Good handling when loading pigs should harness instincts and keep stress down for both livestock and the farmer shipping them.
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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
Tariff tensions stall forward contracts
Canada’s pork industry faces new risks as U.S. trade policies disrupt market stability
Tariff concerns influence discussions at swine seminar
Trench composting questioned
Trench composting in coarse soil still needs more research before it can be used for pig disposal, according to Manitoba Agriculture. While the process worked great in fine-textured soil at Winnipeg’s Brady Road Landfill, on-farm trench-composting tests in coarser soil didn’t produce good results. “Traditional static pile composting seemed to be more effective than through […] Read more
Watch out for ‘laziness risk’ as tech revolution continues
“How are we going to keep track of whether (artificial intelligence) is doing its job?” That humanly intelligent question came from James Hofer, a leader in Manitoba’s hog farming industry and a very smart guy, during the recent Manitoba Swine Seminar. He was worrying about what happens when the most important person in the barn […] Read more
