Jennefer Waskul, Toby Tschetter and Daryl Possberg were part of a panel discussion at the 2022 Saskatchewan Industry Pork Industry Symposium. They discussed renovating barns during the session.
To build or to renovate? That is the question hog producers grapple with when their barns need to be updated. Two producers speaking at the 2022 Saskatchewan Industry
Here we are at the sixth and final edition in 2022. It was wonderful to see so many attendees at all the fall events. Alberta Livestock Expo, Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, MPC producer meetings and last week (from when I am penning this) Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, all had pre-COVID attendance. Included in
Luke Bryan helps NPB with promotion of pork farming in US.
As part of its ongoing effort to dispel common misconceptions about modern pig farming, the National Pork Board is teaming up with country music superstar and five-time Entertainer of the Year winner, Luke Bryan. Drawing on his childhood upbringing on a Georgia farm, Bryan
Vietnam has temporarily suspended the use of its first African Swine Fever vaccine after dozens of pigs inoculated with the shots died this month, according to Reuters. In reaching out to veterinarian consultant and world lecturer Dr. John Carr, “Yes and I am not surprised – all so predictable.” Dr. Carr has criticized countries or companies
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Topigs Welcomes New Team MemberTopigs Norsvin Canada announced recently that effective September 1, 2022, Wes Friesen will join its staff as Alberta Business Development Representative, based out of the Southern Alberta region. In his new role, Wes will be focused on Business Development and customer support in Alberta, Montana & Saskatchewan.Wes is well
Red Deer Swine Technology WorkshopMark your calendars for Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, which will take place Wednesday October 19th at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel & Conference Centre (formally the Sheraton) in Red Deer.With doors opening, registration and booth visits starting at 8am, then a full one day agenda.Some featured topics: Knowing your
When you have grown up on a farm in the 1960s and ‘70s it is almost beyond belief the changes in farming we see today. It was a mixed farm for me, and that meant pigs and grain. In my youth I hauled a lot of ground grain to feed the pigs using cleaned five-gallon pails that
In the middle of the night in a small farming community, the two-story house of a young family caught fire. Quickly everyone made their way through the smoke-filled house out to the front yard. Everyone except a five-year-old boy. The father looked up to the boy’s room and saw his son crying at the
The National Pork Producers Council is encouraging farmers to highlight October 11, the day the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the constitutional challenge of California’s Proposition 12.The Supreme Court case opposing Prop 12 was the recent focus of a media roundtable hosted by the NPPC about the case, filed by the NPPC and the
