Tim Hortons calls for gestation-sow stall elimination
Officials at Tim Hortons restaurant chain want the pork industry and the company’s pork suppliers to stop using gestation-sow stalls. The Canadian-based firm is instructing its suppliers to develop clear plans by year's end outlining timelines to phase out the housing system.
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Webinar: ‘Gestation Sow Housing’ to provide answers and insights
Gestation-sow housing is grabbing a lot of attention these days, which means there’s a growing need for information and dialogue. In that vein, a webinar entitled “Gestation Sow Housing” is on tap for Friday, May 11.
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Osborne Industries to unveil ‘Single Source Swine Solutions’
Services include farm design, building construction, one-of-a-kind training and support, and management and professional services for the industry worldwide.
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Midwest Boar Stud Conference set for Aug. 9-10
Conference attendees will learn about the newest advancements in academic and industry research to better manage boars.
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Record productivity puts more pork on the market
Pork producers have shown time and again that they don’t need more sows to send more hogs to market. The March Hogs and Pigs report showed a December-February pig crop at 28.7 million head, that’s up 3 percent from the same period a year ago. Producers averaged a record high 9.97 pigs per litter.
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Hog price outlook softens
USDA’s March Hogs and Pigs Report numbers came in near trade expectations, so market reaction on Monday is likely to be ho-hum. Even though production numbers showed little growth, up 2 percent from 2011 levels, long-term, price expectations have softened.
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Hogs & Pigs Report expected to reflect cautious growth
“The breeding hog inventory could even decline if margins don’t improve soon, ” says Rich Pottorff, Doane Ag Services’ chief economist, regarding 2012 pork production.
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Free-access stalls provide sow-housing option
With more restaurants and food service companies demanding that gestation-stall sow housing be eliminated, U.S. pork producers are under growing pressure to find viable alternatives.
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Wendy’s commits to gestation-stall-free pork
The Wendy’s hamburger chain has joined the ranks of foodservice providers that will require its U.S. and Canadian pork suppliers to make plans to phase out the use of gestation-sow stalls.
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Housing P1 sows with gilts improves welfare, performance
Aggression among group-housed sows is a widely recognized problem as well as a threat to animal welfare and performance. At the American Society of Animal Science meeting in Des Moines this week, Yuzhi Li, assistant professor of swine production, University of Minnesota, offered insights on improving performance and welfare of young sows in a group-housing system.
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HSUS files SEC complaint against Seaboard Foods
Maintaining its focus on pork production and gestation-sow stalls, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed a legal complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Seaboard Foods. At issue, HSUS is claiming Seaboard is violating the federal securities law in making statements about its pork production system.
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