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Paisley Canning from South West Ontario Veterinary Services, Oral Fluids For Monitoring In Suckling...
The use of oral fluids as a diagnostic sample in group-housed nursery, grow-finish, and breeding stock has been quite rapid. Oral fluids from due-to-wean...
Hogs in downward trend
To “Read” Walt’s charts, keep the following in mind: Support – this term refers to a trend line or price area under the market...
Canadian Government Announces New Support Programs For Farmers, Ag Businesses
Canadian farmers and food businesses work hard so Canadians have quality food on their grocery store shelves and kitchen tables. In these times of...
Jim Long Pork Commentary, Let’s Deal with some Positives, March 23rd 2020
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last week U.S. 53-54% lean hogs increased from 58.47 to 61.78 - $6.00 plus a head.
Last...
EveryPig Helps Swine Vets and Pork Producers Collaborate Remotely Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Revolutionary pig health management and telehealth company EveryPig is urging swine veterinarians and pork producers to take advantage of telemedicine to reduce health risks...
Canada Relaxes Travel Restrictions on Temporary Foreign Workers
Farmscape for March 23, 2020
Marie-Claude Bibeau Conference Call 32:15
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To minimise potential labour shortages due to COVID-19, the Federal Government has relaxed travel...
Focus on the Impactful, Not the Easy to Measure, By Todd Thurman, SwineTex Consulting...
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Todd Thurman, Consultant
SwineTex Consulting Services, LLC
As a consultant, I’m often asked by clients to help them solve specific problems. New or...
Jim Long Pork Commentary, Swine Industry Random Observations, March 16th 2020
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
We have to scour for anything to write up about other than the Coronavirus. Not much we know,...
USMCA Ratification Restores North American Economic Stability
Farmscape for March 16, 2020
Full Interview 8:51
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The Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute says Canada's ratification of the USMCA restores...
Genesus Global Technical Report, Do we manage the Pigs or the Farm?
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Geneus Inc
simongrey@genesus.com
This may seem a really stupid question. Of course in live pig production we are managing...
Phase Feeding Research Offers Food for Thought By Geoff Geddes, for Swine Innovation Porc
If you think teenagers eat you out of house and home, try feeding a pen of hungry hogs. As feed costs eat up an...
Red Meat Industry Donates to Red Cross Efforts in China
The Canadian Red Meat Industry has made a $50,000 donation to the Canadian Red Cross to support their work with the Red Cross Society...
Jim Long Pork Commentary, Spain – Riding High, March 9th 2020
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Spain last week reached a record high in hog prices at 1.54 euro a kilogram liveweight (79₵ U.S....
Clint Lichty from South West Ontario Veterinary Services, Are All Serotype 9 S. suis...
Recent research in North America indicated that there is a wide diversity of Streptococcus suis (S. suis) strains that can be identified as pathogenic,...
Canadian ASF Research Focuses on Detection Surveillance Prevention Destruction
Farmscape for March 4, 2020
Full Interview 11:51
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The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council says African Swine Fever research underway in Canada...