5 12, 2019

Using Science For our Future

While I appreciate there are those who have begun to doubt science, I for one am a believer that our future as a planet lies solely with what science can create in the coming years to deal with whatever issues we face.
That will be particularly true in agriculture.
Unless some disaster arises to alter the

5 12, 2019

Siemens Says

A carbon tax has the potential to suck all profit out of agriculture in Canada According to the Western Canadian Wheat Growers, the federal government doesn’t seem to understand that the carbon tax impacts farmers’ bottom lines. The carbon tax gets added to almost everything we buy, but unlike many consumer goods, we cannot

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5 12, 2019

h@ms Marketing Co-op Expanding With Independent Hog Producers

The idea to merge hog marketing services on the prairies began over ten years ago. From that getting together emerged the joint organization Hogs @ Manitoba and Saskatchewan, or when launched in January 2010, renamed to Hog Administrative Marketing Services or h@ms. Today, h@ms uses that power of volume to work for our producers.
“Our

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5 12, 2019

Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop

The 21st edition of the Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, held at Westerner Park on October 23, was wrapped around a theme of protection and security. handling tips, preventing disease, getting piglets off to a strong start and keeping out intruders of all sorts – from biological hazards to animal rights activists – were

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5 12, 2019

The Incentive to Ramp of Pork Production – But Don’t Get Greedy

Last June, China stopped purchasing Canadian pork. Up to that time in 2019, China’s pork imports from Canada were 15 per cent of total imports, Just below Spain and Germany at about 18-20 per cent each said Jim Long, a hog industry commentator. Then more recently, much to the relief of Canadian and

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5 12, 2019

Maple Leaf Announces a Bold Move to Increase Hog Production for Brandon

Jason Manness

Jason Manness, director of procurement for Western Canada at Maple Leaf Foods, told a meeting earlier this year in Starbuck, MB that Maple Leaf is looking to finance 33.3 per cent of new hog barn construction.
Manness outlined in a brief talk to the producers at the h@ms Marketing Services meeting how

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5 12, 2019

Mexican Delegation Impressed with Delta Canada Research Facility

Recently Harry Siemens of the Prairie Hog Country Magazine accompanied a Mexican pig industry delegation to tour the Topigs Norsvin Delta Canada Research Centre near Woodlands, MB. L to R – Harry Siemens, Jose Cordoba Dominguez Topigs Norsvin Manager for México; Juan Jose Vega – producer with 13,000 sows;

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5 12, 2019

Kudos

Manitoba Pork Honoured with Philanthropy Award Manitoba Pork has been honoured with the 2019 Outstanding Contribution to Philanthropy Award (Organization Under 100). Manitoba’s pork sector is proud to make a meaningful social impact by supporting sustainable food security. While our job is to provide a high-quality, affordable protein to the world, we are committed

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5 12, 2019

Manitoba Hog Grading Benefits the Packer, Producer, and Consumer

Jason Care

Manitoba Hog Grading Inc. (MHGI) represents the interests of hog producers and processors in Manitoba. Its mission is to provide a carcass grading service that is effective and cost-efficient and to deliver this service for hog producers and pork processors in Manitoba.
In 1997 the four large, federally inspected processors and Manitoba Pork founded

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5 12, 2019

Chef Michael Olson’s Overnight Holiday Ham

What a way to wake up on Christmas…with the aromas of ham baking in the oven! Make holiday prep easy with this overnight holiday ham recipe that Chef Michael Olson shared at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge’s Christmas in November 2016.

Ingredients
1 large bone-in smoked ham,
about 10 lbs (4 kg)
1/2 cup (125 mL) honey