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Dr. Paul Sundberg recognized with Distinguished Service Award

Disease Notifiable diseases Husbandry

18 March 2024

2 minute read

Why monitor swine herds for PCV2?

SPONSOR Non-notifiable diseases PCV Treatments and prevention

23 August 2023

7 minute read

An interview with Noel Garbes, DVM – Senior Technical Services Veterinarian, Zoetis

Innovation: HyLife weaning ramp wins Aherne Prize at 2023 Banff Pork Seminar

Production stages Nursery/weaner Treatments and prevention

13 January 2023

2 minute read

Learn more about this new industry innovation

ADM launches new sweetening feed products for piglets

Herd management Feed and nutrition

22 November 2022

2 minute read

Designed to improve the palatability of feed for weanling pigs

Dr. Kenneth Stalder: global pork industry mourns his loss

Pig Welfare Herd management Sow management

5 November 2022

6 minute read

Iowa State University professor, well-known for research his sow lameness, productivity and longevity, has passed away

December 2019 - January 2020

Authorities ban feeding of waste airline food to pigs in Bali

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

5 January 2020

2 minute read

Indonesian authorities have banned the feeding of leftover airline food to pigs in Bali in order to prevent the spread of African swine fever into un-affected herds.

EU pig prices 2019: an exceptional year for European pork producers

Markets Market Trends Marketing pork

4 January 2020

3 minute read

ISN provides their annual rundown of how EU pig prices performed. 2019 was an unusual year for the European market, dominated by African swine fever.

PED and ASF two priorities for Manitoba Pork in 2020

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

3 January 2020

3 minute read

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says eradicating porcine epidemic diarrhoea and protecting herds from and preparing for African swine fever are priorities one and two entering 2020.

US hog futures look bright going into 2020

Markets Industry and legislation Policy and regulation

3 January 2020

3 minute read

US hog futures kicked off 2020 by approaching seven-week highs in gains driven by increasing expectations for bigger sales of American pork to China.

China announces plans to issue biosafety certificates to domestic GM soybean and corn

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

2 January 2020

3 minute read

China's agriculture ministry said on Monday it plans to issue biosafety certificates to a domestically grown, genetically modified (GM) soybean crop and two corn crops, in a move towards commercialising GM grain production in the world's top market.

Antibiotic use in pigs can damage gut microbiome and hinder productivity

Husbandry Research and innovation Herd management

31 December 2019

3 minute read

A Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine suggests, when using antibiotics to treat disease, one of the factors to keep in mind is the affect of those compounds on the gut microbiome.

US hog futures slip as supply outweighs Chinese demand

Markets Industry and legislation Market Trends

30 December 2019

2 minute read

US hog futures dropped on Friday (27 December) as pressure from large domestic supplies overshadowed an uptick in pork sales to China.

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