The pork industry in Canada seems to be one sector of agriculture which could literally fade into oblivion.
That is actually a statement I would not have thought I would ever write, but the sector is evidence of how quickly things can change in the area of agriculture.
Pigs were once commonplace on practically every farm
It sometimes seems much-to-do-about-nothing with the Manitoba NDP government negotiating with Manitoba Pork Council and its member hog farmers to try and get around the hog barn expansion moratorium.
First, the province suggested using equipment far too costly and that doesn’t work in Manitoba’s cold winters. Now they’re suggesting if the new hog barns farmers
Karl Kynoch stepped down as chair of Manitoba Pork, as the Council held annual meeting in Winnipeg on April 15, happy the NDP government in Manitoba and the pork industry could resolve to some extent at least the total ban on pork production in Manitoba.
Kynoch says he’s happy because he and the MPC spent
The Manitoba government’s introduction of a new special pilot project permit evaluation protocol will allow the construction of swine barns in the province to resume under 11 new conditions.
In 2006 the Manitoba NDP government banned the construction or expansion of swine barns in 35 rural municipalities and in 2011 extended the ban to the
This is definitely a historic date for livestock industries in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The WTO recognizes, as do most others a cow is a cow is a cow, and a pig is a pig is a pig, no matter where born, raised, processed and eaten.
On May 18, 2015, the WTO Appellate
As far back as 2004, this columnist warned the industry what could lay ahead should the United States ever fully implement the mandatory country of origin labelling, or simply M-COOL. Someone, not this reporter had laid out for him the potential consequences, but others didn’t really think so, especially government at that time.
Fast forward
Coming off a very good year for hog producers in Manitoba, Michael McCain, head of Maple Leaf Foods says to move forward efficiently and successfully the industry needs balance.
“A balance is about pigs and people and having the right balance in the industry with the right number of pigs born, marketing and processing the
This is not the time to relax bio-security in the hog industry despite the great work the entire industry has (is) doing to stop PED virus mostly at the border.
For many months producers would walk into their facilities hoping against hope they wouldn’t see sick baby pigs in the morning. This during a time
There is a new hog processing plant going up in Sioux City, Iowa that makes for good news, not only for hog producers in that area of the United States, but maybe for hog producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, especially when the U.S. government does the right thing on resolving M-COOL.
Seaboard Foods and Triumph
Less feed wasted, less work, fewer stillborns and healthier sows are among the advantages being reported by Canadian producers who have made the switch to group housing in their sow barns.
Earlier this year, researchers from the Saskatoon-based Prairie Swine Centre offered discussion on making the transition during meetings with producers throughout the western provinces.
During
