The Canadian pork market is experiencing notable changes in hog flows and slaughter rates, particularly in Western Canada. Key players such as Olymel, Donald’s Fine Foods, and Maple Leaf are making strategic moves impacting these dynamics. Olymel’s downsizing has...
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Key Highlights:
Consumption and Demand:
Canadian pork consumption increased by over 14% in 2023, reaching nearly 23 kilograms per person, the highest since 2015.
Pork demand surged by over 10%, the largest increase since 1984.
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Gilt retention challenges can result in a parity profile skewed to younger females in the breeding herd. We know that there are differences in reproductive efficiency and disease control in gilts vs sows. Gilt progeny (GP) are already known...
Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is a zoonotic and protozoan parasite that infects more than one-third of the global human population. Warm-blooded animals can act as hosts but only members of the cat family, such as domestic cats, act as...
Surgical castration of piglets continues to be “under the microscope” with respect to animal welfare. Some countries such as Denmark allow surgical castration when a local anaesthetic such as procaine is used as a local anaesthetic. These Danish researchers...
The period of time before and after farrowing is a particularly risky time for sows. Sow health issues are common at this point in the reproductive cycle. Poor outcomes from these peri-farrowing health issues can result in reduced performance,...
It is well known that animals make use of chemical communication to exchange information within their environment. This chemical communication involves the production, emission and detection of these chemicals. Pigs are able to produce chemical messages (odours) from digital,...
The pain associated with castration continues to be an animal welfare concern. In an effort to improve animal welfare, the German Parliament had outlawed castration without anaesthesia in 2013. It actually was not until January 1, 2021, that castration...
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Friday, October 7, 2022
LEAN HOGS:
The Sep unemployment rate stands at 3.5% and the U.S. economy created 263,000 jobs during Sep compared with expectations of 275,000. No matter how you slice it, no matter what the stock market does today, this information...
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide. Cystitis is an inflammation of the urinary bladder. This infection is often the result of an ascending bacterial infection. The condition is often subclinical in pigs...