and anything that we can use to help define the time will save time for the producers […] Read more

The immune system of newborn piglets gets a protective boost from drinking the mother’s first milk. A University of Manitoba researcher wants to find out if the last-born piglet has the same chance at this milk as its earlier siblings. Nora Lewis, a researcher in the university’s department of animal science, is working with piglets […] Read more

A University of Manitoba researcher wants to develop a diet for piglets that will keep animals healthier and producers happier. “We want the piglets to spend less energy fighting off infection and more energy on growing,” said Jim House, of the university’s agricultural and food science department. House studies the amounts of nutrients that newly […] Read more

Stock growers meet Saskatoon newsroom A resolution passed at the Sask-atchewan Stock Growers Association semi-annual meeting calls for the SSGA and the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association to lobby the federal government to allow tax deferred sales of livestock. The group also passed a resolution calling on the provincial government to freeze the Saskatchewan education tax at […] Read more

REDVERS, Sask. – A Saskatoon flour mill is keeping a close eye on the pasta plants proposed for southern Saskatchewan. Ross Kidd, grain manager for Robin Hood MultiFoods, told farmers at a Canadian Wheat Board meeting here that the bigger companies won’t let business go without a fight. And, he questioned the long-term viability of […] Read more