EU Moves to Limit Spread of PEDv

May 14, 2014

The EU Commission has agreed to new rules aimed at limiting the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) by restricting blood products used in feed, the BBC reported.

The EU rejected an outright ban on live pig imports. France last week said it would suspend imports of live pigs and sperm from the United States, Canada, Japan and Mexico.

The new EU rules require that products such as spray dried pig plasma used in feed given to weaned piglets can be imported only after they have been heat treated. The products must then be stored for six weeks to kill any virus that might have contaminated the blood after the treatment, according to the article.

The EU decided against a ban on live pig imports because very few live animals are brought in from Canada and the United States, the article said.

Source: AlbertaPork

Video: Making budget friendly pig feed on a small livestock farm

I am going to show you how we save our farm money by making our own pig feed. It's the same process as making our cattle feed just with a slight adjustment to our grinder/ mixer that makes all the difference. We buy all the feed stuff required to make the total mix feed. Run each through the mixer and at the end of the process we have a product that can be consumed by our pigs.

I am the 2nd generation to live on this property after my parents purchased it in 1978. As a child my father hobby farmed pigs for a couple years and ran a vegetable garden. But we were not a farm by any stretch of the imagination. There were however many family dairy farms surrounding us. So naturally I was hooked with farming since I saw my first tractor. As time went on, I worked for a couple of these farms and that only fueled my love of agriculture. In 2019 I was able to move back home as my parents were ready to downsize and I was ready to try my hand at farming. Stacy and logan share the same love of farming as I do. Stacy growing up on her family's dairy farm and logans exposure of farming/tractors at a very young age. We all share this same passion to grow a quality/healthy product to share with our community. Join us on this journey and see where the farm life takes us.