Tara Terpstra wants to prevent disease in her barn, before she has to cure it.

Battling hog barn bugs

Farmers dealing with tighter access to antimicrobials look to prevention versus treatment

Livestock farmers across Canada are bracing for extra costs as Health Canada moves to further lock down their access to antimicrobials, but Huron Country hog farmers Tara and Dennis Terpstra anticipate an easy transition. When their business arrangement changed in 2015, the Terpstras seized the opportunity to re-evaluate their herd management. The result was a […] Read more