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Clock Ticking On Open Sow Housing Decisions

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Awatershed in sow housing is coming to Manitoba in the next five years and pork producers are unprepared, says a University of Manitoba swine specialist. Many hog barns will soon have to retool their aging equipment, including gestation stalls, said Laurie Connor, who heads the University of Manitoba’s animal science department. Producers need to decide
Hogs, Livestock

Pork Producers Re-Enter Survival Mode

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. Following several months of small to moderate profits over the summer, a dramatic fall in hog prices and soaring feed costs have once again put Canada’s
Crops, Hogs

Planning Act Changes Could Affect Hog Applications

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Manitoba hog producers worry that recent changes to provincial planning laws could make applications for livestock operations harder. Proposed amendments to the Planning Act may force operators to spend a lot of up-front money on site assessments without any assurance their applications will be approved, said Mike Teillet of the Manitoba Pork Council. Applications must
Hogs, News

WTO Arguments In COOL Case Wrap Up

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Canadian livestock groups headed home from Geneva last week expressing confidence about winning a World Trade Organization challenge to the U.S. country-of-origin food labelling rule. Both the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Pork Council said they were satisfied Canada presented a WTO dispute panel with a strong case against COOL during the second and
Hogs, Livestock, News

Stall-Free Petition Tops 10,000 Signatures

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Bill McDonald hauled a garbage bag half full of paper into the deputy agriculture minister’s office last week to press his case against sow gestation stalls in Manitoba. The bag contained petitions carrying over 10,000 signatures demanding the province pass laws to eliminate the stalls. “We thought it was significant to show the government physically
Cereals, Hogs, News, Oilseeds

Letters – for Dec. 2, 2010

The November 18 issue was very interesting reading and has prompted me to write to compliment Laura Rance for her excellent editorial on the changes in the Animal Care Act and the increased authority for provincial animal-welfare officers. I also have to say that the two letters to the editor regarding dogs riding in the
Hogs, Livestock

U.S. Pork Supplies Swell As High Prices Slow Sales

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U.S. pork supplies rose 13 per cent in October and posted the largest percentage increase from September in nine years as record-high prices slowed retail sales and increased pork production forced more pork into storage. The increase reported by the U.S. Agriculture Department on Nov. 22 was far more than some analysts had anticipated. “I
Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 25, 2010

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New role:Canadian Foodgrains Bank has appointed John Longhurst to the position of director, resources and public engagement. “John is a seasoned and respected professional in the areas of communications, media relations and marketing, with most of his career spent in the non-profit sector and international field,” said executive director Jim Cornelius. Longhurst has worked for
Hogs, Livestock, News

Pork Package Creates Livestock Insurance Precedent

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Aproposed model to insure pork producers against death losses in their herds could be a long-awaited breakthrough for livestock production insurance in Canada. The Canadian Swine Health Board hopes to have an all-peril mortality insurance product ready for producers in 2011. The package would cover death losses from disease, fire, equipment failure, adverse weather or
Hogs, Livestock

Watch For Mycotoxins In This Season’s Grain

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alber ta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. This year’s cool, wet weather not only delayed harvest, but also produced higher-than-normal incidence of fusarium mould in grain. Producers are being warned that high

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