Hipra Welcomes New Member
Hi my name is Ramiro Aguilar and I was born and raised in Mexico, Currently I reside in Lethbridge,AB.I am proud to serve as the Western Canada Sales Representative for Hipra Animal Nutrition. I am passionate about animal health and industry growth, I am looking forward to building new relationships and embracing the challenges ahead. Always eager to learn, I remain committed to making a positive impact in the agricultural community.•

Sask Pork Adds to Team
Sask Pork would like to welcome Alison Sullivan to the team as the new Producer Services Manager. Alison has spent the last eight years working with AcuFast in multiple roles, and most recently as a Genetics Analysis Specialist. She brings a wealth of experience to the team and we’re excited to have her aboard.
They also would like to thank Karolína Steinerová and wish her nothing but the best as she has decided to move back to Europe to be closer to family. •

Manitoba Pork Expands
Manitoba Pork would like to welcome Geoff Geddes to the team as our new Extension and Outreach Coordinator. Geoff joins the team with extensive experience in both communications and in agriculture, including in the hog sector. Over the coming weeks and months, Geoff will be engaging with producers and industry stakeholders across the province as part of this role. Welcome to the team, Geoff! •

Topigs Norsvin New NSM
Topigs Norsvin Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Marcos Amorim as National Sales Manager, which was effective September 30th, 2025. In his new role, Marcos will be responsible for leading the regional sales teams and co-ordinating strategic sales efforts across Canada.
Marcos Amorim succeeds John Sawatzky, who will be stepping down from his role as National Sales Manager and will concentrate on transitioning his responsibilities to Marcos, while maintaining his customer relationships in Manitoba to ensure a smooth and consistent customer experience. •

Maple Leaf Shares Award Winners
At a recent producers meeting in Lethbridge awards were presented in various categories.
Hog Delivery Performance Award – 3rd Blue Ridge Colony, 2nd Delco Colony, 1st Gold Spring Colony
Meat Quality – 3rd Brandt Colony, 2nd Stand Off Colony, 1st Fox Valley Colony
Weight in Core over 200 hogs/week – 3rd Roseglen Colony, 2nd Spring Point North Colony, 1st Armada Colony
Weight in Core under 200 hogs/week – 3rd Crystal Spring Colony, 2nd Blue Ridge Colony, 1st Willow Creek Colony
High Index Award – 3rd Willow Creek Colony, 2nd Armada Colony, 1st Neu Muehl Colony
Overall Signature Award, which takes in all criteria into consideration – 3rd Gold Spring Colony, 2nd Armada Colony, 1st Fox Valley Colony.
Congratulations to all the top place finishers in each of the categories.•

Sask Pork Award Winner
Ken Engele, Manager of Knowledge Transfer (KT) at Prairie Swine Centre Inc. (PSC), recently received the Sask Pork Distinguished Service Award, presented during the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium on November 4th, 2025. Ken’s hashtag#extension efforts have provided a bridge between research and practice for over 20+ years in the hashtag#swineindustry, creating resources such as the PSC Centred on Swine newsletter, Annual Research Reports, factsheets, maintaining the PSC website, and organizing the PSC Spring Producer Meetings.

Ken recognizes the value of clear, concise information that can be readily implemented on farm and he brings this perspective to everything he creates to ensure Prairie Swine Centre is serving the hashtag#swine industry to the best of our abilities. Ken has had great success in funding the growth of the PSC KT Program, expanding the Knowledge Transfer team by 2 people in recent years! Ken’s background in economics has also been a great asset to PSC and the swine industry in general. •

Topigs Norsvin Hand Out Awards
Topigs Norsvin recently hosted a their annual Customer Appreciation and Awards Dinner held on November 6th.
The summary of the production award winners and runner-up winners are listed by category. The Western Canadian winners are:
Herds <500 sows
Farrowing Rate: Spring Point Colony (AB) 92.53%
Runner-up Cool Spring Colony (MB) 91.27%
Pigs Born Alive/litter : Springfield Hog Farm (MB) 16.15
Runner-up: Cool Spring Colony (MB) 16.12
Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year: Cool Spring Colony (MB) 35.03
Runner-up Roseglen Colony (MB) 33.45
Herds 501-1200 sows
Farrowing Rate: Winner Trileaf Colony (MB) 94.7%
Runner-up Interlake Colony (MB) 92.9%
Pigs Born Alive/litter: Pembina Hog Farm (MB) 16.20
Runner-up Sturgeon Colony (MB) 16.12
Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year: Winner Pembina Hog Farm (MB) 36.56
Runner-up Trileaf Colony (MB) 35.66
Herds 1201-2000 sows
Farrowing Rate: Winner Silver Pine Site 1 (MB) 90.9%
Runner-up Joubert Creek Sow(MB) 90.7%
Pigs Born Alive/litter: Winner Stanley Pork Ltd. (MB) 15.90
Runner-up Westview Colony (MB) 15.63
Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year: Winner Stanley Pork (MB) 33.64
Runner-up Westview Colony (MB) 33.43
Herds 2001+ sows
Farrowing Rate: Winner Cypress Colony (SK) 95.3%
Runner-up Morris Piglets South (MB) 93.9%
Pigs Born Alive/litter: Morris Piglets North (MB) 15.66
Runner-up Morris Piglets South (MB) 15.51
Pigs Weaned/Sow/Year: Cypress Colony (SK) 36.60
Runner-up Morris Piglets North (MB) 33.55
Congratulations to all the winners.•

SASK Pork Welcomes New Board Members
Following the SASK Pork AGM on November 5th the board welcomed two new members. Neil Ketilson and Brad Gampe, they join current members Dickson Gould, Daryl Possberg, and Darrin Duell.
The two directors whose 8 years terms are not complete are Toby Tschetter and John Beckton. Board positions will be selected at the next meeting. •

Western Hog Exchange Top 5
The Western Hog Exchange is pleased to share their top 5 report for month ending October 2025.
Average Index – 113.83
1st Fariville Colony, 2nd Alix Farming Co, 3rd Whitesand Farming Co, 4th Britestone Farmng Co and 5th Horst Farm.
Weight Deviation – 6.44 kg
1st Fariville Colony, 2nd Horst Farm, 3rd Alix Farming Co, 4th Whitesand Farmng Co and 5th Britestone Farming Co.
Average Hog Value * – $305.76 (hog value based on cash price not including bonus) 1st Birch Meadows Colony, 2nd Bentley Colony Farming Co, 3rd Alix Farming Co, 4th Verdant Valley Farmng Co and 5th Fairville Colony. % in Core – 87% 1st Horst Farm, 2nd Whitesand Farming Co, 3rd Britestone Farmng Co, 4th Alix Farming Co and 5th Fairville Colony. Weight in Core – 87% 1st Horst Farm, 2nd Whitesand Farming Co, 3rd Britestone Farmng Co, 4th Alix Farming Co and 5th Fairville Colony. Average Hog Value Per Kg – $2.90 (*hog value based on cash price not including bonus)
1st Horst Farm, 2nd Whitesand Farming Co, 3rd Bently Colony Farmng Co , 4th Spruit Farms and 5th Alix Farming Co. •