Started in 1987 by a young entrepreneur, Steve Brandt, with a single truck and trailer, Steve’s Livestock Transport today is the largest commercial livestock carrier in North America and a leader in the transportation industry.
Each week, their fleet of 130 power units is out on the road, transporting more than 2,500 head of cattle
Well here we are at the beginning of another year, a very exciting year for Prairie Hog Country indeed. As 2016 marks the 20th Anniversary in publishing, it seems our grass roots style of publication has found a niche. Producers and fellow industry tell me on a regular basis that they like the style
September for the French livestock industry means it is SPACE show time and with Brittany being the hub of this farming sector – 60 per cent of France’s 1.1 million sows are located in Brittany – many attendees don’t have too far to travel. Most of the national and international trade fairs moved to
Producers across Canada are warned to watch for the recurrence of an old virus that has started cropping up in northern regions of the United States.
Incidents of Seneca Valley virus, which mimics foot and mouth disease, have been showing up in the northern areas of the Midwest, near the US-Canada border, Red Deer swine
Rules and regulations stacked upon each other as it pertains to building new hog barns in Manitoba to circumvent a horrendous moratorium that’s leaving the big Maple Leaf Foods plant in Brandon short of hogs every week are disgusting.
However, the organization that keeps fighting for itself, Manitoba Pork is still hopeful the first applications
With last year’s improved market conditions, the need to upgrade aging barn infrastructure and the added push from the Canadian code of practice for pigs, many producers are considering converting their existing stall barns to group gestation housing. With increasing market demands for ‘stall-free’ pork some producers may also see this as a way
If the number of people turning up for fall meetings can be considered an indicator, then optimism and a keen eye to the future are rising among Alberta’s pork producers and processors.
The 17th-annual Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop on Oct. 21 broke its attendance record with 279 people registered, while Alberta Pork’s Annual General meeting in
Some with absolute glee and others with kind congratulatory good wishes, while still other farm organizations outlining their own specific sector needs going forward as the no-experience left-leaning Justin Trudeau government takes over.
“We look forward to working with the Liberals in advancing the interests of prairie farmers,” said Levi Wood, president of the Wheat
So far so good, but winter is just around the corner and the hog industry needs to once again pick up its diligence to make sure the awesome bio-security system once again holds off PED virus.
Mark Fynn, the manager of animal health and welfare programs with Manitoba Pork says stepped attention to transportation bio-security
Since the Manitoba NDP government placed a moratorium on new hog barns and stopped the expansion of older ones, and the hog industry tanked financially, there’s been virtually no building or even renovating going on.
However, Manitoba Pork is hopeful the first applications for permits to build new or expand existing hog barns under a
