In a positive development for the Canadian swine industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently lifted a previously imposed order that mandated certification for Seneca Valley virus in sows from a Manitoba assembly yard before crossing the...

Farmscape for December 8, 2023 Full Interview 21:04 Listen Research conducted with funding provided by Swine Innovation Porc shows increasing the inclusion of lysine in the diets of first parity gilts will help stimulate the formation of milk producing...

Farmscape for December 5, 2023 Feature Report Listen Dr. Matheus Costa 22:12 Listen SHIC-AASV Webinar 1:37:31 Listen An assistant professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine warns, humans harboring the bacteria that causes Streptococcus zooepidemicus could...

Farmscape for November 28, 2023 Full Interview 9:21 Listen The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is encouraging farmers to ask the right questions of government. An article circulated through Manitoba community newspapers and posted to Manitoba Pork's web site looks...

Farmscape for November 24, 2023 Full Interview 27:51 Listen The Chief Scientific Officer with Prairie Diagnostic Services suggests, although still in its infancy, genomics is revolutionising the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in animals. Genomic sequencing is increasingly...

Farmscape for November 20, 2023 Full Interview 3:00 Listen The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board's Whole Hog Youth Ambassador is encouraging kids to learn more about how their food is produced and what farmers are doing to make sure the...

Farmscape for November 15, 2023 Full Interview 11:17 Listen An Edmonton based veterinary consultant suggests, by improving the design of the loadout, pork producers can improve the biosecurity of their farms and reduce the risk of disease transmission. "Practical...

Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Audio Special for November 9, 2023 Farmscape youth reporter 10-year-old Lucas Cochrane interviews fellow 10-year-old Reise Podhordeski, the Sask Pork Whole Hog Youth Ambassador, about his duties and his experiences in that role. Reise Podhordeski 3:00 Listen...

Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Audio Special for November 8, 2023 Long-rider, best-selling author and filmmaker Filipe Masetti discusses his more than 25-thousand-kilometer journey by horseback across the Americas and his experiences along the way. Filipe Masetti 8:27 Listen Kendall Weger...

Farmscape for November 8, 2023 Full Interview 7:29 Listen A new cull sow processing facility in Moose Jaw is expected to generate economic spin off for the city and the province for the next 30 to 40 years. North...

Farmscape for November 7, 2023 Full Interview 8:10 Listen Among the highlights of this year's Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium will be an opportunity for pork producers to interact with some of the young scientists who are conducting research on...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is marking an important milestone in its approach to protect the trade of live pigs, pork and pork products in the event of an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Canada. The Canadian...

Farmscape for November 1, 2023 Full Interview 7:54 Listen The General Manager of Sask Pork says an amendment proposed by the Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to Bill-C234 will further erode the ability of farmers to adopt...

North 49 Foods Ltd., a division of the company operating Thunder Creek Pork, has celebrated the official opening of its new federally inspected sow harvest and processing facility near Moose Jaw. This facility, repurposed from the mothballed JBS/XL Foods...

Farmscape for October 27, 2023 Full Interview 8:10 Listen Five undergrad, graduate students and postdocs will be presenting highlights of their research as part of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2023. Pork producers attending Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2023 set...