The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have a unified message after recent meetings - federal inference in provincial resource development must stop.
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Alberta and Saskatchewan call for stop to federal interference in provincial resources
The governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan have a unified message after recent meetings - federal inference in provincial resource development…
Moving pigs without the stress
Good handling when loading pigs should harness instincts and keep stress down for both livestock and the farmer shipping them.
Rail union launches court challenge to back-to-work order
OTTAWA — The union representing workers at Canada’s two main rail companies said today it had filed four court challenges…
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Moving pigs without the stress
Thinking like a pig can help keep pigs calm and reduce the farmer’s own frustration at the loading bay and in the barn
Good handling when loading pigs should harness instincts and keep stress down for both livestock and the farmer shipping them.
Rail union launches court challenge to back-to-work order
OTTAWA — The union representing workers at Canada’s two main rail companies said today it had filed four court challenges against a ruling by the country’s industrial labour board that forced them back to work. The board on Saturday accepted a request from the government to order more than 9,000 Teamsters members back to work […] Read more
VIDEO: GPS-enabled light strengthens biosecurity
DES MOINES, Iowa — If you look at them, nothing seems new with these red rear lights for hog trailers. Hidden inside is a big difference. This light being launched here at the World Pork Expo today by Farm Health Guardian is a GPS unit that fires off data about the location and actions of […] Read more
VIDEO: Load-out risky time for hog farms
WINNIPEG — What if the truck driver asks to enter the hog barn to use the toilet? Does the operation have a protocol for that? That’s a question asked of Dr. Julia Keenliside at the Manitoba Swine Seminar. “Everybody’s got to work out what your procedures are because that happens,” said Keenliside, an Edmonton based […] Read more
Industry leads efforts to fight wild pigs in Man.
HOLLAND, Man. — Manitoba’s wild pig-busters have moved fast to find, trap and destroy the monsters since they got set up a couple of years ago. They aim to entirely eliminate the invasive beast in just a few years. Related story: Man. wild pig control requires different strategy “It’ll probably take most of a decade,” […] Read more
Carcass competition spices up Man. hog show
Slumping lean hog prices have made for trying times recently in the industry, but producer interest was high at trade show
BRANDON — Anyone who wanted to meet a young, competitive, chatty hog producer last week just had to hang outside the glass-fronted hog cooler at the Brandon Hog and Livestock Show. There, throughout the event, groups of young men, mostly Hutterites, came by, approached the glass and appraised the top five carcasses on display. To […] Read more
