Tractors Royal Manitoba Winter Fair 2012

aginfo

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March 26 to*March 31, 2012 The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair is one of Western Canada?s largest agricultural events and the largest annual event to be held in Brandon, Manitoba. It is one of only two fairs in Canada to receive Royal patronage from Queen Elizabeth II (in 1970).

At the Royal you can expect to see world class show jumping and heavy horse competitions, livestock sales and displays, a quality hands-on agricultural awareness program including Thru the Farm Gate, exceptional live entertainers, over 300 commercial and agricultural exhibits and much more.
Hours:
Gates Open 8:00AM - 8:00PM Daily
Thru the Farm Gate opens 11AM Daily
Trade Show opens 11 AM to 7 PM (with exception of Arena concourse).

More info at http://www.brandonfairs.com/index.php?pageid=547
 

henry

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Increased Emphasis on Marbling Improves Desirability of Canadian Pork

Farmscape for March 29, 2012 * (Episode 4117)

The judge of the 2012 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Hog Quality Competition says a greater emphasis on marbling is helping improve the desirability of Canadian pork.
The 2012 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair Hog Quality Competition, held yesterday in Brandon, attracted 30 entries from 10 Hutterite Colonies throughout Manitoba.
Dr. Bob McKay, who's been involved with the competition since 1996, observes a greater emphasis on marbling is helping improve the desirability of the product.

Clip-Dr. Bob McKay-Royal Manitoba Winter Fair:
Back in the late 90s we would never see any marbling.
We're starting to see more marbling, we started that about three or four years ago and it's increasing.
Part of that's related to things that are being done in the industry.
Maple Leaf's grading grid penalizes if you're too lean, it penalizes if you're too fat so you've just got to be right.
It's kind of like Goldilocks, too fat is bad, too lean is bad, it's got to be just right and that helps promote a higher fat level which increases marbling.
I'm hoping that pork quality continues to improve.
We do sell pork, not pigs and you have to remember what a pig is.
A pig is just packaging for two shoulders, two loins, two bellies and two hams.
If the meat isn't nutritious and desirable to the people that we're trying to sell it to we aren't going to have an industry.
We have to take into account that we export the majority of our product and we have to target the meat quality that these people want so our industry has to go forward and we've got companies out there that are evaluating their breeding programs through carcass evaluation and actually making selections based on how good their meat quality is.

More at http://www.farmscape.com/f2ShowScri...rbling+Improves+Desirability+of+Canadian+Pork
 

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Kaya at the Dog & Horse Relay - Royal Winter Fair, Brandon Manitoba 2012

[video=youtube;dn5aj_I4JTo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn5aj_I4JTo&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
 

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