Price, demand, location, supply, and COVID-19 keep analysts, producers, and suppliers on their toes and sometimes off, too.Tyler Fulton, the Director of Risk Management with Hams Marketing Services, said shifting pork demand, due to COVID-19, makes it extremely difficult to assess the role of demand in influencing the value of live slaughter hogs.Reductions in
Rick Bergmann of Steinbach, MB, represents Canadian pork producers from coast to coast as chair of the Canadian Pork Council tweeted this on April 14, “Canadian producers are in a dire state. Take a minute and imagine being on a sinking ship waiting for rescue. It’s not a good feeling.”In response to Janet Krayden,
Bill Alford, general manager of Hams Marketing Services Co-op of Headingley, MB said changes in the geographic hog producing and marketing areas plus COVID-19 restrictions cause significant pig pricing discrepancies in Canada.Alford said the hog industry has moved to a more national-based reference model or reference market, off the USDA instead of a negotiated
Packers are working hard to get processing plants operational, to greater capacity and making great efforts to put in place enhanced employee safety measures to protect workers from Coronavirus.Hog commentator Jim Long said with U.S. pork cut-outs recently closing $1.10 a pound, the gross packer margin for packers is reaching over $100 per head.
Arnold and Alida Van Ginkle
Swine producers in Alberta are seeing various degrees of impact as they adjust to the world-wide battle against a deadly new virus.Early in March, concern over the appearance in China of a novel virus evolved into a global effort to save human lives from a pandemic identified as COVID-19.“I think
As I am penning this I can hear the hum off bees on a tree outside my office window. A sure sign that spring has sprung, plus all the seeding being done in the fields. So it should feel like the world is normal … well as we all know with the continuing COVID 19
L-R Jos Vaes (Plant Manager – MS Schippers Europe), Joost van Asten (General Manager – Schippers Canada), David Coffey (Operations Manager – Schippers Canada), Marco Fabrie (Director of Sales – MS Schippers Europe).
Schippers Canada Expands A plan over two years in the making came to reality at the Schippers Canada location near
Dr Scott Zaari
In October 2019, Manitoba named Dr. Scott Zaari, as its chief veterinary officer, responsible for leading work on issues related to animal health and welfare. Originally from southern Alberta, Zaari began his veterinary career as a mixed animal veterinarian, providing veterinary services for cattle producers. After leaving Alberta, Zaari worked
Alberta Pork Congress Cancelled The 46th annual Alberta Pork Congress will was scheduled in the new Exhibition Hall at Westerner Park in Red Deer June 10th & 11th, has been cancelled. As we continue to learn more about the COVID-19 pandemic and monitor the global situation, the Board of Directors of the Alberta Pork
Dr Jennifer Brown
Dr. Jennifer Brown of the Prairie Swine Center in Saskatoon, SK said, told the Manitoba Swine Seminar In Winnipeg, MB, in February said what motivates a sow’s behaviour will help producers in having greater success with group housing. Dr. Brown said when producers manage sows in groups instead of in stalls, it
