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Better Pork June/July 2003 Selected Articles Behind The Lines Cover Story What is the future for Independent Breeders in the genetic numbers game? Auditable guidelines on the way for animal care Guelph sets up North America's first liquid feed research barn Engineering - by Ron MacDonald A handy device to monitor hydrogen sulphide levels Management-  by Cate Dewey When should you breed a sow?    Nutrition-  by Janice Murphy Researchers make progress in loosening phytate's grip on phosphorus Economics-  by Ken McEwen Espect trade patterns to change if COOL is implemented Second Look- by Richard Smelski Show appreciation -- it costs so little, affects so much Research- by Lee Whittington Telling the story of pork -- where public relations and science meet

Pork News & Views Eye On Europe by Norman Dunn Denmark: Cutting costs with multi-size penning Australia: Power from pigs wins kudos from politicians Germany: Reducing fighting amongst loose-housed sows Denmark: Weaning to slaughter penning reaps benefits Austria: Hog-barn building co-op cuts costs and delivery time Autofom: Automatic grading for pigs comes into vogue in Germany see page 25 Environment - by Sam Bradshaw Guelph survey points to generally good relations between livestock operations and their neighbours Environment - by Jim Dalrymple Let's put livestock manure production in its proper perspective Environment - by Murray Blackie Will the Minimum Distance formulae encourage more tolerance of large operations? Herd Health - by S. Ernest Sanford Dealing with Avian TB in Pigs