During Alberta Pork’s annual general meeting (AGM) in November 2020, a resolution was passed to explore “a single-desk selling system, similar to Quebec,” and during Alberta Pork’s semi-annual meeting in March 2021, one producer asked whether the Quebec pig pricing model was well understood, and whether other producers knew how the price was calculated. In…
During Alberta Pork’s annual general meeting (AGM) in November 2020, a resolution was passed to explore “a single-desk selling system, similar to Quebec,” and during Alberta Pork’s semi-annual meeting in March 2021, one producer asked whether the Quebec pig pricing model was well understood, and whether other producers knew how the price was calculated. Coming…
The Alberta Pork Board of Directors welcomes its latest members, following an election. Ballots were counted and recorded by Alberta Pork staff on March 8, 2021, with oversight from the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council. Four Director-at-Large positions were available this year, for which five nominations were received. All registered producers were eligible to vote…
On Friday, March 5, the Government of Alberta announced that Alberta hog farmers are now eligible to receive funding through a $4-million initiative under the federal-provincial AgriRecovery program, delivered in Alberta by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC). The support comes following more than three weeks of hog production backlogs created by the unfortunate COVID-19…