New Fusarium Resistant Wheat Offers New Tool for Preventing Disease. #AgChat http://t.co/xWXkTVo0JF For updates on what's going on at MPC, read our #newsletter. Chop Talk: Issue # 78 - http://t.co/KiCmJ9ZNnT Trying out new #pork recipes all day for the website #Bacon wrapped stuffed loin. http://t.co/RZbcJhzKwn @interlakelife It's a good video and it depicts what goes on in MB plants. MB doesn't have a video like this out but maybe one day we will. It's nearly May Long weekend - time to bust out the grill and #BBQ your fav #pork recipe. Find some tasty ones here! http://t.co/xSmc9VoExD
Industry Training
Find all of the training programs and courses offered by MPC in conjunction with Assiniboine Community College for members of the hog production and transport industries.
Programs offered by the Faculty of Agriculture:
- Pork Production Technician (Apprentice Program)
- Swine Production:
http://public.assiniboine.net/Programs/SwineProduction.aspx
For more information about these programs contact:
Derrick Turner (Dean)
Email: TurnerD@Assiniboine.net
Phone: 204.725.8700
Toll-free: 1.800.862.6307 Ext. 7237
Programs offered by the Faculty of Continuing Education:
- Transport Quality Assurance (TQA) training for livestock shippers (required)
- H2S (Hydrogen Sulfide) hazardous gas training
- Emergency First Aid Training
For more information about these programs contact:
Krista Pawell
Phone: 204.725.8700
Toll-free: 1.800.862.6307 Ext. 6759
For additional information relating to Workplace Health & Safety programs and services, go here.
For training videos on safe and calm pig handling techniques, view the Pig Handling section of the website.
Chop Talk – Issue #77May 6th, 2013
View the May 3, 2013 issue of Chop Talk.
News and Events
Free safety training for hog farmersThursday, May 16, 2013
Assiniboine Community College is offering two training sessions to ensure all hog producers have the opportunity to become certified. Both sessions are free of charge and attendants must confirm their attendance prior to the course as a minimum number of …
Video tour of a pork plant featuring Temple GrandinThursday, May 09, 2013
Video Tour of a Pork Plant Featuring Temple Grandin Published on May 7, 2013 A tour of a pork plant guided by Dr. Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and widely considered to be the world’s leading …
Retail Council of Canada announcementWednesday, May 08, 2013
Recently, the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) announced that RCC grocery members support the Canadian Pork Council’s process to update the Code of Practice and will work towards sourcing fresh pork products from sows raised in alternative housing practices as defined …
