Alberta Pork Launching Producer Survey to Serve You Better

May 05, 2015

As part of our efforts to support producers, Alberta Pork staff will be conducting a short phone survey beginning next week. Since our last producer survey in 2011, a lot has changed in the industry, and as your representative, it’s critical that we have up-to-date information to ensure that the programs we’re working on for you will meet your needs.

As well, we must have current facts and figures on pork production in Alberta to effectively advocate for you with government and tell your story to media and consumers.

Any information you provide us is strictly confidential. When talking with government or consumers, we will only be using total numbers (eg. “x” total number of sows in Alberta, “x” total number of market pigs in Alberta). Your individual details will not be shared with anyone under any circumstances.

We know you’re very busy, so we will do our best to gather your information quickly and efficiently.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. By completing the survey, you will play a key role in helping us to serve you better and stay relevant to your needs.

Source: AlbertaPork

Video: Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.