The 45th annual Banff Pork Seminar moving its venue from the Banff Centre to the Banff Springs Hotel and Conference Centre proved a huge success with just shy of 700 people coming to a central place to network, learn, and discuss.
Many topics up for discussion both public, as part of the meeting, and privately
Location, location, location. Banff Pork Seminar’s return to its original home has received rave reviews all around.
Last year, Chairman Bob Kemp announced to crowds at the 2015 seminar that he and fellow organizers had successfully negotiated a three-year deal with the Banff Springs Hotel after the expiry of the contract with the Banff Centre.
Consumers keep demanding more and more from hog producers in Canada. While often quite disturbing at the outset, many times it leads to the betterment of the industries, and sometimes it may also cause undue stress, hardships, and ultimately higher producer costs.
There was a time producers used antibiotics, almost at will, but higher costs
I’m writing this article as over 600 delegates mingle at the annual Banff Pork Seminar. Interestingly a similar event takes place every two years in Herning, Denmark when producers, advisers, technicians and allied industry folk gather to get updated on topical issues related to Danish pig production. The event is organized by SEGES, the
Despite the recently introduced additional 11-step program to apply for a permit to build a new hog barn in Manitoba in certain area, it will still take renewed confidence from the financial institutions and other investors to make it happen.
Ron Kostyshyn, Manitoba’s agriculture minister says a pilot project introduced last April offers the opportunity
Canada’s weak dollar is creating new optimism for swine producers and pork processors, who hope it stays in the basement for a very long time.
The Canadian buck was hovering at about 70 cents at the end of January, with no indications of any real rally for two years or longer, creating an enormous advantage
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest is the third novel in the best-selling Millennium series and the last by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.
It might also be the title for the relationship of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Albertan farmers.
Notley caused waves of opposition and a series of protests where farmers showed their anger
Back home and Canada’s Ag minister visits Washington I received a tweet from a friend after tweeting getting back home safe after two weeks on the road and putting on 5,000 km, where he asked if that is my vacation for the year. I told him, I need a holiday now, but no time
In another article in this publication, it shows there’s increased demand from producers in the United States for weanlings, just to fill existing sow barns.
Here George Matheson chair of Manitoba Pork says the repeal of U.S. Country of Origin Labelling will have a negligible impact on hog markets in the United States.
A delegation representing
From rising production costs to animal care, there are constant challenges the pork industry has to overcome. This includes mitigating the presence of Porcine Respiratory and Reproductive Syndrome (PRRS), which can have devastating effects on production costs and animal health.
Over the last decade, there has been a strong push to eliminate PRRS in North
