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Better Pork June 2018

Articles in the June 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: There's a New Tariff in Town, Pork Industry Lends a 'Helping Hoof', Comparing Nitrogen Sources Tariffs on items from the U.S., including pork, have been enforced for China. Canada is worried about this trade...

Better Pork April 2018

Articles in the April 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Breeding Away Castration, Antibiotic Alternatives to the Rescue, Revised TPP Opens Doors for Pork A swine genetic trait is being developed to eliminate the need for castration. Animal well-being would be improved by this...

Better Pork February 2018

Articles in the February 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: 'Gene'rating Heat for Modern Pigs, Filling a Niche in European Markets, Hot Hogs Don't Drink More Water A more cold-tolerant pig is being bred in China and the UK. This may lead to stronger...

Better Pork October 2017

Articles in the October 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Pork Barns See Revised Regulations, PRRS 2.0: A Strain on Producers, Research to Create a Valuable Tool Barn and ventilation systems need to be verified by an engineer due to revised regulations on the...

Better Pork August 2017

Articles in the 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Quebec Stream-Lines Hog Risk Management, Finding the Best Fit for the Barn, Producers Continue to Confront PED, Shaping Agriculture's Public Narrative, The Cost of a Curly Tail Automation and simplification of the system Service de...

Better Pork June 2017

Articles in the June 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Using Pigs to Advance Human Health, Send a Tasty Video Message, Lowering the Spread of Disease, Enrichment: Novelty or Necessity?, Pork Industry Tickled Pink by Genomics Smithfield Bioscience was launched with efforts to explore...

Better Pork April 2017

Articles in the April 2017 Better Pork Include:  Beyond the Barn: Creating Swine Surrogates for Leading Boars, New Gadget for Cooking Bacon, Lessons Learned from H1N1 Outbreak, Ensuring Biosecurity at Boar Studs Male pigs have been developed that can produce sperm genetically identical to a selected...

Better Pork February 2017

Articles in the February 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Importing Viruses via Feed, Shopping for Bacon in Virtual Reality, Canadian Pork Industry Hoping TPP Won't be DOA (Dead on Arrival), Label Claims for the 98% Viral pathogens can travel through imported feed from...

Better Pork December 2016

Articles in the December 2016 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Banff Pork Seminar Moves Mountains to Drive Attendance, Understanding PEDV Detection Methods, Holiday Gifts to Make You Squeal With Joy, The Computerized Hog Barn, Optimizing Sow Output with Longer Productive Lives The theme for...

Better Pork October 2016

Articles in the October 2016 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Brewing a New Use for Pork, Canadian-Produced PED Vaccine in the Works, Social (Ag)Media: How to Cook Your Pork and Connect with Consumers, Getting With the Plan, Selling Swine Welfare Flying Fish Brewery in...