Discussion and concern continue amongst all farmers regarding NAFTA negotiations or the lack thereof, ensuing tariffs, and how it affects current commodity prices and demand or the lack thereof.
Grain and special crop farmers are harvesting a decent crop varying from below average to average depending on what the industry considers to be average after
Whispers of a new threat to the health status of Canada’s swine herd have given way to warning bells in the past few weeks.
Late in September, Alberta Pork and the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network set up a telephone town hall meeting with producers and other stakeholders to describe the looming threat of
Dr. John Carr, international livestock consultant when posed with the question of how you stop African Swine Fever said a fascinating question.
“How do I stop it? I don’t know. I don’t have a vaccine. I don’t have the clinical science of death. I don’t have much warning,” said Dr. Carr. “Stop it. Well, we
As I am typing this the sun is shining and the snow is melting at a rapid pace. Even with our second early snow fall, which has caused havoc for the harvest, I feel very fortunate. Especially with Thanksgiving right around the corner, we have to be so thankful for our blessed lives. We
For my recent milstone birthday my sister in law made me these awesome cupcakes. She used the recipe found on the site, Will Cook For Smiles. They tasted as good as they looked !
She also made me Pig Lanterns which now hang over my desk
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
4 egg whites room temperature
1 cup of white granulated sugar
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Hypor BBQ Battle 2018
It was a beautiful day for a BBQ, about 23C with the occasional gust of wind; it felt hotter though.
About 150 people from across Alberta and Montana chowed down on 300 racks of ribs from Maple Leaf Pork. Nine animal nutrition companies competed for the TTT Stock Co.-Hypor BBQ Battle trophy
Alberta Livestock Expo
The date the 2nd annual Alberta Livestock Expo will take place in Lethbridge at Exhibition Park October 10th & 11th.
This year the trade show has expanded to two days. In addition on Wednesday October 10th there will be a Beef Rib BBQ Competition. Then on Thursday October 11th a Hog Carcass Competition.
Booths are
To stay commercially viable producers obviously have to be more efficient and this has great implications in the UK as the future re Brexit is still decidedly unclear. UK indoor output lags behind the rest of Europe which is very worrying. Significantly all our European competitors have research farms – the Danes also use
Europe’s top court has ruled that new crop varieties developed by gene editing fall under the same regulatory regime as genetically-modified organisms (GMOs).
Gene editing involves only the genes already resident in a species; GMO technology involves transferring a gene or genes from one species to another.
“Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs and are, in
Trade issues and resulting tensions combined with people in Canada and the United States alike who’d like to see trade issues dominate the media airwaves for whatever reasons continue to demand outcomes on profitability for farmers.
There are countries and segments of each industry that like to float non-monetary trade barriers and irritants, to I
