There was a time where the hog carcass competition during hog and poultry days alternating between Brandon and Winnipeg, wasn’t nearly as important to the industry and the winners as in later years.
In 2014, changing it from Hog and Poultry Days to the Prairie Livestock Expo, and a brand new venue saw thousands of
Pigs sleeping happily, piled one and a half deep, is one of the most certain signs that all is well in the barn, says one of three experts called to address production troubleshooting at the 2015 Banff Pork Seminar.
Minnesota-based production consultant Michael Brumm joined Ontario producer Ryan Martin and Ontario veterinarian Marsha Van
Having to euthanize newborn pigs was probably the toughest task of all for barn staff dealing with the consequences of porcine epidemic diarrhea, says an Ontario producer.
Tom Graydon runs Catfish Creek Pork Ltd., a multi-site operation located near Brownsville, about midway between Detroit, Michigan and Buffalo, New York.
Graydon outlined for delegates at
Plenary sessions at the Banff Pork Seminar provide opportunities to hear people with wide-ranging expertise square off on the major factors influencing swine production.
Canada’s position as a net exporter requires its producers and processors to be mindful of a vast array of influences at play within a wide and ever changing variety of markets.
Banff Pork Seminar will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a move back to its former home – the internationally renowned Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and convention centre.
The oldest and likely the most photographed tourist facility in Canada’s park system, the original wing of the Banff Springs was built in the mid-1880s and opened for
Happy 2015 and welcome to the first edition of the year. As I am typing this I am listening in on the latest Alberta Pork Town Hall, specifically Kevin Grier is talking at the moment. Kevin as any of you who were in Banff last week, knows he is an informative and engaging speaker. Kevin just
Maple Leaf Foods continues to move forward with its hog business in Manitoba and for the rest of Canada for that matter.
Iain Stewart, senior V-P for fresh pork and the Fresh Pork Leadership Team Maple Leaf Hogs says 2014 was a good year for Maple Leaf in Manitoba both on the hog processing hog
That was the message American broadcaster, writer and speaker Andy Vance shared with delegates at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium in Saskatoon on Nov. 18-19.
“You might be saying, what does it mean to be YouTube proof?”
Vance posed and answered a large number of questions during his fast-paced, entertaining and poignant 45-minute presentation.
“The
Here we are at the end of another year, wow this one went fast! 2014 was an interesting year for producers, most have received the highest prices in history, some on the other hand faced terrible losses being hit with PED. Western Canada as a whole is faring much better then Ontario and our
Who would have thought it, that hog producers and the entire industry would actually like reporting the movement of their hogs coming and going.
Jeff Clark, the manager of PigTrace Canada says electronic reporting tools are the most popular for reporting pig movements in Canada. Effective July 1, under changes to Canada’s Health of Animals Regulation,
