Livestock Management
Many Canadian pork processing plants set to close in the next few weeks could end up with a backlog of unsold meat products, which may lead to "millions of dollars in losses across agriculture very quickly," according to the release.
Livestock Management
Bovine TB case in Saskatchewan could have painful consequences
Two cows from a Saskatchewan ranch have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency . In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified CFIA of a positive test for bovine TB in a tissue sample from a cow exported to an American feedlot from Saskatchewan in September 2022. The herd […] Read more
Work continues on China beef access
Market remains closed following an atypical BSE case in 2021, but industry says ‘incremental progress’ is being made
China, South Korea and the Philippines placed restrictions on Canadian beef imports following the 2021 BSE announcement. The latter two lifted them within weeks. Atypical BSE is naturally occurring and the case wasn’t linked to contaminated feed.
Bath time – photo essay
Young cattle producers participated in the Moose Jaw Inter 4-H Show and Sale in Moose Jaw, Sask., June 24-25, including spending time at the wash rack. | Mickey Watkins photos
Watching if sows rise can reduce mortality rate
Busy barn workers don’t always notice if a sow doesn’t stand up at feeding time, but it can indicate health problems
Many hog barn managers struggle with labour and workers have little extra time on their hands. But Dr. Chris Rademacher’s team got the barn staff to watch the sows at every daily feeding to spot any that weren’t immediately rising to feed. “It was all about making sure that we’re catching those (struggling) sows early.”
Placental disease can cause pregnancy loss in farm animals
In health, the placenta does the incredible task of supporting fetal development. But when abnormalities or disease occur in this organ, pregnancy loss or poor-doing offspring are the result.
Bovine TB case traced back to Sask.
Two cows from a Saskatchewan ranch have tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. In February, the U.S Department of Agriculture notified CFIA of a positive test for bovine TB in a tissue sample from a cow exported to an American feedlot from Saskatchewan in September 2022. The herd of […] Read more
Beef research centre gets funding
The LFCE is a research unit of the University of Saskatchewan located southeast of Saskatoon near Clavet. It includes commercial-scale cow-calf and feedlot facilities, fields and laboratories to allow research on topics related to the cattle industry. Examples include forage development, feed optimization, genetics, reproduction and environmental sustainability.
Traceability gaps hurt regionalization
North America’s African swine fever strategy is based on regionalization agreements, but U.S. behind in traceability efforts
With regionalization, rather than a whole country or continent being banned from the world market, only the region in which an outbreak has occurred would face the most severe restrictions, like a ban on hog movement.
Discovery of African swine fever would shut down movement
Regardless of anybody’s needs, all parts of the hog and pork industry need to be prepared for a 2020-like shutdown because that is almost certainly the sort of situation that will occur the first day a foreign animal disease like ASF is identified in North America.
