4 12, 2014

Ginger Mustard Pork Chops

Ingredients

4 Canadian Pork Loin Chops, boneless, about

1/2″/1.25 cm thick, well trimmed

2 tbsp (25 ml) all purpose flour

1 tsp (5 ml) butter

3/4 cup (175 ml) chicken broth

2 tsp (10 ml) minced fresh ginger

2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard

2 tsp (10 ml) grainy mustard

4 green onions, minced

Directions

Dredge chops lightly with flour. In a non-stick skillet over

medium-high

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4 12, 2014

Ginger Mustard Pork Chops

Ingredients

4 Canadian Pork Loin Chops, boneless, about

1/2″/1.25 cm thick, well trimmed

2 tbsp (25 ml) all purpose flour

1 tsp (5 ml) butter

3/4 cup (175 ml) chicken broth

2 tsp (10 ml) minced fresh ginger

2 tsp (10 ml) Dijon mustard

2 tsp (10 ml) grainy mustard

4 green onions, minced

Directions

Dredge chops lightly with flour. In a non-stick skillet over

medium-high

4 12, 2014

Kudos

Chinook and Friesen
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Chinook Bio-Ag Products Inc. & Friesen Livestock Ltd. are pleased to Welcome Tim Linden.
Tim was born and raised in Lethbridge, AB.  He graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, and continued to participate in specialized job related training throughout the years.  He has been married for 20 years, and  and has raised two

4 12, 2014

Pork Chops

Prairie Livestock Expo
Be sure to stop by the Prairie Livestock Expo, formally known as Hog & Poultry Days. Prairie Livestock Expo the full one day show will take place Wednesday December 10th  from 9 am – 6 pm at the newly renovated and built Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, Winnipeg MB.
All the industries

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4 12, 2014

The Canadian Pork Industry is Alive and Well

To run any industry takes good people, but to run the hog industry, in Canada, or any given province takes extra effort and time, especially during the roller coaster ride of the last seven to ten years.
Scott Peters, a director of the Manitoba Pork Council and Canadian Pork Council, and an owner of Herbsigwil

4 12, 2014

Manitoba Hog Processors are 1.5 Million Hogs Short Annually and That Number Keeps Increasing

The roller coaster ride for the hog industry continues. In late October, while hog markets were higher as market participants consider whether the market is oversold in recent weeks, the December contract stood at $87.95/cwt, compared to around $95 at the beginning of October.
That is quite a drop. Slaughter numbers for that week at

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4 12, 2014

EuroTier 2014 – All Roads Lead to Hannover

I attend a variety of trade fairs around the world and it never fails to amaze me that farmers are happy to trudge round the showground carrying a big plastic bucket all day long, emblazoned with a colourful company logo. Then again it’s a handy receptacle for the reams of advertising material and wall

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4 12, 2014

Cost of Production Survey

A study of production costs on Alberta hog farms continues to find a wide variation between the profits and costs among the 22 participants.
Project leader Murray Roeske, working on behalf of Alberta Pork and the ALMA (Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency), now has three years of data from those farms and offered his analysis

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4 12, 2014

Recycling, Yes Even For Hog Materials

 

The idea of recycling is one embraced by many these days. And while we generally think of recycling as taking a used product, breaking it down, and using it to create something new, there are other ways to go about.
One of those is to find new uses for materials which have out-lived their initial

4 12, 2014

Getting a Negative Status is the Key for Farms with PEDv Infections

With winter here, cold temperatures and snow on the ground, the hog industry will watch with care and in some cases holding its collective breath to see if lessons learned and tighter, consistent biosecurity will hold the line against PEDv.
First off in Manitoba, Dr. Megan Bergman, Manitoba’s chief veterinary officer (CVO) says Manitoba hog