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• Western ag connections in the NHL playoffs

  21-04-2025 17:19 via farms.com
  Multiple players grew up or have some experience in ag
  
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• FDA approves gene-edited pigs resistant to costly swine disease

  05-05-2025 19:10 via farms.com
  British animal genetics company Genus on Wednesday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its PRP gene edit under its PRRS Resistant Pig ("PRP") programme for use in the US food supply chain, reported Reuters. The gene edit is designed to provide pigs resistance to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a disease affecting swine globally, whose symptoms include fever, respiratory distress, premature births.PRRS caused an estimated $1.2 billion per year in lost pro
  
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• US pork gains ground in New Zealand despite softening demand in Oceania

  05-05-2025 19:09 via farms.com
  US pork exports to New Zealand reached 864 metric tonnes (mt) in February, a 19% increase from the previous year, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the US Meat Export Federation (USMEF).Export value surged 54% to $3.7 million. Cumulative January–February shipments climbed 43% to 1,927 mt, with export value up 59% to $7.6 million.In contrast, overall pork exports to Oceania dipped slightly. Total volume for the region edged down 1% to 18,634 mt, while export value fell 2% y
  
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• FDA approval for technology to breed PRRS-resistant pigs

  05-05-2025 19:05 via farms.com
  The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to swine genetics company PIC for the gene edit used in its pig resistant to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). The FDA determined that the technology is safe and effective.The gene edit will be used to breed the company’s PRRS-resistant pigs, but the company adds that the approval does not automatically trigger commercialisation in the US.In a press release, the company said that it “becomes
  
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• Former federal ag minister Charlie Mayer passes away

  05-05-2025 16:53 via farms.com
  Charlie Mayer served as minister of agriculture for nearly all of 1993
  
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• SHIC-Funded Study to Optimize PRRSV Surveillance Evaluates Sensitivity of Tongue Tip Testing in Sow Herds

  05-05-2025 15:45 via farms.com
  With the goal of optimizing PRRSV detection, Drs. Igor Paploski and Cesar Corzo at the University of Minnesota led a study investigating the use of tongue tip samples from dead piglets for PRRSV monitoring during sow herd stabilization.
  
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• Ontario Hog Prices Show Stability Heading Into Late April

  05-05-2025 15:42 via farms.com
  Ontario hog markets remained relatively stable heading into the last week of April, with the 100% base formula price recorded at $217.77 per ckg (100 index) for the week ending April 25. This marks a modest increase from the previous week’s $214.40, though prices remain lower compared to the same period last year when the 100% formula price was $226.25 per ckg.
  
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• The influence of straw enrichment on hair hormone concentrations, behaviour, and productivity of growing pigs

  05-05-2025 15:40 via farms.com
  A trial was conducted to see if hair hormone concentrations are a good biomarker for chronic stress in pigs. The objective of this study was to determine if different rearing environments, designed to be standard, or improve pig welfare, influenced the hair hormone concentrations of cortisol, cortisone, DHEA, and their ratios.
  
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• Porcine Ear Necrosis: From Outside /In or Inside / Out? By George Charbonneau from South West Ontario Veterinary Service

  05-05-2025 15:38 via farms.com
  Porcine ear necrosis (PEN) has been a problem in pig production since it was first described in the mid 1980’s. Careful observation will reveal that PEN is initially associated with raised red areas of inflammation visible in the epidermis (surface) of the skin at the extremities of the ear.
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods Advances Spin-Off of Pork Division into Canada Packers Inc.

  05-05-2025 15:38 via farms.com
  Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) has announced a major step forward in its previously disclosed plan to spin off its pork operations into a separate entity, Canada Packers Inc. The company has secured an interim court order allowing it to proceed with a special shareholder meeting scheduled for June 11, 2025, to vote on the transaction.
  
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• Mother’s Day Q&A: Patricia Lung

  05-05-2025 15:37 via farms.com
  Lung farms with her husband’s family near Humboldt, Sask.
  
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• Canada’s Restaurant Sales Decline Amid U.S. Trade War – Implications for Pork Demand

  05-05-2025 15:37 via farms.com
  Restaurants Canada has revised its 2025 forecast downward, projecting a contraction in Canadian commercial foodservice sales due to escalating trade tensions with the United States. The updated outlook predicts a decline of 0.4% to 1.5% in 2025 and up to 1.4% in 2026, in sharp contrast to earlier growth expectations. 
  
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• Families Can Reduce Food Costs by Shopping for Bargains and Eating More at Home

  05-05-2025 14:47 via farms.com
  A retired southwestern Manitoba butcher-meat cutter suggests families can trim their food costs and at the same improve family communications by eating more meals at home and by shopping for bargains at the grocery store.
  
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• Farmers Look to Newly Elected Government to Focus on Resolving Agricultural Trade Tensions

  05-05-2025 14:45 via farms.com
  A partner with Polar Pork says Canadian farmers will be looking to Canada's newly elected minority Liberal government to resolve Canada's trade disputes with both the United States and China. Following Monday's election, Prime Minister Mark Carney has maintained the Liberal's minority government.Florian Possberg, a partner with Polar Pork recalls, the Americans threatened 25 percent across the board tariffs and, while most of our agricultural products have escaped those tariffs, the threat is st
  
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• Final Report Released on Industry-Wide Assessment of Bioexclusion Practices Across US Swine Farms

  05-05-2025 14:44 via farms.com
  Research conducted by Iowa State University shows biosecurity and bioexclusion practices vary across the different phases of pork production.
  
