A Partner with Polar Pork Farms says that if the price of feed grain remains at its current high level, consumers can expect higher meat prices. A combination of factors including shortages of locally produced feed grains due to last year's drought, transportation challenges due to COVID and generally higher global grain prices due to the war in Ukraine has pushed grain prices to record levels.
Read MoreSaskatchewan's pork producers are calling on the federal government to follow the lead of other countries and exempt ground pork and beef from proposed front-of-package labeling that would require symbols indicating products are high in fat, sugar or sodium.
Read MoreSask Pork is highlighting career possibilities in the hog industry thanks to a new Canadian partnership. Several Saskatchewan agricultural organizations, including Sask Pork, are bringing regional agriculture programming to ChatterHigh, a gamified content engagement platform used by students across Canada and the U.S.
Read MoreA researcher with the University of Saskatchewan suggests, rather than helping reduce the wild pig population, sport hunting actually breaks up groups and makes the animals more elusive and harder to find.
Read MoreSask Pork celebrated Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM) with a donation of books to elementary schools in Saskatoon and Prince Albert. CALM, celebrated annually every March and into April, is dedicated to teaching students about Canada’s agriculture industry and food story.
Read MoreSask Pork is asking pork producers across the province to remain especially vigilant with biosecurity practices now that the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) has been found in Saskatchewan.
Read MoreA partner with Polar Pork Farms is suggesting a return to more normal weather conditions and improved grain production will be critical to stabilizing global food supplies.
Read MoreSask Pork is encouraging the public to immediately report wild boar and other feral pig sightings. Earlier this week, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has introduced enhanced measures to control feral pigs, including a moratorium on new commercial wild boar farms, developing regulations for licensing existing farms and enhancing surveillance and control.
Read MoreSixty guests staying at Ronald McDonald House in Saskatoon while their children undergo medical treatment had a meal of Saskatchewan pulled pork, thanks to a partnership between Prairie Meats and Sask Pork.
Read MoreCanada’s Agriculture Day returns on February 22 and Sask Pork is encouraging the Saskatchewan pork industry to participate. The yearly national event was created to showcase what’s happening in the agriculture industry, show consumers where their food comes from, and introduce them to the people who produce it.
Read MoreA White City family took home top honours and bragging rights at Canadian Western Agribition’s newest event, BBQ Supreme. The professionally judged grilling competition, sponsored by Sask Pork and sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society, attracted teams from across Western Canada. Arrowhead North BBQ, will have a chance to compete at the American Royal barbecue championship
Read MoreSask Pork has pledged $1,000 to the newly launched “Help Our BC Farm Families” GoFundMe Page, which was created today to support British Columbia’s farmers and livestock producers in the Fraser Valley, which has been hard hit by devastating floods this week.
Read MoreSask Pork honoured local swine researcher Dr. Dan Columbus with a Saskatchewan Pork Industry Award of Distinction in the area of Excellence in Production Research this week at the 44th annual Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium.
Read MoreA Veterinary Pathologist with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine is encouraging the public, especially those who work with pigs, to get the annual flu shot.
Read MoreThere are more than 7,000 pig farms across Canada that raise more than 25.5 million animals a year. Learn how pork gets from farm to table.
Read MoreThe Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says the quality of Canadian pork combined with improved market access gives it an edge in the Japanese market.
Read MorePilot testing of the Canadian pork sector's new on farm food quality and animal care assurance program is now complete and the program has received its final approval.
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