In Honour of Prairie Hog Country turning 25, this editions contest is going to test your memory of past articles that have appeared in previous editions. Match the quote or description with the person/event/place/thing. Complete list of answers below. On separate piece of paper write question number down with your answer. Some questions might be easy and some might be more challenging. Best of luck to all of you, and thanks again for all the support over the past 25 years, we look forward to keeping you informed for many years to come. Enter to win $50.
Send in your completed contest to PHC Contest Box 5536, Leduc AB T9E 2A1, or fax 780.980.9640 or scan and email hogcountry@shaw.ca. Dealine for entries is March 22nd.

1.What was the original name of Prairie Hog Country?

2.Who was the recipient for the Alberta SPCA Farmer of the year in 1997? (hint he used to own Rose Brier Farms)

3.Who not only used to work for Alberta Pork but had another passion, horses – and was one of very few horse jumping course designers in Canada?

4.Who was president of Canada Pork International back in 2000? (hint he was from Manitoba).

5. In summer of 2001 it was announced to build a facility that can be used to educate public, students and potential swine investors near Saskatoon, what was it called?

6. In 2003 and 2016 this very influential speaker attended and spoke during Banff Pork Seminar and discussed merits of animal welfare.

7. Who has been both the chairman of Manitoba Pork Council and the vice president of Keystone Agricultural Producers and recently won the Wilson Loree award
announced by Farm Management Canada?

8.Who has written at least one article in every edition of PHC since the beginning?

9.Who remembers what the name of the pig is from a
previous Prairie Hog Country logo?

10. Who was instrumental in helping put the agenda and speaker line up together for Manitoba Swine Seminar for many years?

11. Development of what program began in 1995 when
a team of technical experts from industry and government examined the potential for an on-farm food safety program. Initial documents were pilot-tested by producers to ensure the program was workable prior to its official release in 1998, and producers continue to play a critical role in
program development.

12. Where did a group of cubs visit back in 2006 to help them learn about pigs, while working on badge work at the same time (environmental awareness) by learning about the pig poop cycle?

13. What year did PED arrive in Canada?

14. Where was the first ever complete loose housing facility being built in Saskatchewan located? 
15. Handed out during the awards banquet at Alberta Pork Congress what does RFTT stand for?

16. Members from Canadian Pork International, along with representatives of both national and provincial pork associations, plus 15 producers, were part of a trade mission to where in March of 2018?

17. Whose namesake is applied to an award given out at Banff Pork Seminar for an innovation that has been developed for the pork production industry?

18. Starting back in the fall of 2010 a 17 member committee was given a purpose to revise this document. Members included veterinarians, animal welfare groups, producers and industry researchers. This same document
is now being reviewed with potential ammendments after the revised version had been out for five years.

19. Which group was working with both producers and
processors on a grading system in 2015, that would provide a high level of detail about what’s inside the pork package? 

20. Back during the 2019 Saskatchewan Pork Symposium presenter Catherine Brodeur shared results of a study on livestock pricing. What was it called?

21. In 2009 after what virus infected some pigs, did the pork industry came together to show support with BBQ’s, pig roasts and rallies across western Canada.

22. African Swine Fever is a hot topic and continues to be
a huge concern to the hog sector world wide including the Canadian pork industry. Who is helping serve with the
Canadian Pork Council in working on and helping create Canada’s action plan?

23. Who retired from the Prairie Swine Centre in 2018?

24. These animals are dangerous, destructive and can carry disease.

25. In the past few years there are an increasing number of these (especially in BC), which is causing concern for many things including potential disease spread if not aware of proper protocols (housing, health, feeding/nutrition,
traceability and biosecurity).

ANSWERS

H1N1
Bill Vaags
Pig Code of Practice
Marcel Hacault
Dr. Ian Seddon
Small lot producers
PIG Science Centre (UoA)
2014
Reach For the Top Awards
Japan
Dr. Frank Aherne
Canadian Pork International
Made In Canada Hog Price
Pork Industry Interpretive Centre and View Gallery
Prairie Hog Report
Paul Hodgman
Barley
Matador Colony
Dr. Egan Brockhoff
CQA® (Canadian Quality Assurance)
Dr. Temple Grandin
Lee Whittington
Wild Pigs/Boars
Murray Roeske
Harry Siemens