As I am typing this note on a beautiful +9 Friday afternoon, the snow, what is left, is melting at a fast pace.
All of us associated within the pig industry or sector are keeping track on the latest ASF updates, as Dr. Egan Brockhoff has said many times “it terrifies me.” The Canadian Pork
Work at Prairie Swine Centre indicates that sows in group housing systems will maintain room temperatures between 9 to12 °C, leading to approximately 78% reduction in energy consumption when compared to gestation rooms maintained at pre-set temperature of 16.5°C.
Conversion of gestation sow housing from stalls to group systems has been mandated in the recently
On Thursday February 21st, producers came from all directions to attend the 9th annual Cramer Expo. The sponsored lanes were crowded with attendees from Alberta, Montana, and Manitoba and of course majority from Saskatchewan. Kelly Turcotte, event coordinator stated, “we sold over 500 lunch tickets, plus many go off site to eat.” She smiled
“Pinball” Clemons understands the importance of farmers and what they produce.
CropConnect 2019 brought together an array of speakers, exhibitors, and of course farmer-producers of the most vital commodity on this earth – food. Held Feb 13 and 14 at the Victoria In Convention Centre, an excellent venue, including practical space, excellent acoustics, even better
Leaders at Alberta Pork hope to ring in its 50th anniversary with a pricing scheme that will finally give producers a fair share of the income from their hogs.
At semi-annual meetings held with producers during the first week of March, Chair Dan Majeau and executive director Darcy Fitzgerald spoke about the efforts now underway
Trade, especially when it comes to agricultural commodities, generally works well when left to the pressures of supply and demand.
There are of course exceptions, those instances when people in a particular country go to bed hungry because the country simply cannot afford to buy food from a foreign country, but those instances are an
These specific ingredients were identified to be the highest risk based on a comparative analysis of livestock feed imports conducted by CFIA (Canadian Food Insection Agency)and they are not looking at import controls on any other feed ingredients at this time.
The inspector of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has declared an order imposing
While a given, the outbreak of PED virus raised the focus of bio-security beyond the barn needing some special attention. Tyler Jutzi, the Vice President of Brussels Transport, told the London Swine Conference the introduction of PED to the province created a considerable difference in bio-security. “Five or six years ago we
Jean-Michel Laurin, the Vice President Policy and Public Affairs with NATIONAL Public Relations said despite continuing uncertainty over trade; the pending USMCA has renewed Canada’s optimism on the trade front.
USMCA, CPTPP and the like: deciphering the alphabet soup of trade agreements was discussed earlier this week as part of the LSC.
Laurin, speaking at the
In the opinion of many, a carbon tax on anything will do nothing else than add cost to everything people do. On the other hand, while adding costs to everything we do and produce it also makes Canada much less competitive because no other country is silly enough to do the same. Another reason
