WHJ-Winter2012

News and Views
Technology
Transfer Manager
joins Prairie
Swine Centre
Lee Whittington, President
of Prairie Swine Centre, has
announced the appointment
of Ken Engele as Technology
Transfer Manager.
Ken brings more than 14
years of swine industry
experience, both on the
commercial level, in addition
to developing expertise in the
areas of assessing the economic
impact of hog marketing
and research in the swine
industry. At Prairie Swine
Centre his work will focus on
delivering an effective and
timely communication with
pork producers, and those
organizations that service the
pork industry. Ken will also be
responsible for managing the
Technology Transfer component
of the Canadian Swine and
Research Development Cluster.
The CSRDC consists of 14
research projects across Canada
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designed to reduce the cost
of production and focus on
product differentiation. Ken
will be responsible for working
with researchers funded by
the program to ensure timely,
accurate delivery of results
from the research to the
industry.
“It’s great to welcome someone
with Ken’s background”, notes
Lee Whittington, President/CEO
– Prairie Swine Centre. “He
has excellent understanding of
what makes the pork industry
tick and how Prairie Swine
Centre can meet the needs of
Canadian producers.”
Hog producers
welcome new
Farm and Food
Discovery Centre
By Myron Love
“This is an exciting day for
agriculture,” said Karl Kynoch,
chair of the Manitoba Pork
Council, speaking at the grand
opening on Friday, September
16, of the Bruce D. Campbell
Farm and Food Discovery
Centre at the University of
Manitoba’s Glenlea Research
Station (just south of Winnipeg
of Highway 75). The Manitoba
Farm and Food Centre opening – The “ribbon cutting” ceremony at the
opening of the Bruce Campbell Discovery Centre (Karl Kynoch on far left)
Pork Council, Kynoch noted,
contributed to the construction
of the hands-on interpretive
facility with a $1 million
donation – and Kynoch topped
that up with the presentation
of a cheque for $20,000 to
Dr. Michael Trevan, Dean of
the university’s Faculty of
Agricultural and Food Sciences,
to be used to help promote the
centre and bring people out.
The Bruce Campbell Discovery
Centre is intended to
demonstrate modern farming
and food production. The
exhibits include viewing
windows that allow visitors to
peek into a real swine research
With over 30 years of experience in the livestock industry,
we continue to provide today’s producers with
The Best Full Service Marketing
in North America
Feeder Pigs
S.E.W.s
barn, a tractor operator’s seat
where visitors can “drive”
through fields on a screen and
a grinder where visitors can
make their own flour.
“We believe this facility will
be a wonderful tool to help tell
the story of pork production
and farming,” Kynoch said.
“We are also looking forward
to bringing Manitoba Pork
visitors from countries
such as China, Japan, Russia
and the EU to this centre so
that they see firsthand what
we do in Manitoba to improve
food safety.”
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