On farm fire – don’t be caught by surprise

Fire in a pig house may be among the worst things that can happen to a producer. Unlikely as it may be, in the event of a blaze, it is good to be prepared, both immediately and for the near future. Brenda Jackson, in St Thomas, Ontario, Canada, had to start again from scratch after losing her 2,000 sow breeding farm. By Vincent ter Beek It happened on a Sunday night in August 2007, Brenda Jackson recalls. “When I went to bed at midnight, everything was fine. I was sleeping and heard fire