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Strong Live Hog Prices Expected to Fuel Renewed Interest in Building New Feeder Barns in Saskatchewan
2014-08-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The manager of industry and policy analysis with Sask Pork expects the current strong market for live hogs to fuel renewed interest in building new feeder barns in Saskatchewan, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Manitoba Government Urged to Ease Restrictions on New Hog Barns
2014-07-15 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Keystone Agricultural Producers is calling on the Manitoba government to ease restrictions on new hog barn construction that are impacting the ability of the pork processing sector to access hogs, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Pork Producers Hopeful Tentative Agreement Ends Ban on New Barns
2014-04-11 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Manitoba's pork producers are hoping a tentative agreement with the provincial government will end the moratorium on new swine barn construction or expansion in Manitoba, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Biosecurity Helps Guard Swine Barns from PED
2014-02-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says biosecurity protocols implemented on Canadian farms over the past three to four years have given the Canadian pork industry an edge in dealing with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED), write Bruce Cochrane.
If Barns Could Talk, What Stories Would They Tell?
2013-09-17 19:35:20| Beef
The old hog barn on our place has been sagging for years. The rickety building creaks and groans with the faintest wind, and the siding is so thin, you can see through it onto the other side. The windows are broken, and the tin roof is peeling off. After much family debate, we decided it was time for the old barn to come down. BEEF Daily read more