The marketing fiasco in which a Canadian restaurant chain tried switching to Kansas beef is a fresh lesson for all livestock producers, says the chairman of Alberta Pork.
The operators of Earls restaurants did a swift backtrack earlier in spring after suffering a backlash from Canadian consumers – ranchers and foodies alike – who were
I took the opportunity as a media representative to attend the recent swearing in ceremony of the Brian Pallister, PC Manitoba government at the Canadian Human Rights Museum. First off, southern Manitoba has a number of ministers of this new Pallister government, Cam Friesen, [Winkler Morden] finance minister, Kelvin Goertzen [Steinbach], minister of health,
The issue of washing trucks carrying live pigs into the United States, visiting farms and then coming back to Manitoba isn’t going away.
The Western Canadian Swine Health Alliance keeps asking Canada’s agriculture minister over the suspension of an emergency protocol designed to keep PED out of Canada.
Effective May 2, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
In a candid interview with Andrew Dickson, general manager of Manitoba Pork talks about the effects of the United States removing M-COOL for pigs and cattle moving from Canada and Mexico into the U.S., and how the new PC government will handle further pig expansion in Manitoba, slow on COOL and positive on pig
At the annual meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council, four men representing the hog in the midwestern U.S. told Manitoba hog producers it’s time to step up pig movement between the two countries.
While beneficial to hog producers in Manitoba to ship weanlings to producers in the U.S., and finished pigs to up and coming
The dreaded ‘V’ word and PED virus came up once again in Manitoba, but according to Manitoba Pork’s general manager, Andrew Dickson, so far, it is one isolated case, but vigorous testing continues at time of this writing.
On May 26, Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Veterinarian (CVO) received positive test results for PEDv from
In Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa recently Chris Warkentin, the Conservative Ag critic asked the Minister of Agriculture, Lawrence MacAulay if he would help Canadian pork producers stop a virus or keep it out that has killed eight million pigs in the United States over the last number of years.
Greetings on a bright and sunny afternoon, on the day I am typing this.
We have for sure had unique weather this spring and are reminded how we are at the mercy of Mother Nature. All you have to do is think of the over 85,000 that had to flee their homes, some with almost
The first new hog barn in the last seven years held an Open House on March 4, at the Suncrest Colony just off the intersection of highways 59 and 52 near Steinbach, MB.
Colony Hog Boss Bob Kleinsasser describes it as an 800 sow farrow to 80 pounds using open group housing with 125 sows
Andrew Dickson, the general manager of Manitoba Pork says the financial institutions are expressing an interest in providing the capital to renew the province’s pork production infrastructure.
In April 2015, the Manitoba Government launched a pilot project under which pork producers could apply for permits to build new or expand existing swine barns. Dickson says