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• Spring Planting Underway in Manitoba

  05-05-2025 14:42 via farms.com
  Manitoba Agriculture reports, with spring seeding just getting underway across the province, about three percent of this year's crop is now in the ground.
  
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• Despite Tariff Threats Live Hog Markets Remain Strong

  05-05-2025 14:40 via farms.com
  A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services says, despite the economic uncertainty created by the Trump administration’s threatened trade actions, market hog prices have remained strong.
  
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• Mother’s Day Q&A: Shannon Douglass

  05-05-2025 14:35 via farms.com
  Mother’s Day is this Sunday
  
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• New Program Launches to Build Next-Gen Leaders

  05-05-2025 13:01 via farms.com
  Minnesota Pork is launching ‘Activate,’ an 18-month leadership development program designed to equip emerging leaders in the pork industry with essential skills, industry knowledge and hands-on training needed to advocate on behalf of Minnesota pig farmers.Activate will guide 12 emerging leaders through hands-on training in key areas such as advocacy, communications, relationship management, leadership and industry knowledge, the organization said in a release. In addition to gaining
  
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• MSHMP Funding Renewed by SHIC with Deliverables Outlined in Annual Report

  05-05-2025 12:59 via farms.com
  The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project, funded by the Swine Health Information Center, submitted its annual report containing updates on their three primary objectives. Dr. Cesar Corzo, MSHMP principal investigator, and colleagues at the University of Minnesota, monitor trends in pathogen incidence and prevalence, conduct prospective monitoring of PRRSV sequence evolution and impact, and support producer participants to increase relevance and deliverables to the swine industry. During thei
  
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• Maple Leaf Foods provides update on pork business spin-off

  05-05-2025 12:57 via farms.com
  Maple Leaf Foods Inc., in connection with the previously announced spin-off of its pork operations to form Canada Packers Inc., has secured the necessary interim court order authorizing, among other things, the holding of the annual and special meeting of shareholders on June 11 to approve the transaction, and has entered into certain pre-transaction agreements. As the company takes these steps to advance the transaction, it has also announced the senior management team that will lead Canada Pac
  
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• Looking for the Perfect Mother’s Day Gift for Women who work in Agriculture?

  02-05-2025 20:50 via farms.com
  Show your appreciation for the incredible women in agriculture who are part of your life by supporting products and services created by women in agriculture.
  
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• ‘It feels personal’: Canadian farmers cope with Chinese tariffs on canola and peas

  02-05-2025 19:56 via farms.com
  Canola runs deep on Margaret Rigetti’s farm in southern Saskatchewan.Her grandfather was among the first to grow the bright yellow flowering crop in the 1970s, and it has been a staple ever since.“For a large part of Saskatchewan, the farm economy has been driven by canola,” Rigetti, a director with SaskOilseeds, says in an interview on her land near Moose Jaw.“It feels personal when people come after canola, just because it’s such a Canadian story, such a western C
  
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• Rocky Mountain Equipment launches fifth year of rural community grant program

  02-05-2025 19:54 via farms.com
  The 2025 edition of the RME Right by You Ag Society Grant community investment initiative is accepting applications.The Rocky Mountain Equipment (RME) program supports four agricultural societies across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Garrett Ganden, President and CEO of RME said a $10,000 grant goes to each project“We take pride in being embedded in rural communities in Western Canada,” Ganden said. “This program allows us to further support the communities in which many o
  
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• Manitoba farmers starting spring seeding

  02-05-2025 19:52 via farms.com
  Manitoba Agriculture has released its first crop report for 2025. Spring planting is registered at three per cent complete just two points ahead of the five-year average.There have been small amounts of peas, spring wheat and oats primarily seeded in the central, eastern and Interlake regions of the province. No oilseed crops have been planted to date.James Frey is an Applied Research Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, based in Roblin, Man. He said it’s not surprising it’s been a
  
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• Small Steps, Big Gains: How Starting Slow Leads to Grazing Success

  02-05-2025 19:49 via farms.com
  This article is one of a series of case studies on forage beneficial management practices from Alberta Agrisystems Living Lab and Canfax. It is reprinted on BeefResearch.ca with permission.Rotational grazing can mean different things to different people. This Beneficial Management Practice (BMP) is often adopted at varying levels of intensity, depending on timing and amount of precipitation, water source or labour availability. Rotational grazing can offer many benefits, including a more evenly
  
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• International Day of Potato 2025 set for May 30

  02-05-2025 16:47 via farms.com
  FAO has announced the theme for the International Day of Potato 2025: Shaping history, feeding the future.
  
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• CPMA convention and trade show by the numbers

  02-05-2025 16:44 via farms.com
  The 2025 CPMA Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2025) was a resounding success attracting more than 4,300 attendees. 
  
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• Jamaica labour minister greets TFWs headed for Canada

  02-05-2025 16:42 via farms.com
  The Jamaican Government takes special pride in its seasonal agricultural workers who come to Canada under the Ministry of Labour’s Overseas Employment Programme. A group of 223 workers departed April 29, 2025 with a personal send-off from labour minister Pearnel Charles Jr. 
  
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• AALP accepting applications until May 16

  02-05-2025 16:41 via farms.com
  Space is still open for Class 21 of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program, an 18-month executive training program that cultivates leadership skills for individuals who want to shape the future of the agri-food industry and make a positive difference in rural communities across Ontario.
  
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