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AgriStability Plus In The Works

The Manitoba Pork Council is seeking producer feedback on a proposed companion top-up program to AgriStability. AgriStability Plus is based on a full cost-of-production model of the farm instead of being margin based. As a companion to AgriStability, it would be an insurance-based program. Producers would be responsible for the full cost of premiums but
Hogs, Livestock, News

Briefs continued – for Feb. 18, 2010

Fatal mishap: A driver who abandoned a broken-down half-ton and a set of heavy harrows partially obstructing the traffic lane on a major highway overnight has been charged with criminal negligence causing death after a car collided with the equipment, killing the occupant. The accident on Hwy. 16 near Russell June 27, 2009 killed Jason
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Canada Hog, Cattle Herds Shrinking Fast

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“Nothing is going to change until we can stimulate demand.” – SCOTT MCKINNON Canada’s hog and cat-t le herds shrunk to their smallest levels in more than a decade as the livestock industry reels from rising costs and export barriers, Statistics Canada said Feb. 16. The country’s hog herd fell 4.5 per cent year over
Hogs, News

Differentiation Key To Pork’s Future, Conference Told

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“I think there’s a future but it’s not in mass production.” – TED BILYEA The Canadian pork industry of the future may be a lot smaller and far more specific to customers’ needs. Differentiation will be central to pork’s marketing success once the industry recovers from its worst economic crisis in recent history, producers attending
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Farmers’ Lenders Remain Tight Fisted: Cpc

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Canadian hog producers trying to take advantage of a federal loan loss reserve program say they’ve run up against tough criteria for getting the government-backed loans. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg Feb. 3 that fi-nancial institutions appear to be using much the same criteria as
Hogs, Livestock

New Pig Disease Poses A Puzzle

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“These pigs look very similar to pigs that simply starve to death.” – JOHN HARDING, U OF S Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a new and baffling swine ailment in which newly weaned pigs fail to eat and starve to death. Postweaning Wasting/ Catabolic Syndrome (PWCS), can cause death losses of up
Hogs, Opinion

Pork, The Food Of Love

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Holy simmering succotash! Could pork be the new Viagra? Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez made international headlines recently when she suggested putting pork on your fork leads to more than yummy in your tummy. “I’ve just been told something I didn’t know; that eating pork improves your sex life … I’d say it’s a lot nicer
Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Feb. 4, 2010

Still optimistic: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan reported a 70 per cent drop in quarterly earnings and issued a profit outlook well below expectations Jan. 28, sending the fertilizer maker’s shares down more than six per cent. However, the world’s largest fertilizer producer said it was optimistic that fertilizer demand in 2010 would be well above
Hogs, Livestock

Canada Hog Farmers Slash Herds For Aid

Canadian hog farmers have committed to slashing their herds by 5.6 per cent in exchange for government aid, but demand for the exit cash is so high that the Canadian Pork Council fears the industry may be shrinking too fast, a top official said Jan. 26. A competitive bidding process for the funds so far

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