The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) has just released its 2018 Public Trust Research. For the third year in a row, the rising cost of food tops the list of concerns for Canadians, beating out health care, energy and the economy. It has been suggested that meat prices are expected to decline for consumers…
ManureTracker is an Alberta-based manure record keeping application that will improve your farm management and move you away from those paper records. This app will help keep track of what is still left to do – be it for a new soil test for your land, finishing incorporation or completing a transfer to another farm.…
With Christmas quickly approaching, are you headed back home for the holidays? How about a vacation overseas? If “back home” or your vacation destination is in a known African Swine Fever (ASF) source country, it’s important to be mindful of what you bring back to Canada with you, to prevent the spread of ASF. It…
Hog farmers, industry partners and members of the public have a new tool to educate and inform them on the latest issues of pork production: the Alberta Pork app, now available for Apple iOS and Android devices. Both Apple and Android users can download the app by searching “Alberta Pork” using their respective device application…
Alberta Pork is pleased to announce its support for the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences’ (ALES) Work-Integrated Learning: Animal Science Mini-Internships program, taking place in February 2019. The Alberta Pork board of directors has approved a $25,000 endowment donation to the program, which takes place twice annually to provide students…
An abundance of supply in over-saturated markets has producers feeling the pinch more than ever as two-decade pricing lows have hammered away at the industry recently. As Canadian pork looks to break into markets across the Pacific and Atlantic, we must confront the growing trend toward imports of U.S. pork into our domestic market. While…
Visitors from near and far, producers and other community members, gathered near Mayerthorpe on October 12 for a barn opening. The $1.8 million state-of-the-art facility will feature an over-4,000-head contract finishing operation, shipping three full cycles annually to the Olymel processing plant in Red Deer. Operating the barn will be Pigs R Us Inc., owned…
Personnel and visitors Alberta Pork wants to help you stay biosecure—it’s our top priority. We must do everything we can to prevent disease from entering Alberta producers’ barns, which is why we perform biosecurity assessments for all producers free-of-charge. Did you know that viruses can survive on clothing for quite a long time—long enough to…
Biosecurity assessments Alberta Pork wants to help you stay biosecure—it’s our top priority. We must do everything we can to prevent disease from entering Alberta producers’ barns, which is why we perform biosecurity assessments for all producers free-of-charge. Likewise, it’s incumbent upon you, as a producer, to take all necessary measures to protect your herd.…
On September 19, a town hall teleconference was held in collaboration with Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network (CWSHIN), Alberta Pork, Saskatchewan Pork and Manitoba Pork, highlighting how CWSHIN is acting to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) and share critical information with those who need it. This was a successful meeting involving…