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  • 1-Harvey Wagner  Jan 20, 2015, 7-03 PM 4608x3072
12 02, 2015

Ramping up Biosecurity in the Hog Business is Good -Lack of Financing to Expand Isn’t

The Banff Pork seminar 2015, like the previous 43 years is a place to flush out the facts and the emotions in one way or the other.
Biosecurity is at the top of the list for everyone inside the industry and those on the outside looking in, who sometimes make contact with those on the

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12 02, 2015

The Hog Carcass Competition is a Win Win for Everyone

There was a time where the hog carcass competition during hog and poultry days alternating between Brandon and Winnipeg, wasn’t nearly as important to the industry and the winners as in later years.

In 2014, changing it from Hog and Poultry Days to the Prairie Livestock Expo, and a brand new venue saw thousands of

  • Marsha Van Dinther
  • Mike Brumm
12 02, 2015

Production Troubleshooting  BPS

Pigs sleeping happily, piled one and a half deep, is one of the most certain signs that all is well in the barn, says one of three experts called to address production troubleshooting at the 2015 Banff Pork Seminar.
Minnesota-based production consultant Michael Brumm joined Ontario producer Ryan Martin and Ontario veterinarian Marsha Van

  • Doug McDougald
  • Luc Dufresne
  • Tom Graydon
12 02, 2015

Lessons Learned from PED  BPS

Having to euthanize newborn pigs was probably the toughest task of all for barn staff dealing with the consequences of porcine epidemic diarrhea, says an Ontario producer.
Tom Graydon runs Catfish Creek Pork Ltd., a multi-site operation located near Brownsville, about midway between Detroit, Michigan and Buffalo, New York.
Graydon outlined for delegates at

  • charlie-arnot
  • Glynn Tonsor
  • howard-hill
  • Kevin Grier
12 02, 2015

Marketing Hogs – The Big Picture BPS

Plenary sessions at the Banff Pork Seminar provide opportunities to hear people with wide-ranging expertise square off on the major factors influencing swine production.
Canada’s position as a net exporter requires its producers and processors to be mindful of a vast array of influences at play within a wide and ever changing variety of markets.

  • Banff Springs classic view
  • dr-bob-kemp
12 02, 2015

Banff Plays Perfect Host

 

Banff Pork Seminar will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a move back to its former home – the internationally renowned Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and convention centre.
The oldest and likely the most photographed tourist facility in Canada’s park system, the original wing of the Banff Springs was built in the mid-1880s and opened for

12 02, 2015

From the Publisher’s Desk

Happy 2015 and welcome to the first edition of the year. As I am typing this I am listening in on the latest Alberta Pork Town Hall, specifically Kevin Grier is talking at the moment. Kevin as any of you who were in Banff last week, knows he is an informative and engaging speaker. Kevin just

6 02, 2015

Maple Leaf Foods – Look into the Science or Lack Thereof and Review Hog Barn Moratorium

Maple Leaf Foods continues to move forward with its hog business in Manitoba and for the rest of Canada for that matter.
Iain Stewart, senior V-P for fresh pork and the Fresh Pork Leadership Team Maple Leaf Hogs says 2014 was a good year for Maple Leaf in Manitoba both on the hog processing hog

9 12, 2014

YouTube Proofing Your Farm is as Simple as One, Two, Three

That was the message American broadcaster, writer and speaker Andy Vance shared with delegates at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium in Saskatoon on Nov. 18-19.
“You might be saying, what does it mean to be YouTube proof?”
Vance posed and answered a large number of questions during his fast-paced, entertaining and poignant 45-minute presentation.
“The

5 12, 2014

From the publishers desk,

Here we are at the end of another year, wow this one went fast! 2014 was an interesting year for producers, most have received the highest prices in history, some on the other hand faced terrible losses being hit with PED. Western Canada as a whole is faring much better then Ontario and our