Canada’s federal government has set aside new cash to help protect the nation’s farms and economy from African Swine Fever. On August 26, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the release of three buckets of cash totaling a maximum of $45.3 million to be invested in prevention and management of the virus:
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Harvest dust is in the air and the fall routines have returned, which also means the return of fall shows and seminars. There are many opportunities to gather in the next few months to meet with fellow producers and industry peeps, all the while refreshing our minds with the latest hog sector trends. Alberta
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New DanBred CollaborationThe Canadian pig genetics company Alliance Genetics Canada and the Danish pig genetics company DanBred have entered into a valuable collaboration to establish DanBred Canada.The goal of the establishment of DanBred Canada is to continue to provide excellent service and high-quality breeding animals to the Canadian pig producers, as both companies have
Alberta Livestock ExpoAlberta Livestock Expo will take place in Lethbridge October 5th & 6th, 2022 at Exhibition Park.Expanded floor space, hot lunch buffet on Thursday plus returning Pork Quality Competition now open to all Alberta hog producers.As of mid July booths 70% soldDaily draws for Alberta made door prizes.For details or more information please
Once again members of the Stampede Pork Committee team, including pork producers, spent 10 days in Calgary during the Stampede at the pork showcase. The exhibit featured a sow and her piglets along with three 11 week old pigs. This live animal display provides an interactive and engaging presentation of the Alberta pork industry.
If you put representatives of different countries at the table and throw out an issue you are going to get arguments. That is simply the reality in a world where countries all have agendas based on what they deem as best for them. Even when it’s just major trading partners such as Canada and the United
As Rick Bergmann, chair of CPC, references in another article in this edition. The US and Canada collaborate in different forums, although on different sides of the 49th work together in many areas for hog sector.
A pig is a pig so advocating for pork producers in one country helps in other countries too. The president-elect of
Eric Guy
Recent meeting in Swift Current
Mycotoxins are hidden thieves on farms that hurt profit and performance; forgetting the myths and learning the facts was the headline of a recent series of meetings in western Canada by Alltech Canada. Eric Guy the Manitoba and Saskatchewan Alltech feed additives representative said a big myth is farmers often
