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Hog Sector Needs Support

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The onslaught of negative consumer perceptions around H1N1 Influenza A has added to the Canadian pork industry’s situation. High feed costs, a strong Canadian dollar, low hog prices, the economic crisis reducing access to credit, and Country of Origin Labelling have, over the years, undermined Canadian pork producers. The onslaught of negative consumer perceptions around
Hogs, Livestock

Source Of Infection A Mystery

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency insists a herd of pigs in Alberta infected with the H1N1 swine flu got it from a person, even though a prime suspect in the case was cleared. “Contact with an infected person remains the most likely source of infection on this farm,” CFIA said in a statement last week
Hogs, Livestock

Canada Keeps Pushing On Pork Bans

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Canada is cont inuing efforts to end bans on Canadian hogs and pork in the face of the global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, say Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. Twelve countries, including China and the Philippines, still ban pork from Alberta or Canada following the discovery of the
Hogs, News

Sow Cull Raises Hog Shortage Spectre

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As the hog industry continues its economic free fall and more producers leave the business, a worrisome question arises: will Western Canada have enough pigs for its pork-packing plants? The question would have been unthinkable a few years back when production was booming and the sky seemed the limit for the rapidly expanding pork industry.
Hogs, News

Prime Suspect Cleared In Alberta H1N1 Herd

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Acarpenter who returned from Mexico to an Alberta farm where pigs became infected with the H1N1 flu virus did not spread the disease to the animals, as previously believed. Alberta Health and Wellness said blood tests showed the man did not have H1N1 and so could not have infected the animals. It had been widely
Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Jun. 18, 2009

Fresh air good for animals too The article “Berkshire freerange hogs” by Daniel Winters Manitoba Co-operator May 28, brought back some nice memories. After growing up on a farm in the 1940s, I can relate to what the McDonalds are accomplishing. It’s been quite awhile since I first attended school, yet I remember the teacher
Hogs, Livestock

USDA Starts Surveillance Of Pigs For Flu

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The U. S. Agriculture Department will soon launch a pilot surveillance project to look for new strains of flu virus in pigs, including the new strain of H1N1 flu, chief veterinarian John Clifford said June 2. The program will examine samples from sick pigs voluntarily submitted to government and private labs, as well as any
Hogs, Livestock

Beleaguered Brit Pork Producers Fight Back

As our industry looks at how to respond to the decline in its competitive position, it might be worth studying what happened in the U. K. 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.
Beef cattle, Cereals, Hogs, News

Canada Meat, Grain Sectors Eye EU Trade

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Canada’s agriculture industry is eyeing free trade talks with the European Union as a rare chance to open a big high-income market. But for the beef sector, a major production shift may also be at stake. The Canadian beef industry has taken hits in recent years from low prices and prohibitive U. S. food-labelling laws,
Hogs, News

Ottawa Considers Hog Options

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The federal government may consider stretching the parameters of its farm safety net programs to help a hog industry in financial free fall, but industry hopes of a billion-dollar bailout package are fading. “They’ll stretch the programs as much as they can in terms of interpretation,” said Andrew Dickson, Manitoba Pork Council general manager. But

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