World-renowned swine genetics company Topigs Norsvin held a grand opening June 27 for its new state-of-the-art research centre located in the R.M. of Woodlands, northwest of Winnipeg.
Close to 1,000 people attended the event.
Topigs Norsvin International CEO Martin Bijl told those assembled why the Dutch company chose Manitoba for this $15 million investment sighting the
Greetings on a warm sunny day, going up to +28 today and +30 tomorrow. For some the heat is good timing helping the crops along for others that are in desperate need of rain not so much.
Here we are at the fourth of six issues in 2018 already, and before we know it the
Thai Peanut Pork Stew (Slow Cooker)
Ingredients
2 lbs (1 kg Canadian Pork Braising Cubes)
1/2 red bell pepper, cut into strips
1/4 cup (50 ml) ready-to-use teriyaki sauce
2 tbsp (25 ml) white wine vinegar
1/2-1 tsp (2-5 m) cayenne pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup (50 ml) creamy peanut butter
1 cup (250 ml) frozen green beans, thawed
2 tbsp
Birch Hills Celebrates
On April 11th Birch hills Colony along with Maximus celebrated along with over one hundred people completion of renovations with a Open House. Birch Hills embarked on renovating their old barn and turning the gestation barn into a new group sow housing working with the team from Maximus They are renovating the
Alberta Pork Congress
The 44th annual Alberta Pork Congress will be held in Westerner Park in Red Deer June 13th & 14th.
Trade Show hours: Wednesday June 13th 9 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday June 14th 9am – 4pm.
Wednesday June 13th – Awards Banquet Reception at 5:30pm, Awards Banquet Dinner & Awards 6:30 pm. This year new
At the recent Annual General Meeting of Manitoba Pork some special awards were handed out during their banquet.
First was the acknowledgment presentation of one tonne of pork sausage to Samaritan House Ministries in Brandon.
Thea Dennis, Executive Director of Samaritan House, expressed her gratitude to Manitoba hog farmers for the donation, and noted that over
The UK Pig Fair is now a biennial event run in conjunction with the poultry industry. Many companies hold seminars before the Pig Fair as clients can kill two birds with one stone, as the saying goes. Ceva Animal Health Ltd is a French company which supplies veterinary products to both the UK pig
Over the years there have been many stories of European farmers pulling up roots and moving to Canada. There have generally been two motivating factors in the decision to make what is a huge change.
The first has been simple economics. There are often limited opportunities for expansion of farms in Europe in terms of
There is a reason people are reluctant to open a can of worms, and that is simply once it is open the wiggly critters tend to escape and can be very hard to get back in the can.
It perhaps is an old adage United States president Donald Trump should perhaps have thought of before
Sometimes we need to say it…
Today as I reflect on sitting by the bedside of my dear wife Judith, who passed into eternity at 12:32 pm May 18, 2018, at the Boundary Trails Health Centre near Winkler, MB a shoutout to all those who work at the Boundary Trails Health Centre and did their
