There was a major hog barn fire Sunday in the Sturgis area about an hour north of Yorkton. The owner of the barn, Olymel says about 10-thousand pigs perished inside the facility. All of the employees were able to safely evacuate the barn. There was no damage to a second barn and a feed mill […]
Saskatchewan pork producers are looking for government support to avoid a herd sell-off this winter due to drought. The cattle industry in Saskatchewan will receive close to 300 million dollars to help producers pay for feed to avoid a herd sell-off this fall. SaskPork general manager Mark Ferguson says hog producers are facing similar issues […]
Saskatchewan hog producers are hoping for a quick re-opening of the Olymel hog plant in Red Deer, Alberta. The plant shut-down over two weeks ago after a COVID-19 outbreak. SaskPork general manager Mark Ferguson says the plant was inspected Monday and is expected to re-open late this week on a gradual basis. Ferguson says the […]
Saskatchewan hog producers will be seriously affected by a temporary shut-down of the Olymel hog slaughtering plant in Red Deer, Alberta. The closure is due to a recent outbreak of COVID-19 at the plant, which employs 1,800 people. Its not known how long the shut-down will last. The manager of SaskPork, Mark Ferguson, says 800,000 […]
Saskatchewan pork producers support the creation of the Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced creation of the agency Thursday. She says it will be funded by levies on producer sales and pork imports and expand pork promotion and research. The manager of SaskPork, Mark Ferguson, says creation of the agency […]
A Saskatoon-based organization has been given federal approval to develop a vaccine for deadly African Swine Fever. The disease has wiped out over half the pigs in China or almost one third of all hogs in the world. The director of Vido-InterVac, Dr. Volker Gerdts, says developing a vaccine will take several years. He says […]
