At the recent AGM of the Manitoba Pork Council Michael Young, the Vice-President Technical Programs and Marketing Services with Canada Pork International demonstrated how he sells pork around the world, especially to the Asian people in Japan, China, and South Korea. It starts with the branding known as Verified Canadian Pork and its role
Hog slaughter and meat processing lines at the Pine Haven Colony were restarted in mid-May, roughly a month after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall of pork products sold from the plant from Feb. 19 through April 24.
Alberta Health Services announced on March 29 that it was investigating an outbreak of pathogenic
HyLife, a Manitoba integrated pork processor, headquartered in La Broquerie, with business around the world recently held an Open House to show the completion of its pork processing facility expansion and upgrade project.
The company focused the bulk of its investment modernizing the Integrated Pork Processing Plant in Neepawa with leading-edge technology making it one
Wow, here we are at the third of six editions already in 2018. I am barely getting used to writing or typing 2018 and I have begun initial planning for 2019 release dates.
After an extremely long winter, record breaking in my area, seeding is in full swing. Some guys are done and some yet still
Former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is suggesting it is time Canadians give up the supply management system.
In a recent keynote speech at CropConnect in Winnipeg he said dismantling the system would create a boom for food processors and provide more affordable food for consumers.
At the same time Mulroney did suggest that farmers would need
The Wheat Growers very much relevant in today’s farming environment We attended the annual meeting of the Western Wheat Growers Association in Washington D.C. and I am writing this column from our DC hotel listening, reading, and watching reports of snow and more snow at home.
One reason for going to the WCWG’s convention was
Swine people in Western Canada are poised to say farewell in the next few weeks to two men who have put a massive amount of passion and energy into improving their bottom lines.
Alberta Pork Chair Frank Novak’s term on the board of directors will expire on April 20, leaving the new board to be
With over 500 lunch tickets sold a solid group of attendees at the 8th Annual Cramer Expo was a success. Held on February 22nd in Swift Current at the Kinetic Centre producers came from Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. With being a multispecies show all areas were represented both in the attendees and the exhibitors.
Even
Do not expect major changes to agricultural trade between Canada and the US if the North American Free Trade Agreement is successfully renegotiated says Abbotsford, BC, MP Ed Fast, the former Conservative Minister of International Trade.
Fast described his take on NAFTA and other trade agreements at a breakfast meeting of the Fraser Valley chapter
A seed planted when neighbours noticed a farmer struggling to feed his cattle has grown to become a world leader in finding better ways to manage livestock.
Alberta Farm Animal Care celebrated its 25th anniversary during its annual general meeting in Olds on March 21, accepting congratulations from its founding manager, Susan Church and from
