While little left to say when another hog farm breaks with a fresh case of PED virus, here is the latest from Manitoba Pork when PED virus outbreak number ten hit a Manitoba hog farm.
On September 21, 2016, a new case of PED was confirmed at a finisher farm in southeast Manitoba. This farm
Despite strict vigilance and tightening up of biosecurity protocol the dreaded PED virus is ever present and ready to strike it appears as it did again in Manitoba.
Manitoba Pork says on September 15, Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Office (CVO) confirmed positive test results for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) from a southeastern Manitoba sow barn, bringing
Genesus Expands Team
Genesus is pleased to announce the appointment of Art Goelema as Sales Manager Western Region. Art joins Genesus from Peak Genetics where he was Sales Manger from 2007 to present. Art is a graduate of Almelo University, Netherlands. In 1988 Art moved to Canada where he has managed several sow farms, including
APC AGM
The Alberta Pork Congress Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled. It will now take place as a breakfast meeting Wednesday October 19th in Red Deer at the Sherton prior to the start of Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop. The breakfast meeting will commence at 7:30 am and go till 8:15 am, so still plenty
APC AGM & GT
The Alberta Pork Congress Annual General Meeting will once again be held Wednesday September 14th in conjunction with the Annual Golf Tournament at the Trochu Golf and Country Club.
At the AGM elections will take place for new members for the Board of Directors. Once the meeting has concluded this will be
Over the years, problems with manure disposal meant that many Danish producers focussed on just producing 30kg weaners and cut back on finishing. At the same time the 2013 partial dry sow stall ban was looming, which meant new buildings / conversions were required and so many producers decided to increase sow numbers, to
Never a dull moment in raising food
On the heels of the first case of PEDv in this go-around, May 27 on a sow farm in southeast Manitoba, the second one I heard about on a hog farm not far away from these two PEDv cases.
On June 2, 2016, Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Veterinarian
The Smith farm at Argyle, MB has been in the family since 1953. Originally a dairy farm, the Smiths began raising pigs on their quarter section near Argyle, Manitoba in 1967. During the 80s and 90s, as pork production became concentrated in huge hog barns across Manitoba and the rest of North America, the
Pork & Mushroom Stroganoff
Ingredients
3 cups (750 ml) quartered mushrooms – about ½ lb (250g)
2 tsp (10 ml) vegetable oil
1 ¼ lb (625 ml) boneless pork, cut into ½ inch (1 cm) cubes
1 can 10 oz. cream of mushroom soup
1 tsp (5 ml) paprika
1 tbsp (15 ml )EACH ketchup & Worcestershire sauce
2 tbsp (25
Friesen Bio Ag Manitoba recently opened a new facility in Headingly, MB just west of Winnipeg. Friesen Livestock Nutrition is all about family coming from a rich background and tradition of excellence in the livestock feed industry, Dick Friesen and two of his sons, Edward and Dennis, decided to keep it in the family.
