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4 08, 2022

Pigs in a Blanket with Cheesy Mustard Dipping Sauce

Ingredients1 can store bought refrigerated pizza dough12 wieners, cut in half or 24 cocktail sausages1 Tbsp (15 mL) butter, meltedCheesy Mustard Dipping Sauce2 Tbsp (30 mL) butter2 Tbsp (30 mL) all-purpose flour1 cup (250 mL) milk1 cup (250 mL) shredded sharp cheddar cheese1/2 tsp (2 mL) dry mustard powder1/4 tsp (1 mL) garlic powder1/4

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4 08, 2022

Kudos

New DanBred CollaborationThe Canadian pig genetics company Alliance Genetics Canada and the Danish pig genetics company DanBred have entered into a valuable collaboration to establish DanBred Canada.The goal of the establishment of DanBred Canada is to continue to provide excellent service and high-quality breeding animals to the Canadian pig producers, as both companies have

4 08, 2022

Pork Chops

Alberta Livestock ExpoAlberta Livestock Expo will take place in Lethbridge October 5th & 6th, 2022 at Exhibition Park.Expanded floor space, hot lunch buffet on Thursday plus returning Pork Quality Competition now open to all Alberta hog producers.As of mid July booths 70% soldDaily draws for Alberta made door prizes.For details or more information please

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4 08, 2022

Photo Contest Winners

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4 08, 2022

Pork Display at Calgary Stampede

Once again members of the Stampede Pork Committee team, including pork producers, spent 10 days in Calgary during the Stampede at the pork showcase. The exhibit featured a sow and her piglets along with three 11 week old pigs. This live animal display provides an interactive and engaging presentation of the Alberta pork industry.

4 08, 2022

CAFTA Welcome Agriculture and WTO Reform Outcomes at MC12

If you put representatives of different countries at the table and throw out an issue you are going to get arguments. That is simply the reality in a world where countries all have agendas based on what they deem as best for them. Even when it’s just major trading partners such as Canada and the United

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4 08, 2022

NPPC Plans a More Aggressive Proactive Approach to Advocating for Pork Producers

As Rick Bergmann, chair of CPC, references in another article in this edition. The US and Canada collaborate in different forums, although on different sides of the 49th work together in many areas for hog sector.

A pig is a pig so advocating for pork producers in one country helps in other countries too.  The president-elect of

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4 08, 2022

Hidden Thieves on the Farm  

Eric Guy

Recent meeting in Swift Current

Mycotoxins are hidden thieves on farms that hurt profit and performance; forgetting the myths and learning the facts was the headline of a recent series of meetings in western Canada by Alltech Canada. Eric Guy the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Alltech feed additives representative said a big myth is farmers often

4 08, 2022

On The Edge With Siemens Says

Keep the faith but troubling times   Two issues come to mind as I write this column. The first had farmers in Western Canada riled up. Here is the headline of a release as to why ‘Trudeau moves forward with fertilizer reduction policy.’A Saskatchewan government release said the Alberta and Saskatchewan agriculture ministers have expressed “profound

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4 08, 2022

Construction of Pilot Scale Vaccine Manufacturing Facility Nearing Completion 

Outside and Inside the VIDO lab

Dr. Volker Gerdts, the director and CEO of VIDO said a new in-house pilot scale vaccine manufacturing facility will likely make vaccines by the fourth quarter of this year. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan, is developing this new facility.  With construction almost