Alberta Pork AGM 2024

Dec 02, 2024

We had another productive and inciteful day at our Alberta Pork Annual General Meeting in Calgary with inciteful industry updates, announcements and presentations.

Thank you to all our speakers: Stephen Heckbert who presented a Canadian Pork Council Update, Todd Thurman for his presentation on Global Hog Industry Demographics and Brett Stuart for providing a Global Pork and Agriculture Market update.

We would also like to give a special thanks to the Honourable RJ Sigurdson, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation who sent his virtual greetings and a sector update to our producers and industry partners.

Thank you to everyone who attended!

Alberta Pork’s Annual Report for 2024 is now available - It includes industry and advocacy updates, a year in review and looking ahead to our strategic plan.

Click here to see more...

Video: Methionine Requirements for Lactating Sows - Cierra Kozole

In this episode of The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, Cierra Kozole, PhD candidate in Swine Nutrition at the University of Guelph, explains how methionine supports lactating sows beyond milk protein synthesis. She discusses updated requirement estimates, source comparisons, methylation demand, and why modern sow genetics may require more precise amino acid strategies. Listen now on all major platforms!

"Methionine supports protein synthesis while also serving critical functions through methylation pathways that influence multiple biological processes."

Meet the guest: Cierra Kozole / cierra-kozole-772b64253 is a PhD candidate in Swine Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Canada. Her doctoral research focuses on refining estimates of methionine requirements for primiparous lactating sows, including evaluating methionine sources, nutrient partitioning, methylation reactions, and the links among amino acid supply, milk production, and sow protein retention. Learn more from Cierra Kozole on The Swine Nutrition Blackbelt Podcast, available on all major platforms.