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Hogs outdoors on a farm in Italy. (Coscarella Gianfranco/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Swine fever found in wild boar in Italy

By Reuters January 8, 2022
Reuters — African swine fever, a deadly hog disease, has been found in a wild boar in Italy’s Piedmont region, the regional government said in a statement on Friday. Tests […] Read more

Province invests in future of livestock research
Livestock, News

Province invests in future of livestock research

By Farmtario Staff November 5, 2021
Two new research facilities in Elora have received provincial funding to foster innovation in Ontario’s livestock industry. Construction is now underway on the new swine research facility that will use […] Read more

A genetically engineered pig kidney appears healthy during a transplant operation at NYU Langone in New York. (Photo: Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health/Handout via Reuters)
Livestock

U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient

By Nancy Lapid October 20, 2021
New York | Reuters — For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

U.S. considers faster hog slaughter paces based on staffing

Faster speeds seen as increasing injuries

By Tom Polansek October 12, 2021
Chicago | Reuters — The Biden administration is considering a proposal that could allow some pork plants to slaughter pigs more quickly if they boost staffing, a union official said, […] Read more

(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Upgraded Olymel hog plant’s second shift begins

Ange-Gardien plant's slaughter pace to rise by up to 40 per cent

By Dave Bedard September 12, 2021
A promised second shift is now up and running at a major hog plant in Quebec’s Monteregie and is expected to eventually boost the plant’s weekly slaughter capacity by up […] Read more


(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Olymel, union reach second tentative deal to end strike

Company postpones threatened layoffs pending employees' vote Tuesday

By Dave Bedard August 30, 2021
A second agreement in principle has been reached between meat packer Olymel and the union for one of its major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plants to end a months-long […] Read more

File photo of hogs in an outdoor pen on St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. (EAGiven/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

U.S. seeks to protect pork exports if swine fever hits territories

Policy would distinguish Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands from mainland

By Reuters August 26, 2021
Chicago | Reuters — The United States said on Thursday it is seeking to avoid disruptions to pork exports if the territories of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands […] Read more

(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Olymel’s striking Quebec workers get layoff ultimatum

Hog slaughter plant idle since late April

By Dave Bedard August 24, 2021
Updated — The threat of job losses for about half the unionized workers at a major pork packing plant in Quebec is its owners’ latest bid to end a four-month […] Read more


(Olymel video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Time for arbitration in Olymel strike, PQ says

Province's new mediator not enough, party says

By Dave Bedard August 24, 2021
Quebec’s third opposition party is calling on the province’s CAQ government to propose arbitration for an end to a strike at a major pork slaughter plant. The Parti Quebecois’ ag […] Read more

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Livestock

Olymel strike talks delayed to mid-month, union says

Quebec hog plant's workers on strike since late April

By Dave Bedard July 6, 2021
A two-months-and-counting strike at a major Quebec hog slaughter and processing plant is expected to continue through to mid-July at the earliest due to scheduling issues, the workers’ union says. […] Read more

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