• Screen-Shot-2021-03-28-at-07.15.03
  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-19.36.20
7 04, 2022

Classic Pork Sloppy Joe

Ingredients1 lb (500 g) lean ground pork1 cup (250 mL) diced onion1/2 cup (125 mL) diced green pepper1/2 cup (125 mL) ketchup

1/4 cup (60 mL) packed brown sugar2 cloves garlic, minced2 Tbsp (30 mL) chili powder1 Tbsp (15 mL) Worcestershire sauce1 Tbsp (15 mL) soy saucepinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions1.In large

7 04, 2022

Kudos

Food Banks Alberta Welcomes Pork From Local FarmersAlberta Pork is pleased to announce a new partnership with Food Banks Alberta. Recently, Alberta’s hog farmers donated five pallets of vacuum-packed fresh pork tenderloin, representing more than 5,000 tenderloins or enough for 15,000 meal portions.“We are beyond grateful for our new partnership with Alberta Pork,” says

7 04, 2022

A Different Kind of Waltz

I have a confession to make. I’m not a good dancer. I can fake my way through a country 2-step, but otherwise, it’s pathetic. Even to some kind of free style with a rock song, it looks like I’m having a conniption.Maybe you can waltz your way across the dance floor as if you

7 04, 2022

Pork Chops

Saskatchewan Livestock ExpoSaskatchewan Livestock Expo, is sold out and will take place Thursday May 12th at Kinetic Exhibition Park in Swift Current, SK from 8:30am – 5pm.For a sneak peek at floor plan and attending exhibitors checkwww.cramereventmanagement.comNew this year hog roast lunch, contact Lisa for tickets and information.Contact Doug Cramer at 306.520.3553 for details

7 04, 2022

Rye Provides an Alternative to Corn, Wheat, Barley in Swine Rations 

The University of Saskatchewan and the Prairie Swine Centre suggested that hog producers use rye to replace corn, wheat, or barley swine rations. Researchers evaluated a high-yielding hybrid variety of rye developed in Germany that is less susceptible to ergot. This mycotoxin reduces the feed intake and growth of animals that consume it and can

  • GM-Giuliana-Miguel-Pacheco
7 04, 2022

Consistency is Critical in Conducting On-farm Animal Welfare Assessments 

Dr. Giuliana Miguel Pacheco

A training program developed by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) to expand the knowledge of pig care assessors is helping to improve the accuracy and consistency of on-farm animal welfare assessments. In partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the University of Saskatchewan and pork sector stakeholders, researchers

7 04, 2022

On The Edge With Siemens Says

Keep the faith as the roller coaster called the world keep turning   First the effects and fallout of the two-year pandemic that lingers, a 60 per cent crop in Western Canada, the horrific killing of men, women and children in Ukraine, and now 3,000 follow-the-leader rail strike that could cripple a mostly fragile economy. (Sunday,

7 04, 2022

Manitoba Pork Establishes Working Group to Examine Disease Control

The impact of COVID-19 and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea on Manitoba’s pork sector has prompted a working group to look for possible solutions. In response to the impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the cycle of PED virus outbreaks, (85 as of March 23) Manitoba Pork established a value-chain working group to answer the question,

  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-18.35.24
  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-18.37.45
  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-18.42.07
  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-18.43.25
7 04, 2022

Wild Pigs Causing Concern Everywhere

Myself along with Jeff Guilloz, a retired Marine, adding bait to a pig trap in a condo complex in Kona.

Jeff has another pig trap in back of his pick up. That same trap set only an hour later got 2 pigs within first few hours.

While most people go to the Hawaiian Islands in

  • Screen-Shot-2022-03-27-at-15.35.12
  • Screen-Shot-2022-03-27-at-13.01.34
  • Screen-Shot-2022-04-01-at-18.32.08
7 04, 2022

Managing Disease for Higher Health 

Managing foreign animal disease is the priority in emergency planning at Alberta Pork, says the organization’s quality assurance and production manager. Javier Bahamon delivered updates during AP’s regional meetings with producers in March, including the status of a porcine epidemic diarrhea outbreak confirmed on one farm earlier this year. Veterinarians Kurt Preugschas and Cordell Young