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
Grain and oilseed prices in 2022 have been very good, and that is typically the result of some sort of outside force. Markets react when something is perceived to threaten the usual supply of product. At present there are some rather significant forces at work in the world which are pressuring markets – if not creating
Air raid shelter, where Dr Carr was sent from hotel.
“On February 24, I woke up at 6:45 AM to the hotel shaking, missiles and a bit like a fireworks display.”That is how Dr. John Carr put it to me in a Skype interview from his office in Brisbane, Australia still feeling the trauma and
The Swine Health Information Center advised pork producers to focus on biosecurity in response to higher-than-expected Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome in certain states. SHIC released its monthly domestic and global swine disease surveillance reports in its April newsletter. Associate Director Dr. Megan Niederwerder said PED virus levels have been higher than
Food security, biosecurity, and food health are always important, even more so when a country relies heavily on exports. The Canadian pork industry exported just under 70 per cent of its pork production, netting 1.488 million metric tons of exports in 2021 valued at about $5.09 billion.This means that Canadian pork production relies on export
