Greetings on a bright and sunny Saturday afternoon, as I am penning this. We have been blessed with some much needed rain, so a treat to see the sunshine.First off I have to say what an amazing response to the kids colouring contest – 219 entries – WOW! The winners, drawn from a random draw,
Greetings, as I am penning this a light dusting of snow is coming down, unlike other parts of Alberta we have not received the amount of snow over past few days. But we definitely need moisture, with the authorities already talking about fire bans even some fires that are still burning underground and water levels
Greetings in the first edition of 2024, Prairie Hog Country’s 28th year. I am so excited to be bringing you the latest hog news and information for another calendar year. Thanks so very much for your continued support, encouragement, readership and financial support through advertising which enables me to print and mail out every
Welcome to the sixth and final edition of Prairie Hog Country in 2023. Looking ahead to 2024 will mark the 28th year for Prairie Hog Country. We will continue to be your independent direct connection to the Western Canadian hog sector six times per year. Release dates for next year can be found on
Welcome to the fifth edition in 2023, our 27th year in publishing. You might notice a few very slight changes in this issue. After 25 years, the printer I had been using closed its doors last month, wishing all those affected by the plant closure the best. So I had to search for a
Greetings on a beautiful plus 29º day. I thoroughly enjoy putting every edition of Prairie Hog Country out however, this one marks a special anniversary. It has been 20 years since I purchased Prairie Hog Country from MSA Publishing. Although, I have been involved since its inception 27 years ago, took over a chief cook and bottle
Greetings, the expression that you often hear is things can change on a dime or at a moment’s notice. This is a perfect example, just as I was getting ready to type this note to hear the news of Olymel’s decision to close five Alberta sow units and one in Saskatchewan.As the news release
Greetings on a beautiful spring day as I am penning this, it is plus 5 outside and birds are chirping in a tree outside my office window. Now as I have lived in Alberta my whole life, I do know that yes we will still get at least one spring snow storm but the cooler
Happy 2023, welcome to the first edition of the year. I am super excited as we enter into the 27th year of bringing the latest hog news and information direct to you, the producers and fellow industry members. Thanks so very much for your continued support, encouragement, readership and financial support from advertising which enables
Here we are at the sixth and final edition in 2022. It was wonderful to see so many attendees at all the fall events. Alberta Livestock Expo, Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, MPC producer meetings and last week (from when I am penning this) Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium, all had pre-COVID attendance. Included in
