Former Board Chair Recognized for Lifelong Work in AgricultureFormer Sask Pork Board Chair Joe Kleinsasser headlines the 2026 Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame class.Kleinsasser is being recognized for more than two decades of consumer education and leadership in agriculture.Joe along with five others were announced to the Hall of Fame Class back in mid
Saskatchewan Livestock ExpoThe 16th annual Saskatchewan Livestock Expo will take place Thursday February 19th, 2026 in Swift Current, SK. The one day show will be held at the Kinetic Exhibition Park, featuring a trade show, door prizes, live auction and of course the Cramer Cup series.The one day trade show is sold out, doors
I have always loved pigs and the entire hog sector. In these photos I am about 3.5 years old with grandpa in the pig pens on his farm West of Wetaskiwin. So when I say have grown up in wonderful world of pigs – I mean it!!
Not sure where to start, as I mentioned on page six,
When did your life of service begin? Chances are you were given chores around the house: washing dishes, cleaning your room, cutting the lawn, or shoveling snow.When I was old enough to help out, I was given the chore of feeding and taking care of calves. My job with a newborn started in teaching
Alberta’s updated regulations on Wild Boar mark an important step forward for the protection of our livestock sector.The Government of Alberta’s recent changes to the Pest and Nuisance Control Regulation now classify all Wild Boar as a pest – bringing stronger oversight, mandatory permitting for existing farms, and a moratorium on new Wild Boar
Photos from Britney Jacob, from Burnt River Ranching
If there is one thing that can be said about winters in Canada — weather can be extreme.Certainly that has been the case so far in the winter of 2025-26, with November weather unseasonably nice, and December a month of much snow and cold temperatures and January
Canada’s food inflation problem is policy-made
Canadians do not imagine higher grocery bills. Food costs more, stays expensive, and refuses to come down. At Manitoba Ag Days, food policy analyst Dr. Sylvain Charlebois laid out why. Canada’s food inflation problem runs deeper than store shelves. Government policy built it, reinforced it, and keeps feeding it.Canada
What should be included on food labels tends to be a topic which can be a hotly contested one depending who one asks about it.Certainly, it is probably safe to say a sizeable number of consumers pay scant attention to food labels.There is an assumption – and yes some will argue the assumption is
Mary interviewing Lars Kristensen (sitting) and Hans Jorn Holm both from Denmark
As the date gets closer to new regulations that limit the use of zinc oxide in nursery pigs in Canada, pork producers are exploring ways to keep their pigs healthy without zinc in the diet.By June of 2026 pork producers must reduce the
A gene-edited pig that resists Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome now sits firmly on the radar as a possible new tool to control one of the most costly and persistent diseases facing the global pork industry.Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, commonly known as PRRS, first appeared in the late 1980s and quickly earned names
