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New Project in Manitoba, Canada, Provides Information to Farm Operations Switching to Loose Sow Housing
Government of Manitoba. Screen image from 'Crated Cruelty, Canada's pork industry animal abuse exposed' website. A Mercy For Animals Canada undercover investigation t hat took place in 2012 looked into animal abuse at Puratone, one of the nation's largest pork producers located in Arborg, Manitoba. Hog producers will benefit from research on switching from gestation stalls to loose sow housing as a result of a pilot project underway at a Maple Leaf Foods barn near Steinbach, Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
Harper Government Destroys Farmer Control Over Seed
National Farmers Union Organic hemp. Is it next? Larry Powell PinP photo. The National Farmers Union (NFU) is sounding the alarm with the passing of Bill C-18, the Agriculture Growth Act omnibus bill yesterday in the House of Commons. “Farmers must now contend with UPOV ’91. UPOV ’91 is one of the most farmer-unfriendly mechanisms we have ever seen,” exclaimed Jan Slomp, NFU President. Story here.