Welcome to the first edition of 2022, the 26th year of publishing Prairie Hog Country. Wow, where has the time gone. I once again cannot thank one and all in the hog sector enough for their encouragement, readership, loyalty and of course their financial support through ad bookings, so I can continue to bring Prairie
February 9: Alberta producers are seeing only minor impact as a protest at the Coutts border crossing enters its 12th day.
Late in January, as a convoy of protesters headed to Ottawa, another group settled in at the Coutts crossing, the only point in Alberta that has full facilities for clearing livestock.
The action started when it
Entering its 30th year, Prairie Swine Centre CEO Murray Pettitt said the centre is true to its beginning: providing solutions to the Canadian pork value chain, and providing practical solutions to practical problems.
Pettitt was speaking to those who were participating in Saskatchewan Pork Symposium 2021 via Zoom.
What became the Prairie Swine Centre started as a
Ingredients5 lb / 2.5 kg fully cooked, bone-in ham2 ½ cups / 625 mL hard cider or apple juice1 cup / 250 mL lightly packed brown sugar, divided1 tsp / 5 mL EACH ground cinnamon and ground cloves2 Tbsp / 30 mL lemon juice2 tsp prepared yellow mustard2 Tbsp / 30 mL cornstarch (mixed
Dr. Arkin Wu, the director of nutrition and tech services with Pipestone Nutrition, said Chinese pork imports could return to pre-African Swine Fever levels by the end of this year due to a faster than expected restoration of China’s swine numbers. This Chinese pig production information came in a session on ‘what’’s happening in the
Why On-farm Programs Matter Those were among the first words John Ross said during his presentation at Saskatchewan Pork Symposium 2021. For the second consecutive year, the symposium was held via Zoom, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Ross, the executive director of the Canadian Pork Council, told producers of the value of Canadian Pork Excellence program and
Award Of DistinctionSask Pork honoured local swine researcher Dr. Dan Columbus with a Saskatchewan Pork Industry Award of Distinction in the area of Excellence in Production Research this week at the 44th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium.Columbus is a Research Scientist in Nutrition at Prairie Swine Centre and Adjunct Professor in the Department of
Rick Préjet a hog producer from Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB is the new chair of the Manitoba Pork Council. He worked as a delegate for quite a few years and always felt it was necessary for producer involvement on the MPC. It’s essential to get out there, know what’s going on, and give
Prairie Swine Centre was originally built in 1980 by the University of Saskatchewan, and served as their swine research and teaching facility. At that time, the Centre consisted of two 100-sow and one 50-sow unit, each with its own gestation, and weanlings area, a small 240 head feeder barn and a small office/service building. In
Tyler Fulton, the Director of Risk Management with HAMS Marketing Services in Winnipeg, MB said lower than expected slaughter hog numbers helped create an opportunity to lock in some very profitable prices. USDA’s quarterly Hogs and Pigs report September 24, showed that while the heavier weight slaughter hog categories are in line with market expectations,
