Banff Pork Seminar will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a move back to its former home – the internationally renowned Fairmont Banff Springs hotel and convention centre.
The oldest and likely the most photographed tourist facility in Canada’s park system, the original wing of the Banff Springs was built in the mid-1880s and opened for
Happy 2015 and welcome to the first edition of the year. As I am typing this I am listening in on the latest Alberta Pork Town Hall, specifically Kevin Grier is talking at the moment. Kevin as any of you who were in Banff last week, knows he is an informative and engaging speaker. Kevin just
Maple Leaf Foods continues to move forward with its hog business in Manitoba and for the rest of Canada for that matter.
Iain Stewart, senior V-P for fresh pork and the Fresh Pork Leadership Team Maple Leaf Hogs says 2014 was a good year for Maple Leaf in Manitoba both on the hog processing hog
That was the message American broadcaster, writer and speaker Andy Vance shared with delegates at the 37th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium in Saskatoon on Nov. 18-19.
“You might be saying, what does it mean to be YouTube proof?”
Vance posed and answered a large number of questions during his fast-paced, entertaining and poignant 45-minute presentation.
“The
Who would have thought it, that hog producers and the entire industry would actually like reporting the movement of their hogs coming and going.
Jeff Clark, the manager of PigTrace Canada says electronic reporting tools are the most popular for reporting pig movements in Canada. Effective July 1, under changes to Canada’s Health of Animals Regulation,
Working with the Manitoba government has been frustrating for those in the pork industry in that province, Karl Kynoch told a symposium in Saskatoon.
Kynoch, chair of Manitoba Pork, might have been putting it mildly, based on the story he told delegates during a roundtable discussion at Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium. Other members of the
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Chinook Bio-Ag Products Inc. & Friesen Livestock Ltd. are pleased to Welcome Tim Linden.
Tim was born and raised in Lethbridge, AB. He graduated from Lethbridge Collegiate Institute, and continued to participate in specialized job related training throughout the years. He has been married for 20 years, and and has raised two
Prairie Livestock Expo
Be sure to stop by the Prairie Livestock Expo, formally known as Hog & Poultry Days. Prairie Livestock Expo the full one day show will take place Wednesday December 10th from 9 am – 6 pm at the newly renovated and built Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, Winnipeg MB.
All the industries
To run any industry takes good people, but to run the hog industry, in Canada, or any given province takes extra effort and time, especially during the roller coaster ride of the last seven to ten years.
Scott Peters, a director of the Manitoba Pork Council and Canadian Pork Council, and an owner of Herbsigwil
The roller coaster ride for the hog industry continues. In late October, while hog markets were higher as market participants consider whether the market is oversold in recent weeks, the December contract stood at $87.95/cwt, compared to around $95 at the beginning of October.
That is quite a drop. Slaughter numbers for that week at
