The difference a few weeks can make. Kids were in school. Everyone who had work was still at work. Social distancing encouraged, but no states of emergency. But now, COVID-19 looms about like a dark cloud. People are dying. Is life as we know it unraveling?
Imagination and money are the only limits when setting up an emergency plan for your farm, says a large-animal rescue specialist from Macon County, Georgia. Rebecca Gimenez-Husted, founder of Technical Large Animal Emergency Response, made a return visit to Alberta Farm Animal Care’s annual conference on March 11, bringing her message about setting
Andrew Dickson
Manitoba Pork welcomed federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau’s announcement recently of a $482,000 plus grant to help create a private-sector livestock insurance program to help producers recover economically from a disease outbreak on their farms. An insurance consulting company that MPC is working with will work with stakeholders and develop a model
Dr. Brett Ramirez of the Iowa State University told producers at the 2020 Manitoba Swine Seminar the goal of ventilation in winter is to maintain proper relative humidity and concentrations of noxious gasses and in the summer to maintain a temperature that will keep the pigs thermally comfortable. Ventilation in today’s modern production systems
Dr. Al Mussell, the Research Lead with Agri-Food Economic Systems, said emergency planning has focussed on border closures, animal diseases and, in some cases, plant diseases but no focus on absenteeism due to a pandemic. Dr. Mussell suggests greater cooperation, coordination and flexibility among governments and industry to minimize disruptions within agriculture due to
Anybody who knows me well, knows I am not usually at a loss for words. Well, as I am trying to type my message this morning just before a print deadline, I find myself feeling that exact thing – a loss for words. Not sure what to say or in this case type. Ninety
Celebrating agriculture Early indications are that Canada’s Agriculture Day observance Feb 11, 2020, was a great success. It featured agricultural activities in communities across Canada and discussions on social media intended to connect those who produce food with those who consume it. My good friend and mentor, Orion Samuelson, together with Max
Out of a record 42 ‘best of the best’ hog carcasses entered in the Pork Quality Competition at the Brandon Hog & Livestock Show December 11, 2019, Deerboine Colony, located 20 miles west of Brandon, MB walked away with the Grand Champion trophy and a cash prize of $5,000. Barrickman Colony came in second,
The Jakobsen Family – L-R: Lasse, Morten and Anders
Top producers have always responded to change – that’s what they do, says Manitoba farmer James Hofer, Hutter Schwein director for Manitoba Pork. Early in January, Hofer was among a group of people invited to a presentation about pork production in Denmark, hosted by
Andrew Dickson, GM Manitoba Pork Council
At Hog Days in Brandon, MB recently Andrew Dickson, general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council, talked about several good things he expects to happen going forward 2020 as it pertains to the hog industry. Dickson said the Canadian dollar hovering around 76 cents means, in terms
