Manitoba Pork Supports Ongoing Relief Efforts in Ukraine.Manitoba Pork and its producers are donating $10,000 to the Canadian Red Cross, in support of the Ukraine humanitarian crisis appeal, Manitoba Pork chair Rick Préjet announced in April at the 57th annual Manitoba Pork Council Annual General Meeting. The Canadian Red Cross is actively responding to
Alberta Pork Congress After a two year hiatus Alberta Pork Congress is looking forward to again take place in June of this year. Join us in Red Deer at Westerner Park June 15th and 16th.
Show Times:
Wednesday June 15th 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday June 16th 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Buffet Lunch: $20 Tickets
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The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) has been awarded a Pork Innovation award. The award was presented for PAMI’s work in designing and building a Disease Response Trailer, a self-contained, transportable system to respond, contain and mitigate disease spread quickly and humanely. This disease response trailer is the first of its kind in the world
By the wisdom of our heavenly Father, He created us to be interdependent upon the world. What is most vital for our survival upon this planet, aside from leaning upon Him and each other? Trees.Without trees life cannot exist. Clean air. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Trees also provide food and medicine
Doug Redekop
Manure application was to begin on April 10 but based on current conditions, it probably won’t start for another two to three weeks. Doug Redekop, president of Precision Pumping Ltd. of La Broquerie, MB said despite a wet spring and a delay in applying the manure he’s filled with hope. “Never have we seen a
The Supreme Court of the United States recently agreed to take up the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) challenge to California’s Proposition 12. The court could hear arguments shortly after a new term begins in October. NPPC and AFBF are petitioning the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of
Farming hurts -The three biggest challenges facing farmers in Canada have government stamps. Carbon tax, taxing farmers and food producers into oblivion while causing everything else to go up by leaps and bounds. Next, the Feds claim the production of cereal grains contributes the most to climate change and consequently makes noises about requesting
L – R – Denis Vielfaure, MPC chair Rick Préjet, and Claude Vielfaure, picturecourtesy of Manitoba Pork.
Most, if not all participants at this year’s annual meeting of Manitoba Pork in Winnipeg, MB April 6, like felt it was a novelty to attend a public farm meeting in person in more than two years. As part
“I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain.I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.I’ve seen lonely nights whenI could not find a friend.But I always thought thatI’d see you again”-James Taylor, Fire and Rain, 1970
Bernie & Cathy in June 2014 when Bernie won the Alberta Pork Congress Lifetime Achievement Award
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Cam Dahl, the general manager of Manitoba Pork said the pork industry is enormous to the Manitoba economy with well over 14,000 jobs contributing in the range of $2 billion to the GDP every year. With continued growth and expansion, every new barn built in Manitoba, that’s new primary agriculture production. And it’s not
