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KAP sets up Puratone meeting

By Allan Dawson November 30, 2012

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is hosting a meeting Dec. 3 to try and clarify where grain farmers owed money by Niverville-based Puratone stand. “We’re not going to be threatening people or making statements of claim,” KAP president Doug Chorney said in an interview Nov. 26. “We really just want to get the facts out because

Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

U.S. pork supplies at all-time high

November 30, 2012

Hog price recovery months away Reuters — U.S. pork production in October hit a record high as the hog slaughter surged to an all-time high of 10.86 million head. The latest USDA data shows more hogs passed through U.S. packing plants last month than ever before as farmers liquidated their herds as the worst drought in

Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Analysts expect fewer pigs and higher prices next year

By Theopolis Waters November 29, 2012

Pork stocks in U.S. warehouses in September soared to a record high for that month, a sign the rush to market hogs this summer due to high feed costs may mean fewer hogs and less pork next year. The bulk of the price gains could come in the second half of next year, analysts said.

Hogs, Livestock

Good gilt management improves lifetime productivity

By Bernie Peet November 29, 2012

Genetic progress in litter size has been rapid over the last 15 years, with an annual improvement in the range of 0.2 – 0.3 total born. For many producers, litter size is no longer a limiting factor to achieving a high number of pigs born per sow per year. Today’s challenges now centre around maximizing

Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Pork Council prepares for end of gestation stalls

By Shannon VanRaes November 28, 2012

Dealing with aggression, finding the best design, and retraining barn workers are some of  the issues producers will have to deal with when they shift to open housing

If it’s time to update your hog barn or if you’re thinking about new equipment, then it’s also time to think about converting your sow gestation stalls to open-housing systems. “We’re working with the date of 2025, and we’re continuing to encourage producers to look at that date as well,” said Mark Fynn, animal care

Hogs, Livestock, News

Province to back new loan program for hog producers

By Shannon VanRaes November 21, 2012

A financial stabilization program is on the horizon for Manitoba pork producers. Speaking to hog farmers and industry representatives in Niverville, Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch outlined a new loan program designed by the council — one that would see cash loans distributed by financial institutions, administered by Manitoba Pork Council Corporation, and guaranteed

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

By Nigel Hunt November 21, 2012

A surge in feed grain prices has stripped many livestock farmers of profit and set off a chain of events that threatens to drive up world meat prices in 2013. The global economic downturn has made it difficult for farmers to pass on rising costs to cash-strapped consumers, and they have sought to scale back

Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

Letters — for 2012-11-15 00:00:00

November 21, 2012

Let’s get talking I appreciated the article in the August 30, 2012 edition entitled “Animal welfare – act now, or have someone else do it.” To have producers be proactive to address the concerns of both people in animal welfare groups as well as the purchasing public would be terrific. There does seem to be

Hogs, Livestock, News

Maple Leaf to buy Puratone

By Shannon VanRaes November 15, 2012

Maple Leaf Food’s agreement to purchase the Niverville-based Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to Manitoba Pork Council. “We’re happy to see that a Canadian company has purchased Puratone,” said council chairman, Karl Kynoch. “We want to see plants here that can compete with their American counterparts.” With two of the

Hogs, Livestock

Bone fractures may be linked to dietary mineral levels

By Bernie Peet November 15, 2012

The incidence of hog carcass contamination and trimming related to spine fractures is increasing at Olymel’s Red Deer processing plant and possibly at other plants, according to Eduardo Beltranena, monogastrics research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. While the incidence is not widespread, for some farms this problem is up to six times more

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Hogs

KAP sets up Puratone meeting

U.S. pork supplies at all-time high

Analysts expect fewer pigs and higher prices next year

Good gilt management improves lifetime productivity

Manitoba Pork Council prepares for end of gestation stalls

Province to back new loan program for hog producers

Higher feed costs could trigger wide-reaching shift in consumers’ meat purchases

Letters — for 2012-11-15 00:00:00

Maple Leaf to buy Puratone

Bone fractures may be linked to dietary mineral levels

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