Farmscape for September 16, 2020 Full Interview 21:40 Listen The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is advising pork producers to be aware of the...

Farmscape for September 15, 2020 Full Interview 10:48 Listen The Chief Agricultural Economist with Farm Credit Canada suggests a moderate increase in the average value...

Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics Last week one wild boar was found in Germany with African Swine Fever. This one dead pig has...

Piglet processing fluids have been shown to be a practical, time-efficient and affordable diagnostic tool for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), and some...

By: Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc. Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet Mortality Part 1 Generally, it’s difficult to attribute a single cause to preweaning mortality (PWM). Various predisposing...

They say that "cleanliness is next to godliness", but for trailers hauling hundreds of hogs, it can be next to impossible. Since "dirty" and...

Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics For weeks we have strongly questioned the reported “3 million hogs backed up” opinion of Ag. Economists and...

Farmscape for September 8, 2020 Full Interview 15:08 Listen A new foreign animal disease surveillance effort will help speed up the detection of African Swine...

Grow-finish farms are the last segment of hog production to enact strict biosecurity protocols. That needs to change, reports Mike Eisenmenger, DVM, Swine Vet...

Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics The U.S. Packing Industry continues to ramp up slaughter numbers. Last week 2,664,000 up almost 200,000 head from...

As your pigs will attest, feeding them is pretty important. Yet with ever rising feed costs, keeping your animals well nourished without starving your...

Farmscape for August 26, 2020 Full Interview 10:42 Listen The Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services says a range of strategies are helping...

Single mom cries every day over worries she'll bring COVID-19 home to her son Diwa Marcelino, an organizer with Migrante Manitoba, says Maple Leaf workers...

Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics The National Pork Industry Conference (NPIC) was held last week as a virtual event. Not an ideal way...

At one time transmission of Influenza Type A from pigs to people was a very rare event. Transmission from live pigs to people is...