Greetings, the expression that you often hear is things can change on a dime or at a moment’s notice. This is a perfect example, just as I was getting ready to type this note to hear the news of Olymel’s decision to close five Alberta sow units and one in Saskatchewan.As the news release
Greetings on a beautiful spring day as I am penning this, it is plus 5 outside and birds are chirping in a tree outside my office window. Now as I have lived in Alberta my whole life, I do know that yes we will still get at least one spring snow storm but the cooler
Happy 2023, welcome to the first edition of the year. I am super excited as we enter into the 27th year of bringing the latest hog news and information direct to you, the producers and fellow industry members. Thanks so very much for your continued support, encouragement, readership and financial support from advertising which enables
Here we are at the sixth and final edition in 2022. It was wonderful to see so many attendees at all the fall events. Alberta Livestock Expo, Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, MPC producer meetings and last week (from when I am penning this) Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, all had pre-COVID attendance. Included in
Harvest dust is in the air and the fall routines have returned, which also means the return of fall shows and seminars. There are many opportunities to gather in the next few months to meet with fellow producers and industry peeps, all the while refreshing our minds with the latest hog sector trends. Alberta
Greetings to one and all. As I have said many times, the older we get, the faster time seems to go by. Here we are on the fourth of six editions in 2022. But as mentioned in the previous issue, it is wonderful to be returning to more and more in person events. As
Greetings on a beautiful Alberta spring day, it is +22 and I can hear a hum of the bees outside my office window on a mayday tree.As it says on the front cover, the pork sector has returned to in person events, and what a wonderful thing it is. Almost like family reunions at barn
You will see like the cover of this edition, wild pigs and the problems and possible threat they are causing is a common theme. Yes, the tropical location in Hawaii, but much closer to home in Western Canada. A recent article in the Edmonton Journal even tackled the issue comparing the river cites of itself
Welcome to the first edition of 2022, the 26th year of publishing Prairie Hog Country. Wow, where has the time gone. I once again cannot thank one and all in the hog sector enough for their encouragement, readership, loyalty and of course their financial support through ad bookings, so I can continue to bring Prairie
Looking out my office window as I am typing this it is snowing a bit and quite windy, although not really cold, the wind chill of -15˚C. But would take that any day over the devastation that BC is facing right now. My heart, thoughts and prayers are with all affected in any way by mother
