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30 09, 2019

Dr. Carr Says AFS Could Cause a Shortage of Meat by 10 per cent Next Year on the Planet

Harry and Dr John Carr during a Skpye interview.

Dr. John Carr, a world-renowned livestock consultant, veterinarian, and college lecturer in Australia said in an interview recently price of pork is skyrocketing in China, and the planet, not only China could have a ten per cent deficit in meat next year.
“And what is

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30 09, 2019

Meat Industries on Both Sides of the 49th Parallel Ask Governments For Help

Chris White, President & CEO Canadian Meat Council

The battle between China and Canada continues at so-called diplomatic levels, and the Canadian Ag industry keeps feeling the effects and suffering through this political dispute.
Media reports had Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau going tit for tat with China’s leadership.
Pulse Ghana, a news site from Ghana,

30 09, 2019

From the publishers desk,

As I am typing this it is a beautiful 22º outside, go combines go.
With a chance of flurries at the end of the week the old expression make hay when the sun shines seems fitting.
It has been a year since African Swine Fever, ASF, became a hot topic of discussion. A year later as

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6 09, 2019

Barbecued Asian Back Ribs

Ingredients
2 racks Canadian Pork Back Ribs
3 cups (750 ml) hot water
1/2 cup (125 ml) hoisin sauce
1/4 cup (50 ml) soy sauce
1/4 cup (50 ml) rice or cider vinegar
1/2 cup (50 ml) dry sherry or rice wine
2 tbsp (25 ml) Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp (15 ml) minced fresh ginger

Prep Time: 20 minutes

6 09, 2019

Pork Chops

Alberta Livestock Expo The third annual Alberta Livestock Expo will take place at Exhibition Park in Lethbridge October 9 & 10. This year the trade show has a expanded floor plan. In addition to trade show on Wednesday October 9th there will be a Pork Rib BBQ Competition. Then on Thursday October

6 09, 2019

Hope for Speedy Resolution

Gary Stordy, the Director of Government and Corporate Affairs with the Canadian Pork Council, said the Canadian pork sector is hoping for a speedy resolution of a situation resulting in the suspension of exports of pork and beef to China.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stopped issuing export certificates to China for all pork and

6 09, 2019

On The Edge With Siemens Says

Why traceability in the food chain is important

The day I went to tour the Hemp Oil Canada plant at Ste. Agathe, MB, I washed with hemp soap in the morning and ate hemp hearts for breakfast as I do quite often. And it wasn’t for the sake of being able to tell my hosts

6 09, 2019

Approach to Brachyspira Hyodysenteriae Vaccine Development Offers Application to Other Pathogens

Dr. Matt Loewen, an Associate Professor in Veterinary Medical Biosciences with the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine is confident they can apply to other pathogens a new approach to dealing with bacterial diarrhea in pigs.
To assist in vaccine development, researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine have isolated two

6 09, 2019

Disease and Production Has The Pork Industry in a Quandary

The United States Department of Agriculture is forecasting pork production for 2019 at 27.662 billion pounds — 360 million pounds higher than the forecast presented a month ago. The June inventory survey pointed to larger inventories of hogs available for marketing this summer and the pig crop for the Mar-May period was 3.7 percent

6 09, 2019

Resetting a Broken System

This might hurt – and some will feel it more than others. There is no question that the pricing model on which commercial hogs are sold is broken. But the benefits available from an aggressive reset now underway in Alberta will outweigh any pain the industry may feel, says the man leading the