The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed on July 28 that African Swine Fever (ASF) was detected in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic, through an existing cooperative surveillance program. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has since affirmed its support for the Dominican Republic’s efforts to manage the issue. To date, no…
If Alberta Pork’s weekly pricing report looks different to you this week – it is! Alberta Pork has partnered with Gowans Feed Consulting to offer a new feed cost modelling tool for producers, updated monthly. In addition, the tool will be offered with commentary on feed price trends, comparing the change in market prices of…
Are you hauling hogs in the coming days? Forecasts across the province predict temperatures reaching above 30-degrees Celsius and even upwards of 40-degrees Celsius. Unlike humans, pigs are not able to regulate their body temperature by sweating. If you are hauling hogs, check out our Hauling Hogs in Extreme Heat fact sheet to learn what…
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…
On Monday, February 15, Olymel announced a temporary but indefinite suspension of operations at its Red Deer pork processing facility due to COVID-19 related issues in the community. Many of Alberta’s commercial hog farmers ship to this facility on a weekly basis, and the plant shutdown has since prompted producers to deploy contingency plans and…
Earlier this week, six commercial hog farmers in Alberta submitted a united request to Alberta Pork, presenting three critical questions regarding the organization’s work and position on hog pricing. The group met virtually with Alberta Pork board directors and staff to advocate for reducing hog production, in response to pricing problems that producers continue to…
The annual polar vortex has descended upon the prairies, shrouding much of the landscape in a blanket of extremely cold air approaching wind chills of minus-50 degrees Celsius in some cases. Just the thought of those temperatures is enough to chill any person – or animal – to the bone. In Alberta, hog farmers produce…