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.”Tag Archives World Pork Expo — page 3
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.
Dogs put to work in fight against animal disease
Beagles and Labrador retrievers are used in North American airports to help catch banned food that could spread disease
Beagles are employed in U.S. and Canadian airport passenger areas to catch food products that can’t be imported. Labrador retrievers are often used in cargo areas because they’re bigger and can get on top of bulky containers.
Borders are significant — in both good and bad ways
Borders matter. They can work well. When they’re used like they are at Emerson-Pembina to limit the spread of disease, dangerous people and illegal goods, they can help trade flourish. But when they’re used to chop up trade and business, they can become a human-made nightmare.
VIDEO: Hog price outlook grim as California’s Proposition 12 looms
As of July 2, does North America produce enough Prop 12 compliant pork to feed California's huge population, and what happens to all the pork that gets blocked from the state?
Hog sector urged to help pork loins regain their honour
Turning the consumer from being a buyer who sees pork as cheap and back into one who sees it as yummy and worth paying more for must be the target.
Discounting pork loins is a disgrace. It’s time for pork to regain its honour.
Pig producers look to future despite challenges
Challenges include California’s Proposition 12, foreign animal diseases, trade worries and chronic labour shortages
The worries about Prop 12 are just one serious issue confronting producers. At the World Pork Expo, farmers and industry people had to juggle concerns about foreign animal diseases such as African swine fever, financial challenges from soaring production costs, trade worries from both Prop 12 and new voluntary country-of-origin labelling rules being developed, chronic labour shortages and a host of other concerns.
VIDEO: Hog price outlook grim as Prop 12 looms
As of July 2, does North America produce enough Prop 12 compliant pork to feed California's huge population, and what happens to all the pork that gets blocked from the state?
World Pork Expo cancelled due to African swine fever
The National Pork Producers Council in the United States has cancelled the World Pork Expo planned for June in Des Moines, Iowa, because of fears of spreading African swine fever. The council’s board of directors took the unprecedented move in recognition that ASF continues to spread in China and other parts of Asia, as well […] Read more
