Better Pork Magazine Archive October 2023 Better Pork October 2023 edition features the following articles: Disinfecting Housing - Keeping Clean, Dietary Zinc & Copper - Metabolic Balance, Validation Research - Science & You, Building Safeguards - Command Centre and Manure Application. December 2023 August 2023
Exploring grape pomace’s potential as pork sausage preservative Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Scientists at Iowa State University are studying grape pomace as an alternative preservative for pork breakfast sausage. The U.S. sausage market exceeds $7.5 billion. Processed meats often use synthetic ingredients to maintain overall quality, stability and safety. However, consumer... Read this article online
Pork producers applaud long-awaited EPA data decision Wednesday, November 4, 2026 For more than 20 years, hog and other livestock farmers have lived with uncertainty over what new federal permitting or reporting requirements could result from an emissions study conducted nearly two decades ago. In a regulatory win for pork producers and other farmers, the Environmental... Read this article online
Ag in the House: Oct. 26 – 30 Wednesday, November 4, 2026 On Oct. 26, Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald fielded a question from a fellow Liberal MP about how the federal government is supporting food security across Canada. Chi Nguyen, the Ontario MP for Spadina—Harbourfront, asked the minister to share how the government is going to invest... Read this article online
What is Struvite? Could it Help Farmers Stretch Phosphorus and Reduce Runoff Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Canadian researchers are exploring whether a fertilizer recovered from wastewater could become part of a more sustainable approach to phosphorus management on farms. Research from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) indicates that struvite, when used alongside conventional... Read this article online
Helping commercialize Sask. agtech Tuesday, November 3, 2026 The Saskatchewan government launched a new program to connect agtech businesses with local farmers interested in testing new products in development. The Agtech Commercialization Readiness (ACRE) program through Innovation Saskatchewan will provide startups with up to $30,000 to pilot and... Read this article online