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5 12, 2019

Maple Leaf Announces a Bold Move to Increase Hog Production for Brandon

Jason Manness

Jason Manness, director of procurement for Western Canada at Maple Leaf Foods, told a meeting earlier this year in Starbuck, MB that Maple Leaf is looking to finance 33.3 per cent of new hog barn construction.
Manness outlined in a brief talk to the producers at the h@ms Marketing Services meeting how

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5 12, 2019

Mexican Delegation Impressed with Delta Canada Research Facility

Recently Harry Siemens of the Prairie Hog Country Magazine accompanied a Mexican pig industry delegation to tour the Topigs Norsvin Delta Canada Research Centre near Woodlands, MB. L to R – Harry Siemens, Jose Cordoba Dominguez Topigs Norsvin Manager for México; Juan Jose Vega – producer with 13,000 sows;

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5 12, 2019

Kudos

Manitoba Pork Honoured with Philanthropy Award Manitoba Pork has been honoured with the 2019 Outstanding Contribution to Philanthropy Award (Organization Under 100). Manitoba’s pork sector is proud to make a meaningful social impact by supporting sustainable food security. While our job is to provide a high-quality, affordable protein to the world, we are committed

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5 12, 2019

Manitoba Hog Grading Benefits the Packer, Producer, and Consumer

Jason Care

Manitoba Hog Grading Inc. (MHGI) represents the interests of hog producers and processors in Manitoba. Its mission is to provide a carcass grading service that is effective and cost-efficient and to deliver this service for hog producers and pork processors in Manitoba.
In 1997 the four large, federally inspected processors and Manitoba Pork founded

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5 12, 2019

Chef Michael Olson’s Overnight Holiday Ham

What a way to wake up on Christmas…with the aromas of ham baking in the oven! Make holiday prep easy with this overnight holiday ham recipe that Chef Michael Olson shared at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge’s Christmas in November 2016.

Ingredients
1 large bone-in smoked ham,
about 10 lbs (4 kg)
1/2 cup (125 mL) honey

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5 12, 2019

2019 Saskatchewan Pork Industry Awards of Distinction

Raelene Petreck receiving award from Murray Petitt.

Curt Kowalchuk

Dr. Henry Gaureau presented by Florian Possberg

Three recipients were honored at the 2019 Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium banquet on November 12 in Saskatoon.
The award for Distinguished Service was given to Raelene Petrecek, Research Technician with the Prairie Swine Centre (PSC). The award, presented by Murray Pettitt,

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5 12, 2019

Made in Canada Hog Price

There are hurdles to jump and hills to climb, but the hog industry now has three options for a Made-in-Canada price.
Catherine Brodeur, Vice President Economic Studies with Groupe Ageco, released results of a study to producers at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium on Nov. 13 in Saskatoon.
Brodeur, the project leader, said the subject of

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5 12, 2019

Regulatory Feed Changes

Regulation changes are finally coming to the Canadian feed industry, a speaker at the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium told producers. The current practices date back to 1983, when a different Trudeau was the prime minister of Canada. Melissa Dumont, executive director at the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada, said the process has taken longer

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5 12, 2019

Fake Meat Madness and Pork’s Resilience

Pork will thrive in the changing world of food options. That was the message Sylvain Charlebois brought to the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium on Nov. 13 in Saskatoon. “There is this overwhelming plant-based rhetoric that is affecting lots of people. It is affecting how people see meat, how they relate to meat and they

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5 12, 2019

Pork and Beef Shipments will Resume to China from Canada

James Hofer

Great news for beef and pork producers and the entire meat industry as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted November 5, “Good news for Canadian farmers today: Canadian pork and beef exports to China will resume. Thanks to Ambassador Barton and the Canadian meat industry for their work on re-opening this important market for