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(L-R) Fair co-chair Wayne Buhr and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson present first and second place in this year’s Royal Manitoba Winter Fair pork quality competition to members of Shady Lane Hutterite Colony.
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Shady Lane Colony wins at pork competition

Pork producers once again vie at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair

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Shady Lane Colony of Treherne come out with bragging rights after this year’s pork producer head-to-head competition at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. The fair’s annual pork quality contest saw the colony walk away with a rare double win, having put forward both the best and second-best carcasses. “It’s hard to believe. The competition is
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U.S. livestock: CME hog futures recover after ‘complete downhill slide’

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ended higher on Friday as the market recovered after sliding to life-of-contract lows this week. The market was due for a bounce as losses were overdone, brokers said. “We’ve been on just about a complete downhill slide,” said Karl Setzer, brokerage research lead at Mid-Co
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Greece detects wild ASF case

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Reuters – Greece has found African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the north of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health said Jan. 23. The disease was found in a dead wild boar in a forest in the Serres region, which borders Bulgaria and North Macedonia, according to Greek authorities. Greece’s
HyLife’s segmented weaning ramp is designed for efficient work flow, but more importantly, less back-breaking work.
Hogs, Livestock

Weaning ramps for piglets gain traction

Almost all HyLife hog barns have put their names in for the invention

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[UPDATED; Feb. 10, 2022] It started with a request from the staff at one of the many hog barns associated with HyLife Foods. Weaning piglets was hard on the back: bend down, pick up a 12-pound piglet, vaccinate it, bend to put it down again, this time sorted by sex. Rinse and repeat hundreds of
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Hogs, Livestock

Olymel to shut two pork processing plants

Triomphe ham, deli meat plants to close in late April

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Meat packer Olymel is set to close a chapter in its acquisition history when it shuts down two Montreal-area pork further-processing plants it bought five years ago. Olymel, a division of ag co-operative Sollio, announced Wednesday it will close the former Aliments Triomphe plant at Blainville and its sister plant about 18 km southeast at
A weaning ramp is easier on piglets and on the workers who handle them.
Hogs, News

Manitoba piglet ‘weaning ramp’ earns Aherne Prize

Temple Grandin praises innovative ramp that saves the backs of workers and is gentler on piglets

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Two employees of HyLife sow farms in La Broquerie have won the F. X. Aherne Prize for Innovative Pork Production at the 2023 Banff Pork Seminar. In most sow farms, the weaning process typically involves picking up piglets, vaccinating them and separating them by sex. But repeatedly collecting and picking up piglets places strain on
Piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

China’s 2022 pork output highest in eight years

Average hog weights remain relatively high

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Reuters — China’s pork output increased 4.6 per cent in 2022 from 2021 to reach its highest level since 2014, official data showed on Tuesday, confounding some expectations for a smaller rise. Pork output in the world’s top producer of the meat reached 55.41 million tonnes, the highest since 56.71 million tonnes recorded eight years
Quebec hog producer Rene Roy is the new chairman of the Canadian Pork Council. (Cpc-ccp.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Pork Council names new top brass

Rene Roy elected as council's new chair

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A few weeks after hiring a new executive director, members of the Canadian Pork Council have also chosen their new board chair and first vice-chair. The council on Tuesday announced it had elected Rene Roy, a hog producer from St-Jules in Quebec’s Beauce region, as its new board chair, and Scott Peters, a producer from
Hogs, Markets

Pork cutout sinks, dragging down lean hog prices

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Reuters – Weak cash hog prices and lower pork values dragged the market to a fresh three-month low Jan. 11, traders said. Pork packer margins have eroded and the closely followed cash wholesale pork cutout value fell to the lowest level in nearly two years on the same day. “The anchor on the hogs is
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Olymel to exit lard business, shut plant

Packer's St. Hyacinthe facility to permanently close

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Pork and poultry packer Olymel is set to close the further processing plant it operates in its home town in Quebec as it exits the lard production business. The company, an arm of ag co-operative Sollio, announced Thursday it will close its St. Jacques Street plant at St. Hyacinthe, Que. effective Feb. 10, affecting 107

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