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Chris Neufeld, Animal Care and Biosecurity, HyLife, at left, with Karine Talbot, Director of Animal Health, HyLife talk about proper handling procedures with Dr. Temple Grandin.

A better way to handle piglets

This weaning ramp is easy on farm workers as well as on animals as they are processed

By Lee Hart March 6, 2023

A labour-saving innovation developed by a Manitoba hog operation has been recognized with an award presented by a national pork industry conference, and endorsed by an international animal welfare expert. The HyLife weaning ramp developed at the HyLife sow farms in La Broquerie, Man. was honoured earlier this year at the Banff Pork Seminar, and […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

Slaughter beat pre-pandemic pace in second half, StatsCan says

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 2, 2021

Year-over-year contraction continued for Canada’s cattle herd at the start of 2021, while newborn piglet counts kept Canada’s hog herd on the rise during the same period, according to Statistics Canada. StatsCan on Monday reported 11.2 million cattle on Canadian farms at Jan, 1, 2021 — down one per cent from the year-earlier date and […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

By GFM Network News January 8, 2019

Veterinary officials in Alberta are now investigating the province’s first-ever outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in hogs. Alberta Pork, the province’s hog producer commission, and the provincial government on Tuesday announced an outbreak of the viral disease at what was described as a “400-head hog operation.” Javier Bahamon, quality assurance and production manager for […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Out of the fire: Rescued piglets served to U.K. firefighters

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 23, 2017

London | Reuters — Young pigs that were saved from a fire in southwest England earlier this year have been served to their rescuers as sausages by the farmer who wanted to thank the firefighters for their efforts. The 18 piglets and two sows were rescued after an electrical fault set hay on fire at […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Piglet arm makes processing easier

By Meristem Land & Science March 17, 2014

Manitoba hog barn manager Helmut Janz recently won an award for a tool he developed to improve handling for baby pigs at processing. Janz, a barn manager for Maple Leaf in Zhoda, Man., has developed what he calls a “piglet arm” after seeing the need for a better way to process baby piglets. In barns […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

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A better way to handle piglets

Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

PEDv arrives in Alberta hogs

Out of the fire: Rescued piglets served to U.K. firefighters

Piglet arm makes processing easier

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