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9 10, 2014

The Manitoba Pork Industry Wants Business to Help Sell Hog Expansion

The Manitoba government continues to thwart hog expansion in Manitoba with its stringent and none-bending environmental regulations blaming a good part on farming say farmers.
In attempting to change the minds of local MLA’s to put pressure on the government, Manitoba Pork is asking the business community to get involved in the hog moratorium debate.
Gerald

4 10, 2014

From the Publisher’s Desk

From the publishers desk,

Good day, as I am typing this once again I find this industry embracing highs and lows at the same time.
On the high or positive side, prices continue to remain solid and according to the recently released USDA hog and pig report breeding numbers rose by over 100,000. Of course that is

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14 08, 2014

Grilled Pork Back Rib Tails “Button Bones”

Ingredients
1/2 cup (125 mL) paprika
1/4 cup (50 mL) garlic salt
1/4 cup (50 mL) brown sugar
2 tbsp (25 mL) ground coriander seed
1 tbsp (15 mL) ground black pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) ground cumin
1 tbsp (15 mL) chili powder
8 back rib tails – about 3 lb/1.5 kg
2 cups (500 mL) your favourite BBQ sauce

Directions
Combine the first

14 08, 2014

Pork Chops

APC AGM & GTBack by popular demand! The Alberta Pork Congress Annual General Meeting will once again be held in conjunction with the Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday September 11th at Trochu Golf & Country Club.Breakfast will be served at 9 am followed by the AGM at which time elections will take place for new

14 08, 2014

Alberta Pork Helps Make Porkapalooza BBQ Festival A BIG Success

We often say the ‘The Pig is Big’ when referring to the popularity of pork but what is even BIGGER were the crowds that turned out for the inaugural Porkapalooza BBQ Festival in Edmonton (June 14-15).
Crowd estimates of 25,000 plus showed up at Hawrelak Park to enjoy the great food, music and the smells

14 08, 2014

Danish Swine Update

Danish Swine Update

Denmark has a long tradition of exporting pigs – back in Victorian times it was in the shape of bacon to feed the growing British population. Nowadays Danish pig meat is of course exported worldwide, but increasingly there is a substantial export trade in breeding pigs and semen. DanAvl, formerly Danbred International,

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14 08, 2014

Swine Manure Applicator Calls For More Open Reporting of PED

Doug Redekop, president and general manager of Steinbach based Precision Pumping, a custom swine manure applicator is calling for more open reporting of PED virus to give those who provide services to the swine industry the best opportunity to avoid spreading the infection.

Under more stringent Manitoba government regulations, the swine manure fertilizer application season

14 08, 2014

On The Edge With Siemens Says

Does government know better than you?
Regulations continue to hit us mere mortals in the pocketbook whether paying for recycling levies like bottles, batteries, containers, carbon plus or minus credits, or outlawing lawn pesticides, and /or making tracing your animals coming and going from your yard or farm mandatory.

I’ve said it before and I’ll

14 08, 2014

Pork Producers Strengthen Bio-security Protocol not Relax with Colder Weather Coming

The chair of Sask Pork, Florian Possberg says pork producers should take advantage of the warm summer temperatures to prepare for a heightened risk of PED virus as the weather begins to turn colder.
In mid-July Saskatchewan’s Chief Veterinary Officer reported a sample taken from a truck in Saskatchewan hauling pigs in Manitoba and Ontario,

14 08, 2014

Warburg Colony Meats Sure to Please

The look on 11-year-old Dakota Sabyan’s face says it best as he takes the first bite from a slice of fresh banana loaf: Pure bliss.

He and his mom are regular shoppers at an on-farm grocery story, opened last year on the Warburg Colony, located just North of Alberta Hwy 39, about 90 km southwest