Truck entering washbay bay, not all trailers are the same, Interestingly,developing new innovative technologies in an industry that’s seen little technological change in 40 years.
Jyrki Koro the president of Truck Wash Technologies said new technologies designed to improve the cleaning and disinfection of swine transport trailers must be economically viable.TWT designs and builds custom
Dr. John Carr
With several factors causing hiccups in getting pigs to market Dr. John Carr, a world livestock consultant, veterinarian, and lecturer, living in Brisbane, Australia suggested slowing down the pigs’ growth by going to the market the same way, only older.All the textbooks about getting the growth rates of pigs up are about
The Director of Risk Management with Hams Marketing Services, Tyler Fulton recommended a prudent approach to forward-pricing hogs for the first half of 2022. Although cash hog prices continue to face the price pressure typically in the fourth quarter, things still look very good from a futures standpoint. With the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, which typically
Rick Bergmann
Amid vaccine mandates, trucker protests, and product supply issues, Rick Bergmann, president of the Canadian Pork Council, said the biggest problem is moving live pigs south and animal feed north.“We have a shortage of trucks and drivers, and this isn’t good for the hog industry nor is it good for society in general.
Committee chair Dan Bussières welcomes the 203 inperson attendees to Banff Pork Seminar.
The 51st annual Banff Pork Seminar heralded a year of profound change. Profit margins should have been comfortable but were not; independent producers in Western Canada have continued to leave an industry that cannot pay their bills, and everyone has continued to
Welcome to the first edition of 2022, the 26th year of publishing Prairie Hog Country. Wow, where has the time gone. I once again cannot thank one and all in the hog sector enough for their encouragement, readership, loyalty and of course their financial support through ad bookings, so I can continue to bring Prairie
February 9: Alberta producers are seeing only minor impact as a protest at the Coutts border crossing enters its 12th day.
Late in January, as a convoy of protesters headed to Ottawa, another group settled in at the Coutts crossing, the only point in Alberta that has full facilities for clearing livestock.
The action started when it
Entering its 30th year, Prairie Swine Centre CEO Murray Pettitt said the centre is true to its beginning: providing solutions to the Canadian pork value chain, and providing practical solutions to practical problems.
Pettitt was speaking to those who were participating in Saskatchewan Pork Symposium 2021 via Zoom.
What became the Prairie Swine Centre started as a
Ingredients5 lb / 2.5 kg fully cooked, bone-in ham2 ½ cups / 625 mL hard cider or apple juice1 cup / 250 mL lightly packed brown sugar, divided1 tsp / 5 mL EACH ground cinnamon and ground cloves2 Tbsp / 30 mL lemon juice2 tsp prepared yellow mustard2 Tbsp / 30 mL cornstarch (mixed
Dr. Arkin Wu, the director of nutrition and tech services with Pipestone Nutrition, said Chinese pork imports could return to pre-African Swine Fever levels by the end of this year due to a faster than expected restoration of China’s swine numbers. This Chinese pig production information came in a session on ‘what’’s happening in the
