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Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:
Centred on Swine
Published twice a year this magazine features Prairie Swine Centre’s current studies and research conclusions. Individual articles in these issues of Centred on Swine are located in our PorkInsight Database.
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Annual Reports
View our annual reports from 1995-2010. All documents provided via PDF format, you can choose any date for a complete download.
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Western Hog Journal
The Western Hog Journal is the leading source of technical and business information for pig producers and the pork industry in Western Canada. Published five times per year, it has four regular issues and a “Banff Special Issue” which contains summaries of presentations given at the Banff. Pork Seminar, one of North America’s premier conferences. WHJ focuses on providing practical information and advice aimed at improving the efficiency of pig producers, drawing on the expertise of researchers, advisers and veterinarians, with contributors from North America, Europe and Australia.
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Electronic Newsletter
This newsletter is produced to keep you informed on the technical innovations in pork production. Lowering cost of production, improving productivity and ensuring an industry that is sustainable is the foundation of Prairie Swine Centre. Every two weeks we introduce or reintroduce topics that can make a difference in how you manage your business. These technical insights come from research at Prairie Swine Centre, as well as other institutions, which we have identified can make a difference to the business of producing pork in Canada.
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Swine Nutrition Guide
The objective of the Swine Nutrition Guide is to provide the reader with an easy-to-read source of practical information on the nutrition of the pig. The target audience of this publication is pork producers, workers in agribusiness and students. The common interest is information on how the pig uses nutrients, how to determine nutrient requirements and how feedstuffs can be effectively employed in the diet.
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Pork Production Reference Guide
The fundamentals of pork production are presented in this reference guide. It includes information on the pork industry, biology of the pig, general management, feeding and nutrition, housing and environment as well as conversion factors.