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Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Features Full Line-Up of Speakers

The Communications and Marketing Coordinator with Sask Pork says the 2026 edition of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium features a full lineup of speakers including keynote addresses on mental resiliency in the barn and the economic outlook for the pork sector.Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2026, set for November 3rd and 4th in Saskatoon, will bring together pork sector stakeholders from across North America to discus issues and learn about the latest technology.Sask Pork Communications and Marketing Coordinator Steve Seto says this year's agenda includes an exciting lineup of speakers.

Quote-Steve Seto-Sask Pork:

We've got two fantastic keynote speakers.We have retired Fire Captain Jim Brayshaw talking a little bit about mental resiliency in the barn and just trying to make sure that your operation kind of runs smooth and meet some of those challenges that you may face on a day-to-day basis.As well, we have Lee Schulz from Ever.Ag coming in talking about the economy of the market and kind of the outlook and everything that can kind of help us prepare for the coming months and years and kind of what to expect and have a little bit of an outlook there.

Plus, we have a few updates from our national organizations from CPC, the Canadian Pork Council, as well as Canada Pork, talking a little bit about things that we have been doing, plus some of the marketing side of things just in the domestic market, which is really exciting.Plus, we have Carman Alison from Nielsen IQ  talking about what consumers are buying and some of the trends that we're seeing there, which is a really interesting topic that we're really excited about.

Then talking about animal health, we've got Jenelle Hamblin from Manitoba Pork.We've got Dr. Lee-Anne Huber from University of Guelph coming in talking about nutrition as well as biosecurity.We've got a fantastic lineup of speakers right across the board.

The registration form for Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2026 along with the agenda and full details on the conference can be found at saskpork.com.

Source : Farmscape.ca

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