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
July 1, 2018, Dr. Murray Pettitt became the new CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre in Saskatoon, SA succeeding Lee Whittington, who retired after 26 years, the last ten years as President/CEO.
Dr. Pettitt worked in the swine research community for the past 21 years and previously employed at Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) for ten
A recent incident in British Columbia has to have farmers more concerned about both the security of their farms and just how quickly things can get out of hand when it comes to the perception of the public.
It was in April when a busload of animal activists invaded a hog operation in B.C., in
With China and Canadian governments still at loggerheads re canola and such, so far Claude Vielfaure, still the president of HyLife Foods of Manitoba said it had not affected their pork and pig dealings in China.
Speaking to several reporters at the recent Manitoba Pork AGM Vielfaure said no, no effects politically, on
Canadian Pork Council 2nd Vice-Chair and Québec pork producer René Roy represented the industry’s 7,000 producers recently in front of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Pork producers very much appreciate the committee’s attention to the very real threat posed by African swine fever and its potential impact on the Canadian economy.
Mr.
