Today as I am typing this it is 28˚ and muggy, a storm is forecasted overnight. The farmers are seeding as fast as their tractors will go. Around here it was a very late start till snow melted and many had to deal with left over crops from last year’s early snow fall.
Scary times
Welcome to spring, today as I am typing this it is on its way to plus 9, and the snow is disappearing at a rapid rate. Yesterday it was such a lovely Sunday afternoon I even had a fire in my outside pit, my feet in rubber boots with one foot in snow and
Happy 2017 welcome to Prairie Hog Country’s 21st year, although it is January, when I am typing this, it sure doesn’t feel like it plus 7 is the forecast today. That was not the case when 658 of the industry joined together in Banff for the 46th Banff Pork Seminar. That week the temperatures
Greetings on a cool foggy morning. With the ground now white it’s looking more like early winter than late fall.
Speaking of fall, the seminars, meetings and workshops continue to have strong turn outs. There is an abundance of coverage in this issue from such events; Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop, Saskatchewan Industry Pork Symposium,
Happy official first day of fall, as I am penning this, a cool morning so no combines moving quite yet. Although around this area anyway, they have been making great time with warm breezy afternoons. With the fall season brings the many opportunities to refresh and rekindle our minds with the various seminars and
Happy Friday! While I am typing this, I’m having a hard time believing that summer is almost half over. School supplies are in the stores and after the long weekend the annual Staples “they’re going back” commercial will once again start too.
Those who know me best know I do not adapt well to change,
Greetings on a bright and sunny afternoon, on the day I am typing this.
We have for sure had unique weather this spring and are reminded how we are at the mercy of Mother Nature. All you have to do is think of the over 85,000 that had to flee their homes, some with almost
Happy Easter. Yes I know by the time this issue hits the street and the web Easter has passed, but I’m typing it on Saturday of the Easter weekend. I do hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend with family and friends.
Included within in this edition is coverage from the Manitoba Swine Seminar.
Well here we are at the beginning of another year, a very exciting year for Prairie Hog Country indeed. As 2016 marks the 20th Anniversary in publishing, it seems our grass roots style of publication has found a niche. Producers and fellow industry tell me on a regular basis that they like the style
As I am typing this I am reminded of how lucky we are to be in Canada with food on our tables, roofs over our heads, freedom to choose what religion to follow and education to pursue.
As it is Remembrance Day those choices were all made possible by the sacrifices of others. My admiration,
