Fighting for gestation stalls against HSUS Sunday, June 7, 2015 As more companies turn to gestation-stall free pork, one former investigator from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is speaking up against the practice, Pork Network reports.Working with HumaneWatch.org, part of the Center for Consumer Freedom, a former undercover investigator for HSUS has made a video supporting the use of gestation stalls. In it, the investigator, who remained anonymous to prevent backlash from the HSUS, talks about how the pregnant sows would fight and injure each other if they weren't in stalls. He also said that HSUS was pushing to ban gestation crates "because of what it would do to the pig farming industry." He added that "objectively, HSUS should be for gestation crates if they're honestly, truly for animal welfare."More videos have come forward, including one released on April 20 showing the former investigator explaining how HSUS training demonizes farmers before the "investigator" visits farms, and also how investigators are told how to characterize the scene of a young animal learning to walk and stumbling as the result of being "malnourished or kept in hobbles the whole time." The five minute long video is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmXoYF36uAg. BP U.S. pork industry's common audit now a reality for the nation's 59,000 swine producers Runaway pig goes for a burger
Old Farmers’ Almanac releases Canadian 2025-2026 winter forecast Wednesday, August 27, 2025 It may only be the end of August, but The Old Farmers’ Almanac is already looking ahead to Canada’s winter. Winter officially arrives on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 10:03am ET. And here’s what Mother Nature has in store for Canada. “Winter 2026 promises a season of contrasts,” the almanac’s... Read this article online
Ontario Farmers Share Yield Strategies Amid Drought Wednesday, August 27, 2025 The Great Ontario Yield Tour held an event at Petersen Custom Farming in Osgood, Ontario, on Thursday, August 21, 2025. The farmer panel during lunch was one of the highlights of the event. Farmers and industry experts gathered to discuss yield strategies and the realities of this season’s... Read this article online
New website launches to address invasive wild pigs in Canada Tuesday, August 26, 2025 To address the growing ecological and agricultural threat posed by invasive wild pigs, Canada is responding with the launch of a new website. Wild Pigs Canada is a new online hub developed by Invasives Canada and Animal Health Canada in collaboration with the Invasive Wild Pig Leadership... Read this article online
Why Pork Producers Should Care About Canada’s Pig Code Update Tuesday, August 26, 2025 As many farmers will know, as part of the normal process for review, the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) has launched a comprehensive review of Canada’s Pig Code of Practice, last updated in 2014. The review was announced in May. The process, expected to span three years,... Read this article online
PRRS Surge Disrupts U.S. Hog Supply - What will the Impact be? Tuesday, August 26, 2025 The U.S. hog sector is grappling with the effects of an atypical surge in Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) during the second quarter of 2025. According to the USDA, there is evidence that unusually high rates of PRRS in Q2-2025 and into June contributed to reduced hog... Read this article online