Swine Sector Looses Two Pillars
Howard Fredeen
George Foxcroft
This past December, the swine sector lost two very important men. George Foxcroft on Dec. 6, and Howard Fredeen on Dec. 27. Both men were instrumental in the swine sector in Alberta, as researchers and industry leaders.Another common thread between the two gentlemen was their involvement with Banff Pork
As we head into a new year, farmers are going to start putting a pencil to plan for what to grow in 2022. The scribbles best be in pencil because plans need to be elastic in the sense of being adaptable and have options to change plans because the year ahead certainly appears to be
Saskatchewan Livestock Expo PostponedSaskatchewan Livestock Expo, former Cramer Ag Expo has been postponed till Thursday May 12th, in hopes that COVID 19 current variant spread have become more manageable, we continue to keep the health of our exhibitors, attendees, their families, and each other, top of mind.All SASK Health protocols and guidelines will be followed; booths
One time I was asked by someone of the well-being of a person, of whom, we were both acquainted. I knew the person under question was not feeling well, and said, “[So and so] is under the weather.” To which, this other person joked, “Aren’t we all under the weather?” Right you are.We are
Ted Falk
Despite turmoil and confusion over whether truckers would remain exempt from the vaccine mandate in January stemming from bureaucrats misinterpreting policy in more than one federal agency, the truckers protested at Emerson, MB on January 17. What appeared as a government flip-flop caught the trucking industry by surprise saying on January 12 that unvaccinated
Tyler Fulton, the director of risk management with HAMS Marketing Services said the need for effective risk management strategies would be critical in 2022. Despite significant volatility throughout 2021 due to uncertainty over the pandemic, hog prices were good but record-high feed prices reduced profitability. Amid this continued volatility, pork producers will need to focus
Cam Dahl, the general manager of Manitoba Pork, warns that the labour shortage facing agriculture limits the sector’s growth potential and causes some operations to question whether they can continue to operate. Manitoba Pork posted an article on the labour crunch faced by Canadian agriculture, highlighting shortages. Last year, a Canadian Agricultural Resources Council survey
Dr. Matheus Costa an Assistant Professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine said efforts to determine the cause and develop strategies to prevent ear tip necrosis are more about animal welfare than economics. In response to increased reports in western Canada of ear tip necrosis, the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is investigating the
said at the Banff Pork Seminar that China is the top influencer in agricultural markets around the world. Everything has changed in the last five years. Speaking from charts and many travels, global corn, wheat, beef, pork, and chicken China dominates the purchases in those commodities. In the last three years, corn in China went from
What will happen if truckers don’t want to drive and people don’t want to work As I write this column on Sunday afternoon January 23, 2022, it is hard to believe what is happening. I’m watching video after video appear on social media from truckers and friends of truckers, on a nationwide truck and vehicle
