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Prairie Swine Centre is an affiliate of the University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:
Selection for placental efficiency in swine: Genetic parameters and trends
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Selection for daily gain, loin-eye area, backfat thickness and intramuscular fat based on desired gains over seven generations of Duroc pigs
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To develop an excellent line of Duroc breed in performance traits and meat quality traits, selection of that breed was
conducted over seven generations for growth rate (DG), real-time ultrasound loin eye muscle area (EM), backfat thickness (BF), and intramuscular fat content (IMF) based on desired gains.
Consultant: Look at ‘Manure as an Opportunity’
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Three companies, Bio-Terre Systems Inc., Home Farms Technologies Inc. and Clear-Green Environmental Inc. have different technology and business models but are all attempting to process potential waste into commercially useable by-products. Methane and biogas used to provide electrical energy on a commercial scale, solids that can be composted or used as fuel and thermal energy are typical by products. Each company is developing different approaches to finding commercial solutions. There is no approach that has a clear advantage. The cost of energy, the increasing public pressure for real solutions to environmental issues, and significantly larger-scale livestock operations and processing facilities put integrated solutions in a new light. However, there are issues to be dealt with and business models to develop before these units will be commonplace. Right now the most potential for use is in large processing units such as slaughterhouses. It is hoped that innovation will drive these opportunities and that politicians and industry leaders will begin to deliver the message of these businesses.
Rangelands at equilibrium and non-equilibrium: recent developments in the debate
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Odour & Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hog Operations
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Hog production facilities have increased in size over the years, and along with this increase have come complaints due to odour. Odour associated with hog operations are from three main sources: a) building exhaust, b) manure storage, and c) land application of manure. As more and more producers are adopting manure injection, odour from land application is becoming less of a concern in Manitoba. But our understating of odour emissions from buildings and manure storage is still elusive. In particular, the relative contributions to odour from barns and the manure storage are not well known. This project aimed to quantify these relative odour contributions by comparing odour emissions and dispersion between two similar hog operations with different manure storage systems. A common practice of reducing the impact of livestock odour on the neighbouring communities is to maintain appropriate separation (setback) distance between the facility and the neighbouring communities. The downwind odour impact depends on many factors, including odour emission, weather conditions, topography, and odour sensitivity and tolerance of the neighbors. The methods for estimating setback distances are either empirical (experience plus measurements) or dispersion-based. This project evaluated commonly used setback and dispersion models for Manitoba conditions. It is estimated that agricultural operations contribute approximately 10% of the total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada, with about 40% of that originating from livestock production. However, little is known about the relative contributions to GHG emissions from barns and manure storage in different production systems. This project addressed the issue of greenhouse gas emission from hog operations with open and covered manure storage.
ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF BORDER IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
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DESIGN OF A RECYCLING TUNNEL SPRAYER USING CFD SIMULATIONS
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Characterisation of the organic matter pool in manures
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