Saskatchewan Swine Producers Encouraged to Sign on to Real Time Tracking of People and Transport Vehicles

The Producer Services Manager with Sask Pork is encouraging the operators of Saskatchewan swine farms and the trucks that visit those farms to connect to a new service that allows real time tracking of people and equipment.In an effort to improve transport biosecurity Sask Pork and Farm Health Guardian have partnered to offer Saskatchewan's Pork producers access to GPS technology that will allow them to track the real time movement of people and equipment on and off their farms.

Alison Sullivan, the Producer Services Manager with Sask Pork, says the service is being offered to commercial swine farms in Saskatchewan and transporters including livestock feed and other service vehicles.

Quote-Alison Sullivan-Sask Pork:

Biosecurity is an important aspect of modern hog production because of the challenges and risks posed by disease outbreaks.Both domestic and foreign animal diseases have serious health and economic consequences for the producer but they can also impact our ability to access and maintain our export market.
70 percent of pork that's produced in Canada is exported so keeping  these avenues open for our producers is vital for industry sustainability in the future.