Difficulties accessing labor and swine barn renovations are being blamed for a reduction in the number of entries in this year’s Brandon Hog Days Pork Quality Competition.
A Brandon area Hutterite Colony has claimed the top award at the 2013 Hog Days Brandon Pork Quality Competition.
A swine specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development says over the past five years the use of the internet and social media within the swine industry to access information has accelerated.
The producer of Manitoba’s top quality hog carcass will be named next week as part of Hog Days Brandon.
A Ninette area Hutterite Colony has claimed the top award at the Hog Days Brandon 2011 Pork Quality Competition.
A Brandon area Hutterite Colony has claimed top honours at the 2009 Manitoba Hog says Hog Carcass Competition.