Better Pork Magazine Archive February 2025 Better Pork February 2025 edition features the following articles: Animal Welfare - Tail Biting, Enhance Productivity - Healthy Sows, Protecting Piglets - Coccidiosis Threat, and Hog Futures: Risks Ahead. December 2024
Heath MacDonald appointed Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Saturday, May 17, 2025 P.E.I. MP Heath MacDonald is Canada’s new minister of agriculture. The MP for Malpeque received the appointment on May 13 along with the rest of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet. Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois, who briefly held the ag portfolio before the election call, didn’t receive a... Read this article online
New Alberta Market Hog Data Published Friday, May 16, 2025 Alberta Pork is committed to building a trusted and competitive pork industry through transparency and cooperation. As part of this commitment, it will start publishing the Alberta Market Hog Settlement Data every week beginning May 21, 2025. This data will appear in the Alberta Pork Weekly... Read this article online
Celebrating Canada's Food System Friday, May 16, 2025 The national campaign "Canada’s Food System: Our Food. Our Future" was launched with the backing of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) and a coalition of industry partners, that are seeking to elevate public awareness and trust in the food system by reminding Canadians of its... Read this article online
Alberta is Feeling Ignored Friday, May 16, 2025 The possibility of Alberta separating sparks discussion among farmers on Agriville.com who feel disconnected from federal decision-makers. Following the 2025 federal election, talk of Alberta separation is once again bubbling over — and farmers on Agriville.com have plenty to say. A... Read this article online
CGC license changes Friday, May 16, 2025 The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) recently had some licenses expire, and it issued two others. Last week, licenses expired for two companies. On May 5, Richardson Pioneer’s Vulcan 2 elevator in Alberta had a licence change. “Primary elevator licence no longer held,” the CGC’s... Read this article online