The two big swine shows in Western Canada, Banff Pork Seminar and the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg in early February saw their biggest numbers in many years. In Banff, over 650 delegates from across the country and in Winnipeg near 500. Only several short years ago, those numbers were much less, and the
The hog industry keeps churning and churning, and churning, and most likely isn’t for the faint of heart. If it isn’t supply and demand, or feed prices, or currency exchange, PED virus, crazy regulations, lack of financing for expansion, and labour shortages, it is something else.
Florian Possberg, chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board
Something that farmers, especially those who have experienced the loss when a certain feedmill or any other entity takes their grain in good faith, often in times when that feedmill is in dire straits for getting feeding to their livestock customers, may well be happening.
Recently, the Canadian Grain Commission began consultations on its proposal
When the federal government announced the Hog Farm Transition program on August 15, 2009, many producers at their wits end, took the buyout, some to finally exit with some dignity, others to wait around, look after their empty barns and see what happens.
All barns participating in the Hog Farm Transition program had to be
In a low-lying area just southeast of the town of Kyle, Sask. there is a bit of history being made: Yes, new history – the first ever complete loose housing facility being built in Saskatchewan, at the home of the former Matador co-operative farm.
History is prevalent in and on the future site of a
In general terms farmers have been rather open to adopting new technologies. That adoption may not come overnight, but there are always those willing to take the plunge, going back to the first farmers to hang up their horse harness and opt for a tractor.
I am sure there were neighbours who thought them mad
It seems as the never ending war on words, in between lawyers, most often sucking millions of dollars from the coffers of livestock association / organizations across Canada continues.
So far it appears at least, the legal companies are the only ones benefiting from the mandatory country-of-origin labelling (M-COOL) battle between the United States government,
Andrew Dickson, the general manager of Manitoba Pork says following the WTO hearing in Geneva while waiting to catch a flight home from Toronto to Winnipeg Saturday afternoon that he’s confident Canada will keep winning on the Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling [M-COOL] case with the United States.
A World Trade Organization appeal panel heard
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Happy Spring, or at least according to the calendar it is. Looking outside my window while I am typing this I still see some remaining white from our weekend snow storm, however rain and +10 today tells me it will be gone soon enough.
M Cool is still a hot topic in the
