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,
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As I am typing this I am sitting the Las Vegas airport waiting to board a flight home after a fun filled few days. In honour of my in-laws 50th Anniversary they took us on a trip.
Thanksgiving is a short two weeks from when I am typing this, and I am
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As I am typing this I am reminded how big the country of Canada is and how in it the weather varies. The county that I live in has filed for disaster relief because of drought, many close by are in the same boat. But when speaking to a fellow from Manitoba yesterday
As I am typing this it is a beautiful 26 degrees outside and seeding in this area is over eighty per cent complete. Now all we need is some much required rain.
Producers are very excited with the recent announcement of the final rejected appeal on COOL. Now the U.S. has to take a hard
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Happy Spring, or at least according to the calendar it is. Looking outside my window while I am typing this I still see some remaining white from our weekend snow storm, however rain and +10 today tells me it will be gone soon enough.
M Cool is still a hot topic in the
Here we are at the end of another year, wow this one went fast! 2014 was an interesting year for producers, most have received the highest prices in history, some on the other hand faced terrible losses being hit with PED. Western Canada as a whole is faring much better then Ontario and our
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Good day, as I am typing this once again I find this industry embracing highs and lows at the same time.
On the high or positive side, prices continue to remain solid and according to the recently released USDA hog and pig report breeding numbers rose by over 100,000. Of course that is
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Greetings all, I am typing this just before heading out camping for the long weekend. The forecast is great so it should be a good time.I am reminded that a year ago we printed a story on the huge response to the Code of Practice. There were over 4700 comments after
