Another Pork Importer Considers COOL

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. In 2017 Australian producers are due to phase out sow stalls for all but a maximum of six weeks of gestation. This change has been accepted

Bringing A Bit Of Home For British Pork Lovers – for Sep. 9, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. When Alan and Nicola Irving set up their new business producing fresh British-style sausages and bacon, they knew they would be popular with ex-pat Brits like


Pork, The Food Of Love

Holy simmering succotash! Could pork be the new Viagra? Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez made international headlines recently when she suggested putting pork on your fork leads to more than yummy in your tummy. “I’ve just been told something I didn’t know; that eating pork improves your sex life … I’d say it’s a lot nicer

Beleaguered Brit Pork Producers Fight Back

As our industry looks at how to respond to the decline in its competitive position, it might be worth studying what happened in the U. K. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator.