His dream was always to farm, so in October of 2011 Jeroen Van Boeckel, a grain and hog farmer – at Stephenfield got his chance at the age of 28 coming to Canada and buying his first 700 sow farrow to finish farm. In Europe, he served customers for a genetics company.
“I was the
Maybe the industry needs to ask some serious questions about the work of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network; why isn’t the industry coming forward and for what reasons to support it financially.
CSHIN manager Dr. Chris Byra is encouraging stakeholders within Canada’s pork industry to support resumption of Canada’s national swine health surveillance system.
“We’ve
Swine producers across Canada will learn over the next few months whether the measures taken so far are strong enough to contain and perhaps eliminate porcine epidemic virus.
Since the first Canadian site was confirmed positive late in January, as of press time, the virus has hit 63 farms in Southwestern Ontario, four in Manitoba
The Manitoba government continues to thwart hog expansion in Manitoba with its stringent and none-bending environmental regulations blaming a good part on farming say farmers.
In attempting to change the minds of local MLA’s to put pressure on the government, Manitoba Pork is asking the business community to get involved in the hog moratorium debate.
Gerald
From the publishers desk,
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
Ingredients
1/2 cup (125 mL) paprika
1/4 cup (50 mL) garlic salt
1/4 cup (50 mL) brown sugar
2 tbsp (25 mL) ground coriander seed
1 tbsp (15 mL) ground black pepper
1 tbsp (15 mL) ground cumin
1 tbsp (15 mL) chili powder
8 back rib tails – about 3 lb/1.5 kg
2 cups (500 mL) your favourite BBQ sauce
Directions
Combine the first
APC AGM & GTBack by popular demand! The Alberta Pork Congress Annual General Meeting will once again be held in conjunction with the Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday September 11th at Trochu Golf & Country Club.Breakfast will be served at 9 am followed by the AGM at which time elections will take place for new
We often say the ‘The Pig is Big’ when referring to the popularity of pork but what is even BIGGER were the crowds that turned out for the inaugural Porkapalooza BBQ Festival in Edmonton (June 14-15).
Crowd estimates of 25,000 plus showed up at Hawrelak Park to enjoy the great food, music and the smells
Danish Swine Update
Denmark has a long tradition of exporting pigs – back in Victorian times it was in the shape of bacon to feed the growing British population. Nowadays Danish pig meat is of course exported worldwide, but increasingly there is a substantial export trade in breeding pigs and semen. DanAvl, formerly Danbred International,
Doug Redekop, president and general manager of Steinbach based Precision Pumping, a custom swine manure applicator is calling for more open reporting of PED virus to give those who provide services to the swine industry the best opportunity to avoid spreading the infection.
Under more stringent Manitoba government regulations, the swine manure fertilizer application season
