The interest in the possibilities offered by gene editing is growing – in both human medicine and in the livestock world. In livestock production, many of the most promising examples and opportunities ...

The first chair term was the first time that the whole industry had come together and put money forward for an initiative on swine welfare at this scale,” says Seddon. “There was some trepidation ...

In the spring, a team of researchers – including University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign scientists and industry partners – approached a professor in the university's animal sciences department to ...

Although African swine fever has dominated the spotlight for a year, this disease is not the only one about which the swine sector worries. Streptococcus suis (S. suis) has a silent but steady ...

A strong swine herd begins with good piglet gut health, says Dr. Ben Willing, an associate professor in the agricultural, life and environmental sciences department at the University of Alberta.

If you have children, you know that throughout their life, they can challenge you daily. Ask yourself, have your ever given up on your children? Consider your crops like your kids, you should never ...

Karson Hennick provides mobile butchering services across southern Ontario through his business, Field to Fork Butchering, in Lambton County near Sarnia. He believes that mobile butchers can help ...

Winter fixing season is upon us and many farmers are heading out to their shops to repair their vehicles and equipment. The first tools mankind ever used were the rock and the stick. These are still ...

Scouring is an unpleasant reality that pork producers around the world face. Diarrhea in piglets can be caused by a variety of pathogens and can lead to consequences for the individual piglet's growth ...

Sprayers are an important piece of equipment in a farmer's lineup of machinery. But they were not always considered as essential as they are now. "I can remember when my parents bought their farm in ...

Many people might measure fall's progress by the changing pigments of the leaves. Farmers, however, may track seasons by which header is attached to their combine. A combine is the anchor of a farm's ...