The numbers are in, and there are not a lot of surprises as long term trends hold.
The numbers, in the case of the Canadian Census of Agriculture, with a document released every five years.
So what did we learn?
Well a good portion of farmers have at least a tinge of grey hair.
More than half of
Hog prices in Canada and the United States are slowly rising and that is a good thing, but what are the key factors influencing markets and what is actually happening.
“Over the last two weeks, (first half of May) or so, the cash market in the U.S. has made a dramatic recovery,” said Tyler Fulton,
George Matheson, chair of Manitoba Pork gave an update on the Manitoba pork industry at the recent AGM referring to the mood of the hog producer as optimistic.
“The cash price the last year defied the futures. There seems to be very good demand for pork, although there is a lot of pork being produced
Earlier this year, Andrew Dickson, general manager of Manitoba Pork in his state of the hog industry to kick off the Manitoba Swine Seminar cautioned farmers it will be very critical how hog producers tend to both ends of their business, inputs, sales, and of course management from sow to finish, depending at when
As of magazine press time:
Over the past month nine swine operations in southeastern Manitoba have been confirmed infected by Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea including six within a five kilometer area and three outside the original five kilometer buffer zone, two of which are linked to that zone by pig movements.
PED Virus Case No. 15 Found
Hog numbers keep rising in the United States on top of big numbers already, not only in the slaughter numbers but an expansion of the breeding herd in the United States as well, according to the March USDA Hog and Pig report.
“We’ve clearly had an increase in hog numbers again this year on already
Brian Sullivan the CEO of the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement said the adoption of new technology will be key for Canada’s pork industry to remain competitive while meeting new challenges facing the industry.
In partnership with Swine Innovation Porc, the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement is examining novel technologies designed to optimize pig performance
Quebec-based Olymel is recruiting farmers to build new barns to finish the pigs its own farms are raising in Western Canada.
In an interview with Prairie Hog Country late in May, Casey Smit, vice-president of swine production for Olymel in Western Canada, said the company needs 100,000 more spaces to finish the pigs being raised
Today as I am typing this it is 28˚ and muggy, a storm is forecasted overnight. The farmers are seeding as fast as their tractors will go. Around here it was a very late start till snow melted and many had to deal with left over crops from last year’s early snow fall.
Scary times
Land price increases slowing
In 1967, my father Henry C. Siemens, [deceased] my brother Jack Siemens who farms with his son Jonathan, and myself then a fledgling farmer bought our neighbour’s quarter section for $300 an acre, an exorbitant price gushed our neighbours at the time.
It was a high price as we soon learned especially
