In a Twitter @AgTwitter survey farmers listed a host of concerns facing their farms going into 2023. Most focused-on government policy or lack thereof, the carbon tax and climate change regulations and the cost of everything going up. Korey Peters of Randolph, MB said initial costs of anything with long-term return on investment ROI labour
Tyler Fulton, the director of risk management with H@ms Marketing Services, advises pork producers to take advantage of solid futures and lock in prices as they reach new highs on many spring and summer month contracts. Despite exceptionally high feed costs, the reduced slaughter hog supplies due to health challenges in the United States saw
Daniel Ramage, SIP GM
An independent economic analysis shows swine cluster research boosts productivity in the Canadian pork sector. An assessment on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc looked at the impact of swine cluster research as a driver for growth in the Canadian pork sector and the broader economy. The assessment found the research resulted in
As we start 2023, it’s the time in the year when old calendars are turfed and new ones are hung. Well, that I suppose is more memory of the recent past than reality these days with most opting for the calendars on their laptops or cellphones. I am of an age though where I recall a
Maple Leaf plant in Brandon.
Bill Alford the general manager of H@ms Marketing of Winnipeg, MB texted this good news on January 20, to the HB WhatsApp group. “Good news for Canadian pork processors. China has re-listed Maple Leaf (Brandon), Thunder Creek, Sofina and Conestoga.” “Yes, Chinese authorities have lifted the suspensions on the remaining five pork
The federal government announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program. The federal government is now extending work permits to family members of temporary foreign workers. Expanding the eligibility for work permits to family members accompanying the principal applicant to Canada will help address labour shortages by assisting employers in finding the workers they
Dr. Carr at Nutrition Partners booth during Prairie Livestock Expo December 14th in Winnipeg.
Dr. John Carr a world livestock consultant, veterinarian, and lecturer said the hog industry needs to focus more on the time management of the hog worker. He reflected on how his role as a veterinarian has changed from answering the telephone to
Daryl Possberg
Opportunities exist for producers willing to take a calculated risk, says an independent producer based in Saskatchewan. Daryl Possberg is general manager of Polar Pork Farm System, a 12,000-sow isowean facility that rose from the ashes of its predecessor, Big Sky Farms. While the outlook is bleak in terms of production costs, particularly with high
Dr Egan Brockhoff
Nutrition, technology and management are little more than window dressing on a farm that does not have high standards of health within its herds, say various delegates attending the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. Prairie Hog Country spent some time behind the scenes at BPS 2023, held during the second week in January, chatting with
Michael Dyck, program co chair
Fresh Air Farmer, Andrew Campbell
Lineups for morning coffee, people perched in windowsills, a cacophony of enthusiastic chatter: These are the signs of new energy within a community of people who have been through the mill together, in isolation. The return to a full-contact Banff Pork Seminar opened on Tuesday, January 10
