Congratulations to Jurgen Preugschas of Five Lakes Farms on being elected Board Chair of Alberta Pork at its annual meeting December 6. Jurgen regains this important industry post after an hiatus of eleven years. “The new executive brings a strong combination of industry knowledge and outside experience to the Board at a time when there are many challenges. This is important in being able to meet the needs of the 1200 producers across the province”, says Jurgen.

White Lake Colony was awarded the SPECTRA award for Environmental Stewardship at the recent annual meeting of Alberta Pork. Congratulations to White Lake Colony, its hog bosses and senior advisors on designing, developing and operation a 500 sow pig farm that has many attributes and factors that prevent pollution of the air, land or surrounding environment in the Barons area. Frank and Matthew were able to receive the award in person at the banquet. Well done by White Lake Colony in being awarded this SPECTRA!

We also recognize Roy Barrett, a longtime pig breeder at Ponoka, for his Lifetime Achievement SPECTRA and Keith Robbins of Ontario Pork as a Friend of the Industry.

We very much appreciate every one of our clients!

Spring Valley Colony farrowed 30 litters in August that averaged 12.5 piglets born live. Citric acid inclusion in the sow diet may be a reason for the improvement in litter size.

White Lake Colony sent a load of 300 hogs to OLYMEL in September that had an 82.7% dressing percentage. These hogs weighed 113.5 kg on farm and gave carcasses of 93.8 kg. This high dressing percentage compares to a general average of 79%-80% at most packing plants.
Big Sky Colony has a second litter sow that farrowed 17 live piglets (plus one stillborn). Her piglets averaged 3.75 pounds at birth, with 5 of the piglets weighing over 5.0 pounds. This sow had 15 live piglets in her first litter.

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