Prairie Livestock ExpoThe Victoria Inn and Convention Centre will be host for the Prairie Livestock Expo Wednesday December 14th, 9am – 6pm.Join us for the one day show, which features the Pork Quality Competition.Since 1996, hog producers and sponsors of the Prairie Livestock Expo’s Pork Quality Competition (formally Hog & Poultry Days) have donated
Registrations for the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar are on track for more than 700 people, a return to pre-pandemic numbers, says the seminar coordinator. In an email to Prairie Hog Country, Ashley Steeple announced from her desk at the University of Alberta that the first in-person seminar since the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 is well subscribed
Mr. Hunt was my Biology teacher in Grade 12. One day while our heads were down note taking about the adrenal gland, guess what he did? He slammed a textbook onto his desk. Everyone jumped. A few girls screamed. We all had adrenaline shooting through our bloodstreams in a flight or fight response.God created
To have a great year in farming – at least as a grain producer – you need two things. To start, Mother Nature has to cooperate with timely rains, warm temperatures without it getting so hot as to hurt the crop, and a fall where the weather allows the crop to be put in the
Rick Préjet
Rick Préjet chair of Manitoba Pork commended a recent announcement by the Manitoba government to increase the veterinary student seats at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, SA. A shortage of labour is restricting the growth potential of the hog sector. These additional staff positions will help address one key aspect
Dr. Susan Detmer
Dr. Susan Detmer, an Associate Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, is encouraging people in swine production to protect their pigs by getting the annual flu shot. With the further relaxation of restrictions in Canada, patterns of influenza infection will return to more normal this year, as in the United States
Rebecca Gimenez Husted
Darcy Johannson, district fire chief for Red Deer County, introduces course participants to the county’s rapid response unit and livestock emergency trailer
Nervous and injured animals add multiple layers of complexity and danger in any emergency, whether it be fire, flood or vehicle collision. The skills and tools available for people responding to an
Ian Smith a hog and cattle producer at Argyle, MB attended the recent Topigs Norsvin customer appreciation banquet and yet he is a small producer maybe 18 sows, he likes the service and product. “I use their semen all the time, and so I guess that’s how I get the invite and I have no
Keep focused onhelping others No exercise is better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up! I recently came across this profound short but impactful saying, and it keeps rotating in my mind. So, I sat down to write this column on Saturday, November 19, 2022, giving what is going on in the
Panel (L-R) Susan Riese, Jeff Clark, Mark Fynn, Jenelle Hamblin, and Grant Melnychuk, with Rick Préjet at the podium
In November, Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl led a boar pit discussion at the MPC district producer meetings. The five-panel members all staff members included Jenelle Hamblin, Mark Fynn, Susan Riese, Grant Melnychuk, and Jeff
