8 The Trusted Source for Canada’s Pork Producers Better Pork | December 2024 CONTINUOUS LEARNING stakeholders and government representatives from Canada and overseas. Sask Pork offers food for thought “We’re excited to run Symposium year after year to give producers the information they need and help open their minds to new ideas,” says Steve Seto, communications and marketing coordinator for Sask Pork in Saskatoon. “It’s also a great opportunity to network with other producers and exhibitors as another means of sharing knowledge. It’s gratifying that our producers are very engaged in learning how to make their farms more sustainable, efficient and profitable, and we are here to work alongside them.” In the digital age, there are now other means of transmitting the latest facts and figures. Sask Pork, along with other provincial pork associations, runs periodic webinars on key topics such as grant funding and code updates. “If there was a good aspect to the pandemic, it opened a lot of avenues to reach producers on a regular basis,” says Seto. “Rather than going out to their farm or holding meetings across the province, we can run a one-hour session online. Attendees get the information they need, and they don’t have to spend a day or two away from the farm to do that.” A mountain of information In Alberta, January means the annual Banff Pork Seminar (BPS), which draws an average of 500 producers and industry members from all over to hear speakers, connect with old friends and make new ones. Started in 1972 as a technology transfer event for academic research groups, BPS has become an international gathering and now stands as one of the oldest and largest pork events in Canada. Farmers can use apps like WhatsApp to share ideas with colleagues. Mary Loggan photo Steve Seto pic.com Per m . One Step Ahead Redefining the boundaries of possible.
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