Poor trailer design and transportation stress are killing pigs and costing the pork industry millions of dollars in penalties, meat quality downgrades and failed welfare audits, according to research by a federal scientist.
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Hogs’ transport stress called costly
Popular trailer designs and driver behaviour also increase pig stress during transportation, says Agriculture Canada researcher
Canadian Pork Council meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts
North American pork sector committed to food security, responsible production
Leaders of the North American pork sector reaffirmed their commitment to producing nutritious, sustainable and affordable pork at a recent trilateral meeting held in Niagara on the Lake, Ont.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were mixed on Thursday, with fresh contract highs in the feeder cattle market while live cattle ran into resistance at their own highs to settle with small losses.
The Western Producer Livestock Report: July 10, 2025
WP livestock report for July 10
Hogs in good hands with this Alta. veterinarian
Frank Marshall is one of the last remaining pork veterinarians and one of the last remaining independent vets in the province
Frank Marshall has seen many changes in the hog industry since he graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in 1983.
U.S. gene edited pig approval a test for Canada’s rules
The gene edit makes the pigs resistant to the tough PRRS virus
A pig gene edited to resist the nasty PRRS virus has been approved for food use in the United States. Approval in Canada will be a test of the country’s new gene editing rules.
China wants slimmer pigs
Chinese government cracking down on speculative “refattening” practice
Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.
Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code
Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028
The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.
Three-in-one vaccine difficult to accomplish
DES MOINES, Iowa — It might sound easy to take three vaccines, mix them up and stick them in a bottle. It’s anything but in the real world of scientific limitations, commercial management and regulatory requirements. That daunting combination was on display when Merck Animal Health unveiled its Circumvent CML vaccine. Multiple studies examining the […] Read more
‘Intelligent nutrition’ promoted for livestock sector
DES MOINES, Iowa — Nutrition isn’t an easy or fast way to make money in the livestock industry. But that doesn’t seem to rattle the folks at Novus International, who enthusiastically presented their newest creations at the World Pork Expo here in June. “There is intellectual property on the nutrition side, you just have to […] Read more
