Biosecurity is very important
Advanced Agri Direct won 2nd place for booth winner.
Strutting your stuff is just one aspect of a major trade show that recently wrapped up its 45th edition. Volunteers, sponsors and exhibitors who are all part of Alberta Pork Congress swept into Red Deer on the afternoon of June 11, bent on
Ingredients Spinach Stuffing 1-2 Tbsp (15-30 mL) butter 1 bunch fresh spinach, rinsed and trimmed 2 cloves garlic, crushed 4 Tbsp (60 mL) feta cheese, crumbled Mustard Mop 3-4 Tbsp (45-60 mL) House of Q Smoke Gold Slather and Sauce 3-4 Tbsp (45-60 mL) white sugar 2 Tbsp (30 mL) cider vinegar Pork Chops
U.S. Hosted a ASF Event Manitoba Pork attended an African Swine Fever Tabletop Exercise recently in Wisconsin, hosted by Johnsonville Foods and the U.S. National Pork Board. The goal of the event was to help develop a response for U.S. packers in case ASF comes to North America. An interactive display with strategically
Alberta Pork Congress The 45th annual Alberta Pork Congress will be held in Westerner Park in Red Deer June 12th & 13th. As of press time the trade show booth space is 100% sold out, more details are available at at albertaporkcongress.com. Join fellow exhibitors for the Swine & Cheese held onsite
Not sure the market gets it,” is how hog commentator Jim Long described what is going on as a result of the enormous hog loss due to the African Swine Fever horrific disaster in China, other Asian and European countries.
“We sure wonder if the U.S. lean futures markets get what’s coming from
Dr. Bernardo Predicala, who manages the Engineering Research Program at Prairie Swine Centre in Saskatoon, Sk made two presentations at the recent PSC producer meetings across the Prairies.
In this first presentation, he showed the PSC’s work on using infrared technology, infrared cameras, and RFID tags in drinkers
“The RFID we put in pigs so
Matt and Janelle Friesen of Winkler, MB operate Heartwood Pastures four and a half miles south of Morden, MB, a farm that specializes in grass-fed beef, pastured pork, free-range chicken and eggs striving to raise their animals in the most natural environment and to avoid GMOs.
Heartwood Pastures markets their produce from their web-based store,
Life continues
Ever so often, I like to write the state of the farming industry and anything else that might come to mind.
First off seeding is 80 to 90 percent done in Manitoba despite cool and colder temperatures, limited rainfall and trade actions and misgivings. Talked with my brother Jack the middle of May
For a quarter of a century hunters have been stalking the private land of Kelly and Sandra Readman east of North Battleford hoping to bag a massive wild boar.
“It started in 1994,” related Kelly Readman as he paused from preparing his booth at the Parkland Outdoor Show & Expo in Yorkton. “I was a
Farm tour the AAA hosted for restaurant/retail/foodservice leaders in fall 2017. To help dispell the myths and propaganda that focuses on putting farmers and ranchers out of business.
Hannah Thompson-Weeman Vice President of Communications Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) in Arlington, VA said animal rights activism is big business, with prominent groups in the
