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Farm Management Canada (FMC) Launches International Farm Management Competition
Written on 20 May, 2013 at 6:33 in Featured Canada East Swine News | Comments
Competitors from across Canada have the opportunity to win a trip of a lifetime to attend the International Farm Management Congress in Poland July 2013, all expenses paid. Come with FMC to Poland to learn international agricultural management best practices... (Continue reading)
40th annual Ontario Pork Congress a pork celebration – and an education
Canada’s largest pig show is returning in grand fashion, as the Ontario Pork Congress (OPC) celebrates its 40th year. Organizers are planning this latest edition of the OPC to be a celebration of pork, as well as an education for... (Continue reading)
Broad Participation Encouraged During Pig Code of Practice Comment Period
Farmscape for May 10, 2013 Full Interview 7:36 Listen The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee is encouraging broad public participation during the public comment period for a proposed updated Canadian Pig Code of... (Continue reading)
Pork woes widen Maple Leaf Foods loss
Weak meat sales and continuing restructuring costs helped cause Maple Leaf Foods first-quarter earnings loss to more than double, the company said today. For the quarter ended March 31, Maple Leaf posted a loss (in Canadian dollars) of $14.7 million,... (Continue reading)
The gestation stall debate — Canadian style
Leave it to the Canadians to take a hot-button issue like gestation stalls for hogs and address it in the politest terms possible. The Retail Council of Canada, representing that country’s largest supermarket chains, including Costco Canada and Walmart Canada,... (Continue reading)
Hypor Canada Names Technical Services Specialist Egidijus Mickevicius to Provide Technical Service Across Canada
Written on 29 Apr, 2013 at 6:09 in Canada West Swine News, Featured Canada East Swine News, Swine Genetics, Swine News | Comments
Hypor, a global leader in swine genetics, is pleased to announce that Egidijus Mickevicius has taken on the role of Technical Services Specialist Canada. Egidijus lives in South Western Ontario and will be in charge of customer-level special projects and... (Continue reading)
Ontario Pig Production Trends
Written on 22 Apr, 2013 at 6:44 in Featured Canada East Swine News | Comments
The graph below shows the trend in pig production for Ontario since 1993. Some items of interest are: • This accounts for pigs that raised in Ontario and either slaughtered in Canada or exported as breeding stock, slaughter pigs (sows,... (Continue reading)
Vetoquinol launches a new Soluble Powders website
Written on 17 Apr, 2013 at 8:11 in Canada West Swine News, Featured Canada East Swine News | Comments
Vetoquinol Canada ha recently launched a new version of the Soluble Powders website here We know the importance of soluble powders in today’s production. We share the producer’s desire to use competitively priced, efficient, proven products that bring tangible and... (Continue reading)
PigTrace Canada Swine Movement Reporting Database Now Operational
Written on 17 Apr, 2013 at 5:38 in Canada West Swine News, Featured Canada East Swine News, Swine News | Comments
Farmscape for April 17, 2013 Full Interview 6:50 Listen The Manager of PigTrace Canada reports the system that will accommodate the reporting of swine movements is now operational. To accommodate swine traceability, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is revising... (Continue reading)
FCC reports rise in Ontario farmland values
Written on 15 Apr, 2013 at 6:37 in Featured Canada East Swine News | Comments
A strong agricultural economy fuelled by low interest rates, growing world food demand and resulting higher commodity prices, continue to underpin a national increase in average farmland values. The average value of farmland in Ontario increased by 11.9% during the... (Continue reading)
CSHB Initiatives Demonstrate Value of Investment in Preventive Medicine
Farmscape for April 5, 2013 Full Interview 13:36 Listen The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says the Canadian pork industry’s experience with porcine circovirus has demonstrated the value of investments in preventive medicine. The creation of the Canadian... (Continue reading)
Jefo Announces Expansion Of It’s Microencapsulationn Manufacturing Facility
Jefo joint venture (Jefagro Technologies Inc.) announces a major expansion of its manufacturing capacity in Canada, according to Jean Fontaine, agr. – President. The Canadian manufacturing facility, established in 2000, is specializing in the microencapsulation technology of non-medicated feed additives.... (Continue reading)
Put Pork on your Fork E-Newsletter, April 2013
Written on 1 Apr, 2013 at 6:26 in Featured Canada East Swine News | Comments
. April, 2013 Issue 28 April E-Newsletter: No Housework Day Are you always looking for an excuse to put off housework and cleaning for just one more day? Well look no further, No Housework Day is on April 8th and is a... (Continue reading)
Recent Posts
- Farm Management Canada (FMC) Launches International Farm Management Competition
- 40th annual Ontario Pork Congress a pork celebration – and an education
- Broad Participation Encouraged During Pig Code of Practice Comment Period
- Pork woes widen Maple Leaf Foods loss
- The gestation stall debate — Canadian style
- Hypor Canada Names Technical Services Specialist Egidijus Mickevicius to Provide Technical Service Across Canada
- Ontario Pig Production Trends
- Vetoquinol launches a new Soluble Powders website
- PigTrace Canada Swine Movement Reporting Database Now Operational
- FCC reports rise in Ontario farmland values
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