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$1.2-million project to aid hog-barn switchover
2014-12-06 01:30:37| Food - Topix.net
Hog producers will benefit from research on switching from gestation stalls to loose sow housing as a result of a pilot project underway at a Maple Leaf Foods barn near Steinbach, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced Friday. "The Canadian pork industry is a major economic driver," said Ritz.
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