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As the scale identifies hogs that have reached market weight,  the Tattoo Master automatically applies the tattoo.

Automatic system for tattooing hogs

The job can be done properly without manpower

By Meristem Land & Science March 8, 2019

Here’s an idea that puts less stress on animals and the people handling them. And it automates tattooing, a job that normally requires hard work for people. The Tattoo Master designed by Daniel and Justin Maendel of Rosebank Colony in Miami, Man. is a shared winner of the 2019 F.X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork […] Read more

This sheeting was fashioned to create a safe creep area for piglets.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Homemade safe creep idea protects piglets

A simple solution made with simple materials

By Meristem Land & Science February 26, 2019

As loose housing becomes standard practice across gestation facilities, it is only a matter of time until the market will demand loose-housed farrowing sows with litters. That’s the opinion of Brett, Jamie and Carl Israel of Carl Israel Farms Ltd. in Mapleton Township, Ont., one of two winners who shared the 2019 F.X. Aherne Prize […] Read more

Coronavirus stalls talks with China on canola ban

Fund traders still bearish on canola

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat, corn close lower after early gains

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Coronavirus stalls talks with China on canola ban

Fund traders still bearish on canola

U.S. grains: Soy, wheat, corn close lower after early gains

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