“Gestation stalls” — arguably no two words have become a greater lightning rod for controversy and passionate debate from many sides around the issue of animal welfare in livestock production. But no matter the viewpoint one element that can be consistently relied upon to cut through the emotion and support informed and productive discussion
If he’s old enough to answer I’m old enough to ask the tough questions
Whether you believe it or not, relatively speaking, spring is just around the corner.
One of the things I like to do, and even thrive on is ask farmers in passing, whether in restaurants, grocery stores, or when putting in gas in
Star City Produce and Meats started with an idea and a package of jerky, today the Star City Colony and David Tschetter who spent 27 years in the hog industry looked for something else to do.
“I was in the hog industry for 27 years, when that finished for me, I wanted something to do
The fifth installment of the Cramer Livestock and Crop Protection Expo was a resounding success held on February 19th. “The largest show ever,” commented Doug Cramer founder and organizer of the show and Cramer Livestock Nutrition. With over 60 companies on site it was a great representation of the entire industry. From genetics, to
The Manitoba Swine Seminar in early February 2015 saw many first timers come to such a program. With hog farms and companies hiring immigrants to help run those operations, economic times dictated that farms send groups of employees, not one or two.
Over 400 people attended this year’s event making for good idea exchange and
The two big swine shows in Western Canada, Banff Pork Seminar and the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg in early February saw their biggest numbers in many years. In Banff, over 650 delegates from across the country and in Winnipeg near 500. Only several short years ago, those numbers were much less, and the
The hog industry keeps churning and churning, and churning, and most likely isn’t for the faint of heart. If it isn’t supply and demand, or feed prices, or currency exchange, PED virus, crazy regulations, lack of financing for expansion, and labour shortages, it is something else.
Florian Possberg, chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board
Something that farmers, especially those who have experienced the loss when a certain feedmill or any other entity takes their grain in good faith, often in times when that feedmill is in dire straits for getting feeding to their livestock customers, may well be happening.
Recently, the Canadian Grain Commission began consultations on its proposal
When the federal government announced the Hog Farm Transition program on August 15, 2009, many producers at their wits end, took the buyout, some to finally exit with some dignity, others to wait around, look after their empty barns and see what happens.
All barns participating in the Hog Farm Transition program had to be
In a low-lying area just southeast of the town of Kyle, Sask. there is a bit of history being made: Yes, new history – the first ever complete loose housing facility being built in Saskatchewan, at the home of the former Matador co-operative farm.
History is prevalent in and on the future site of a
