On Feb. 12, a barn fire near Sturgis, Sask. saw the building destroyed and about 10,000 pigs killed. No staff were hurt in the blaze. The Olymel facility near the east-central Saskatchewan community was a finishing facility known as the Kopje barn. Brad Secundiak Fire Chief with the Sturgis Fire Department which responded to the fire said
Derek JohnsonManitoba Ag Minister
Derek Johnson Manitoba’s ag minister said managing the pig flow on top of the pandemic, and extreme weather events was a real challenge for hog producers in Manitoba. Also, droughts and suddenly going to excess moisture from one extreme to the other, but hey, it’s Manitoba. Where else would that happen? Johnson, speaking
Staff Meeting
Barn visit with only light through window as no power.
Dr. John Carr, a world livestock consultant, veterinarian, and lecturer living in Brisbane, Australia, “On February 24,2022 I woke up at 6:45 AM to the hotel shaking, missiles and a bit like a fireworks display.” It took him four days to get out and
Harlequin, the boar
He ambles through a deep pile of hay where his buddies are napping, looking for a little scratch. Shaggy red-brown hair masks his small, black eyes. A prominent row of lower incisors, yellowed and worn, is flanked between scimitar tusks. The nasty teeth, unruly hair and stubby snout give him a maddened
Greetings on a beautiful spring day as I am penning this, it is plus 5 outside and birds are chirping in a tree outside my office window. Now as I have lived in Alberta my whole life, I do know that yes we will still get at least one spring snow storm but the cooler
If producers took home only one message from Alberta Pork regional meetings held in Mid-March, it likely relates to a slide Chair Brent Moen used to demonstrate how pork value is shared. Pictured on this page is the slide Moen offered, showing how the retailers’ share of pork value has risen continually while the producer
Grant Melanchuck
At the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg in February Grant Melanchuck director of sustainable development, research, and data management gave the industry update on behalf of the Manitoba Pork Council. “Over the next decade or so, I see us entering a renewal phase.” Melanchuck said a producer survey in 2022, the first producer survey in
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Stephen Heckbert, CPC ED
Canadian Pork Council Announced new EDThe Canadian Pork Council (CPC), announced the appointment of Stephen Heckbert as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective back on December 5th, 2022. (The December edition had already been sent to press)Fluently bilingual, Mr. Heckbert brings a deep knowledge of strategic communications, government engagement, and organizational
Hannah Thompson-Weeman, Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) president and CEO said there are many issues in animal activism. Hannah shared the results of a series of reports from five major animal rights conferences in 2022 that showcase these animal activist groups’ efforts, their strategies and tactics, and what the animal agriculture community needs to know. “Several trends
