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Hogs, Livestock, Opinion

So-Called “Activists” Are Actually Realists

My name is Dr. Kees Scheepens, pig veterinarian and pig farmer from the Netherlands. I was in Manitoba March 25 to give a talk at the University of Manitoba on the phasing out of gestation crates. Now I am sent the article “Animal Welfare Activists Target Pig Castration,” which published in the March 25 issue
Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Pork Product Exports Expected To Decline

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The amount of pork products exported from Canada is expected to decline come calendar year 2011, according to an official with the Canadian Pork Council, or CPC. “We’ve had about four or five shocks to our industry in the last five years, that includes the high Canadian dollar, for a while high feed prices due
Hogs, Livestock

Leftover Hog Transition Funds Distributed

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Money remaining from the federal government’s hog farm transition program (HFTP) is headed to at least some producers who failed to make the cut during the program’s fourth tender. The HFTP, budgeted for $75 million when established in late 2009, aimed to help eligible pork producers leave the industry by paying them to idle production
Hogs, Livestock

New Report Alleges Systemic Livestock Transport Abuse

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“Do the math. It’s less than half a per cent.” – CRYSTAL MACKAY, OFAC Anew and controversial report by the World Society for the Protection of Animals claims farm animals routinely arrive at Canadian livestock auction markets and slaughterhouses dead, sick or severely injured. It bases its findings, not on anecdotal evidence, but on the
Hogs, Livestock

Drilling Down Into Breeding Herd Records

Learning to drill down into herd data can not only be very interesting but also profitable. 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. Computerized herd-recording systems have come a long way since they
Hogs, News

COOL Case Finally Underway At WTO

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“I don’t think they have any legal grounds to stand on.” – John Masswohl, Cca Canada’s long-delayed trade challenge to the U. S. country-of-origin labelling rule is finally ready to roll. The World Trade Organization last week named a three-person panel to rule on whether COOL violates international trade law. Canada and Mexico have launched
Hogs, News

U. S. Pork Exports To China Resume

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Increased U. S. pork exports to China aren’t a threat to Canadian pork producers, according to Jacques Pomerleau, the executive director at Canadian Pork International. “Not at all,” said Pomerleau. “Because it’s a huge market. When we were both having higher volumes it had no impact, one on the other. If it were a small
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Russia Gains Taste For U. S. Beef

Russia may not like U. S. chicken or pork, but it likes U. S. beef and has bought over 6,000 tons of it this year, a nearly thirtyfold increase from 2009. This has been good news for U. S. beef and cattle producers, who are enjoying huge profits for the first time in nearly two
Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Eyes Alberta Hog Plan

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“We would expect the Manitoba government to do the same thing.” – ANDREW DICKSON, MPC Manitoba pork producers are carefully watching a proposed hog price insurance program in Alberta to see how it plays out. If it goes into effect and if it works, producers will demand the Manitoba government implement a similar model. “If
Hogs, Livestock

Swine Traceability Gets Financial Boost

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The Canadian pork industry is on track to meet a 2011 deadline for a national livestock traceability system, thanks in part to a $3.3-million federal cash injection. The money is part of a $15-million industry package announced by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz at a news conference last week. The program will also spend $9.5 million

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