Olymel Reach For The Top AwardsDuring the recent banquet at Alberta Pork Congress the winners of each category of Olymels RFFT awards were presented. Here is a list of the top five in each category.Food Safety: Champion Byemoor Colony, 1st runner up Parkland Colony, 2nd runner up Erskine Colony, 3rd runner up Sunnybend Colony
Alberta Livestock ExpoMark your calendars for the 5th Alberta Livestock Expo which will be held in Lethbridge October 11th & 12th at Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre (formally known as Exhibition Park).Expanded floor space, hot lunch buffet on Thursday, banquet Wednesday. More details on website.The always exciting Pork Quality Competition returns, with the top
When I saw the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, I didn’t know what to expect. Wasn’t I surprised? Rapid fire action. Amazing stunts. Thrills galore. There wasn’t a second that I looked away, even in that one scene with all the snakes. And, now, we have Indiana Jones and the
The Proposition 12 ruling changing and finally settling down with a court ruling in California with various interpretations has roiled the markets.Bill Alford, general manager of Hams Marketing Services of Winnipeg, MB, said it was doom and gloom in late May when the prices cratered.“And we’ve gained back half of those losses with cash
Increasingly how farmers farm will be dictated by government regulation.Where regulation of business by government is not new, agriculture has long operated with perhaps less interference than most sectors.That can of course be seen as a positive by producers, although increasingly the public is concerned about how farmers farm. It might be suggested the
Recently I spent some time in a garden talking beans and as we wound down the actual interview we ended up sitting on a couple of lawn chairs in the shade of a bin.As often happens in such cases the conversation soon wandered to other topics, which at least had ancillary connections to beans.One
Cam Dahl, the General Manager of Manitoba Pork, said the passage of Bill C-234 will help restore the ability of Canada’s pork producers to compete on the international market.Bill C-234, a private member’s bill that will create specific exemptions for farmers to Canada’s carbon pricing scheme, has passed in the House of Commons and
A new pilot-scale vaccine manufacturing facility in Saskatoon will speed up the development of new vaccines for both animals and humans.The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, on the campus of the University of Saskatchewan, has completed the construction and commissioning of its new on-site pilot-scale vaccine manufacturing facility.VIDO director and CEO Dr. Volker Gerdts
Animal rights extremists want farming to be less efficient
For years, animal rights extremist organizations have pushed for state-level legislation banning frequently-used animal care practices, such as gestation stalls for pregnant sows or cages for laying hens.In another article, I wrote about how Proposition 12 continues to impact pork production and, to a lesser extent,
Above:The Four Corners Site. Below: Feeder pieces.
Major flooding in 1997 and the pork industry collapse in 2009 drove development of a fabrication plant that now powers the economic heartbeat of Crystal Spring Colony.Located a few kilometres east of Ste. Agathe, Crystal Spring was established in 1954 after splitting off from Sturgeon Creek Colony.
