Swine people in Western Canada are poised to say farewell in the next few weeks to two men who have put a massive amount of passion and energy into improving their bottom lines.
Alberta Pork Chair Frank Novak’s term on the board of directors will expire on April 20, leaving the new board to be
With over 500 lunch tickets sold a solid group of attendees at the 8th Annual Cramer Expo was a success. Held on February 22nd in Swift Current at the Kinetic Centre producers came from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. With being a multispecies show all areas were represented both in the attendees and the exhibitors.
Even
Do not expect major changes to agricultural trade between Canada and the US if the North American Free Trade Agreement is successfully renegotiated says Abbotsford, BC, MP Ed Fast, the former Conservative Minister of International Trade.
Fast described his take on NAFTA and other trade agreements at a breakfast meeting of the Fraser Valley chapter
A seed planted when neighbours noticed a farmer struggling to feed his cattle has grown to become a world leader in finding better ways to manage livestock.
Alberta Farm Animal Care celebrated its 25th anniversary during its annual general meeting in Olds on March 21, accepting congratulations from its founding manager, Susan Church and from
Dr. Glen Duizer, an animal health surveillance veterinarian with the Chief Veterinary Office of Manitoba said time will tell whether Manitoba’s swine industry will ultimately eliminate the PED virus.
On April 29, 2017, the first of what would grow to 80 cases of PEDv, becoming the largest animal disease outbreak in the province in 30
Canadian Pork Excellence is a new platform of programs or suite of applications that the Canadian Pork Council has launched incorporating traceability, food safety on-farm, and animal care. This suite of programs includes the existing PigTrace Canada and will consist of PigSAFE and PigCARE Canada which CP will launch soon.
Mark Fynn, the Manager of
An Applied Meat Scientist with PIC North America said the trend toward reducing the level of fat in pork has reversed to improve eating quality.
Dr. Neal Matthews speaking at the 2018 Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg last February said back in the 1990s most of the breeding programs changed to reduce fat and in
According to the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity that claims to help Canada’s food system earn trust said consumers are more interested in how the food chain grows, processes and brings to market their food more so than ever.
“The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity helps our food system ensure it is doing the right
The attitude was positive, the enthusiasm high, and attendance even higher at the recent Manitoba Swine Seminar held in Winnipeg.
Following his state of the (pork) union address, Andrew Dickson, the general manager of the Manitoba Pork Council held a scrum with the farm media representatives.
Dickson referred to the growth in the pig industry slow
Canada Pork International in partnership with Canada’s national and provincial pork organizations organized a trade mission to Japan in early March to build on existing trade relations with Japanese customers and celebrate the signing of the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership.
One of the participants was Casey Smit chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board, also
