The Rural Voice, 2001-01, Page 441. Start the day by making non -
mediated feeds for non -finishing pigs
such as sows or grower pigs. This
feed will work as a flush of the mill
and there is a low risk factor of
medicated feed getting into finishing
pigs.
2. Non -medicated feeds for finishing
hogs.
3. Feeds containing medications
requiring no withdrawal time.
4. Feeds containing medications with
the shortest withdrawal time.
5. Feeds containing medications with
the longest withdrawal time.
Possibly the most daunting task
that will be required to comply with
the new regulations will be keeping a
daily record of medication purchases,
uses and daily medicated feed
production, Clunies said. There must
be a recording of actual beginning of
the day and end of the day drug
inventories of medications used in
manufacture.0
In -transit pig losses
near $1 million for
Ontario pork industry
The cost of losses of pigs in transit
to market reached nearly $1 million
in Ontario last year, Frank Wood of
Ontario Pork told pork producers at
the "Recent Developments in Pork
Production from Birth to Market"
seminar in Shakespeare, November
29.
These losses are caused at all levels
of the chain, Wood said, from on-
farm assembly and weighing through
extended delays at the processor.
Producers are paid for losses of in -
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transit pigs through the In -transit
Loss Program, but it comes at a cost
of about 14 cents per pig marketed to
producers and two per cent of gross
freight for processors and
transporters.
As well, he said, up to 10 per cent
of PSE can be attributed to
mishandling of hogs somewhere in
the system.
Speaking of on-farm losses,
Watson asked "Do the people
working for you know how to handle
a hog?"
For the hog there is stress
associated with weighing and sorting
the hogs. Injuries can happen through
inadequate loading and sorting
facilities and through over -crowding
during transit.
At the assembly yard, overuse of
prods results not just in deaths but in
bruising that causes loss of quality
among hogs that arrive in a healthy
condition. Injuries can also happen
during mixing and sorting of pigs and
during holdovers and delays in
movement.
Assembly yard personnel are not
supposed to load a hog that doesn't
seem healthy, Wood said. "If a hog
can't move itself onto the truck it
probably won't live to the plant," he
said.
Loss during transit can be the result
of overcrowding on the truck, or
improper handling of livestock or
from a trucker not paying attention to
weather conditions. Ontario Pork has
kits for dealing with either hot or
cold weather.
Breakdowns, traffic conditions and
long distances travelled can also add
to injury and mortality.
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limiting the amount of time hogs
spend on the truck, Wood said.
At the plant overcrowding in
holding areas and mishandling can
add to losses. Unexpected delays in
processing due to equipment
breakdowns or overshipments add to
problems.
Wood urged farmers to examine
their handling facilities and practices
and improve flow and movement. If
you get frustrated, take a break.
As well he advised booking hogs
and keeping in contact with the
assembler, processor of logistics
department of Ontario Pork.O
New website for
Ontario corn growers
GOCORN.net is a new website
designed to aid Ontario's corn
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OMAFRA, the OCPA and the
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Huron County Soil &
Crop Improvement
Association
ANNUAL MEETING/
CROP UPDATE
Tuesday,
January 30, 2001
Blyth Community
Centre
10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Topics:
Marketing - Bob Huckle
Strip Tillage - Greg Stewart
Fusarium Control/
Winter Wheat - Peter Johnson
Weed Problems/
New Products - Pieter Sikema
Tickets: $15.00 meal
$10.00 membership
Contact your local Soil & Crop
Director or call Carol Finch at
482-9133 for tickets.