A series of surveys conducted by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine suggests a need to step up the recruitment of veterinary students. In response to a shortage of swine veterinarians, surveys asked how long vets had been in practice, their educational background, what attracted them to the profession and how long they plan to remain active.

Dr. John Harding, a professor of swine medicine with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, says the five surveys focused on different topics including the swine profession and its needs, swine medicine education, swine medicine curricula, swine veterinarian clinical competency and swine continuing education and advanced certification.

The president of the Wheat Grower says its time for the federal government to re-think its climate change policies. 

In his Wheat Beat June newsletter to Wheat Growers, Gunter Jochum shared his frustrations with government's emphasis on climate change- which he sees as a misplaced priority.

Jochum aslo questioned if farm groups have been buying into the government's climate action programs and too anxious to accept government subsidies for things like cover crop programs.

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