Birch Hills Celebrates
On April 11th Birch hills Colony along with Maximus celebrated along with over one hundred people completion of renovations with a Open House. Birch Hills embarked on renovating their old barn and turning the gestation barn into a new group sow housing working with the team from Maximus They are renovating the entire barn- replacing fans and inlets as well as the addition of the Maximus controllers
The event was very well attended and many thanks to those who participated.
The colony served a wonderful lunch for all the attendees with meat supplied buy Birch Meadows Colony and prepared by Mike Gross from Hines Creek Catering
Those in attendance were given a remarkable spontaneous performance of singing by the ladies in the kitchen. Many thanks to the marvelous people at Birch Hills Colony and all those who attended and are involved in the barn transformation. •
Arsenault Chosen Manager of Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network
The Canadian Pork Council and the Canadian Association of Swine Veterinarians have appointed Dr. Christa Arsenault as the new manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network (CSHIN).
“Having been a CSHIN member and a member of the Canadian Animal Health Surveillance System, Dr. Arsenault has a good understanding of the challenges of the industry.”said pork council chairman Rick Bergmann.
“She brings a wealth of knowledge and will be able to put forth her ideas to further the work of the network to the benefit of the entire pork sector.” he said. Dr. Arsenault is a lead veterinarian in animal health and welfare at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. She has also been a veterinary inspector with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and worked in private practice.
Dr. Arsenault succeeds Dr. Chris Byra who set up the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network. •
— By Jim Romahn
Sask Pork Announces New Producer Services Manager
The Board of Directors and staff are pleased to announce that effective May 22, 2018 Ravneet Kaur, MSc joins Sask Pork as Producer Services Manager. Ravneet recently completed her MSc in Animal Science at the University of Saskatchewan. While attending university, she worked as a Research Assistant at the Prairie Swine Centre studying under Dr. Jennifer Brown. After receiving her degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2011 she completed a Masters in Meat Science in 2013 from Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) in India. She continued as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Senior Research Fellow until 2015. Ravneet brings to the role of Producer Services Manager a passion for animal care and improving on-farm productivity. She will provide administration of the CQA/CPE on-farm food safety programs and continue delivery of the Transport Quality AssuranceTM course. •
Remembering Judith
Recently I found out that Judith Siemens, wife of beloved writer Harry, since the very first issue of Prairie Hog Country was released in 1996, lost her short but aggressive battle with 
Cancer. Judith had a lovely smile that expressed how caring of a person she was and treasured nothing more then her family. Harry and Judith had been married almost 47 years and had two daughters Lynn and Laurelle along with six grandchildren. Judith, along with the rest of the family, had (have) a strong faith which is helping them through this difficult time. Harry shared, Judith loved the Lord, and her faith never wavered through this time of knowing where she was soon going, amongst excruciating pain. All of us associated with Prairie Hog Country send thoughts, prayers and hugs to the family. •
