The legendary ‘Big O’hangs it upOrion Samuelson, my mentor, friend, and farm broadcaster colleague 86 years young, and a booming voice that rings out overall in a given room hangs up the microphone on December 31, 2020.Orion finished 60 years as the farm broadcaster at WGN Chicago, where I joined him several times in
Robert Somogyi with some of his Lacombe pigs.
Lacombe pigs are rather unique among a myriad of swine breeds. To begin with it is the only breed developed in Canada. The breed is also considered critically endangered by Rare Breeds Canada. And, that brings us to Robert Somogyi who operates a small farm southwest of Willowbrook, SK. On that
Dr. John Patience has seen just about everything in his 45 years of working in animal science. Then, along came coronavirus. “I would never have dreamed I would be doing research on slowing down pig growth,” he told those listening to his webinar as part of the 2020 Saskatchewan Pork Symposium. It was the 19th time Patience
Western Canada’s broken pricing model has spurred a group of independent producers to purchase or build their own packing plant. The group has received unanimous support from the board at Western Hog Exchange after airing their desires during the Annual General Meeting on October 23 in Red Deer, Alta. WHE General Manager Brent Bushell says
Darcy Fitzgerald in the recent zoom MPC fall meeting.
Manitoba pork producers and hog sector partners participated in the online fall producer meeting for producers west of the Red River and both Hutterite Brethren Districts on Nov 18. The last session with Darcy Fitzgerald and Andrew Dixon, respective general managers for Alberta and Manitoba Pork,
Welcome to the last edition in 2020, and what a year it has been. We all hope and pray that 2021 will bring a more usual routine, without starting every morning with hearing new case numbers and how many new hospitalizations plus even worse, how many new deaths.All those in the agricultural field are a
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Manitoba Pork CouncilWelcomed Back DirectorsDuring the recent Zoom Webinar AGM Manitoba Pork Coucil the election of four Director positions was completed: George Matheson was elected by acclamation for the West District and Rick Bergmann was elected by acclamation for the East District. Margaret Rempel was appointed Director-at-Large and James Hofer as Director for the Hutter
Alberta Livestock Expo CancelledSorry to be announcing the decision to cancel the 2020 Alberta Livestock Expo scheduled for October 7 & 8, 2020. At the time of writing, we are in Phase Two of Alberta’s relaunch. Large agricultural shows, like the Alberta Livestock Expo, are only permitted under Phase Three. At this time, we don’t
All of those who know me, know I collect pigs of all shapes, sizes and varieties. I found a “fun” pig and could not wait to use it. So on a recent camping trip in the mountains deep down in the Castle area in SW Alberta, I was able to take out the pig
