Bob Kleinsasser, hog boss with the Suncrest Colony near Steinbach, MB, said things are going reasonably well on the production side with no issues and lots of pigs. “But if the prices don’t improve, how much longer can you go on? It’s getting to be the point where at break-even, you can’t make a living,”
In a candid interview with Dr. John Carr, an international livestock consultant and veterinarian, right after Germany discovered its first wild boar infected with African Swine Fever, the Germans could be looking at flooding the European market with eight million pigs this year. Why, because Germany is the number one producer of pork. “But, the German
Recent pricing concessions negotiated with packers in Western Canada will make a difference, but not enough to stem the tide of losses that threatens to eliminate independent producers, says the Chair of Alberta Pork. Brent Moen took the time recently to describe for Prairie Hog Country the financial realities facing independent producers and the changes
Rick Bergmann, president of the Canadian Pork Council on behalf of Canada’s 7,000 pork producers, urged the Federal government to make targeted enhancements to fix AgriStability. Hog producers face unprecedented volatility and loss due to COVID-19, and fixing AgriStability is essential to help farmers stay in business as they struggle to produce a high-quality,
As I am penning this the unique times continue, some families are settling back into fall routines with school starting and the combines are going at solid pace trying to get this year’s crop off and in the bin. While fall is here, it still looks quite different, when passing people in the grocery, equipment
A year shy of its 50th anniversary, Banff Pork Seminar hosted 755 delegates for two days of learning, sharing and networking at the jewel of the Rocky Mountains, the Fairmont Banff Springs.
Organizing committee Chair Amy Cronin opened the two-day seminar on the morning of January 8, remarking on the buzz she felt in the
Mountains loom large with us upon the parkland and prairies. As a boy or girl, did you ever sit forward in your seat glued to the window, fascinated with trips to the Rockies? Every trip guaranteed moments of admiration. Those mountains were there before we were born, and if Jesus doesn’t return until then,
Unlike a seemingly growing portion of the population I remain a firm believer in science.It’s not that every discovery made by science is ultimately proven safe, that is what happens as the research data grows, discoveries are made which can change the initial conclusions, but without science the world will stagnate, and risks regressing
Research conducted by the University of Saskatchewan and the Prairie Swine Center will help producers prepare for new requirements due to come into effect in 2024 for gestating sows housed in stalls.As of 2024, as part of the Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs, new requirements will come into
It is what it is – farming – Serving agriculture the basic industryLooking back to August 2019 amid a three-year so-called drought, with crops suffering more so in some areas than others, and then the rains came, delaying the harvest 2019. Of course not to be outdone, Old Man Winter, well still fall ‘19
