11 08, 2016

From Price Reporting to Face to Face Interaction is What Makes it the North American Market

Dr. Craig Morris, the deputy administrator with USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service expects changes to mandatory price reporting to take effect this fall.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has had a market news reporting function for over 100 years publishing information collected voluntarily from packers but in 1999, for livestock and meat products, it became mandatory

11 08, 2016

Hall of Fame Welcomes Four More Farming Contributors

The Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame honoured four new inductees in Portage la Prairie in July for their significant and lasting contributions to the province’s Ag industry.

The induction ceremony highlighted four individuals, including Weldon Newton of Neepawa, Gordon McPhee of Dauphin, the late Selma Maendal of Portage la Prairie, and the late Jack Parker

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11 08, 2016

Alberta Pork Congress Turns 42

Every challenge presents an opportunity for improvement, Lifetime Achievement winner Jim Haggins said in offering his thanks to the swine industry during the 42nd-Annual Alberta Pork Congress in June.

Chairman of Alberta Pork during some of the industry’s toughest years, Haggins has retired from production and sold his farm, but remains active in various other

11 08, 2016

Proposed changes to Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations

Dr. Leigh Rosengren, a Saskatchewan-based Veterinary Epidemiologist says proposed changes to Canada’s Food and Drug Regulations will increase the oversight and tracking of antimicrobials imported into Canada for use in food animals.

The federal government published its Proposed Changes to the Food and Drug Regulations Related to Antimicrobial Resistance July 2.

Dr. Rosengren, a Veterinary Epidemiologist

11 08, 2016

Ag Minister’s First Ever Ag Consultations a Huge Step Forward

Ag leaders and farmers are hailing the recent consultation with farm and agriculture stakeholders, never before done in recent farming history in Manitoba, a huge step forward.

Dan Mazier, president of Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) says it was especially rewarding to see the variety in turnout, truckers, food processors, farmers, and others at last week’s

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11 08, 2016

High Health Award Extra Special This Year

A Dutch couple who chased their dream to the hill country northeast of Rocky Mountain House has reached an emotional peak after years of struggling through deep and treacherous valleys.

In mid-June, during the awards program for the 2016 Alberta Pork Congress, Olymel procurement manager Don Brookbank presented his company’s High Health Award to Arnold

11 08, 2016

From the publishers desk

Happy Friday! While I am typing this, I’m having a hard time believing that summer is almost half over. School supplies are in the stores and after the long weekend the annual Staples “they’re going back” commercial will once again start too.

Those who know me best know I do not adapt well to change,

1 08, 2016

More Bacon, Continued Western Collaboration

Processing is the key to the hog production engine. Without it, there is no industry. Yes, it does become somewhat of a vicious cycle, without live hogs there is no processing. That is why so many packers have worked hard to establish that partnership with hog farmers, and striving for direct ownership of those

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9 06, 2016

Apple Cinnamon Pork

Ingredients

3 lb Pork Loin Roast

1 Apple

Cinnamon

Honey

 

Directions

Cut slits into the pork loin roast. Insert slices of apple in side the slits. Place roast in slow cooker. Drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Cook on low in slow cooker for @ 4-5 hours. Remove from slow cooker and let meat rest for 5 minutes. Slice on

9 06, 2016

Kudos

Genesus Expands Team

Genesus would like to announce Randy Schultz as Sales and Technical Representative in Manitoba. Randy has been with Genesus for about a year and has been Assistant General Manager of Nucleus Operations. In that role he has learned extensively about not only Genesus Nucleus but Multiplication and Customer Operations.

Randy was previously with