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Hog Farmers Seek Emergency Government Aid

By Ron Friesen March 26, 2009

“What’s worse? Having no industry or having countervail?” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC ACanadian Pork Council meeting April 2 will propose an emergency government aid program as hog farmers enter the third year of their worst economic crisis in memory. The CPC safety net committee will look for new ways to help beleaguered pork producers because

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Troubles Not Over For U. S. Meat Firms

By Bob Burgdorfer March 26, 2009

U. S. meat companies can expect a few more months of financial pressure as they work through supplies of high-priced feed and deal with soft demand for beef, chicken and pork amid a global recession, credit analysts said March 17. Feed costs have come down and meat production is being reduced, which has raised optimism

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Bill Would Ban Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics

By Christopher Doering March 26, 2009

Despite growing public support to ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals, a U. S. representative says efforts to move legislation through Congress this year could be met with resistance. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Louise Slaughter and in the Senate by Edward Kennedy March 17, would ban the

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Arrests For Banned Pig Drug In China

By Niu Shuping March 26, 2009

Fifteen people in China’s southern province of Guangzhou were arrested for selling pigs that had been fed banned drugs to make their meat leaner, Xinhua news agency reported March 19. The pigs had been fed ractopamine, a drug that is used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs. The feed additive Paylean, a

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Industry Vies For Federal Money

By Alana Vannahme March 19, 2009

The Canadian livestock and meat industries are wishfully thinking as they wait for details on how the $50 million promised for Canadian slaughterhouses in the federal budget will be distributed. Jim Laws, executive director of the Canadian Meat Council in Ottawa, said he was surprised by talk that the money could be used to expand

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Feed Requirements Vary During Sow Lactation

March 19, 2009

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. Current nutritional recommendations for gestating sows are out of date because today’s genotypes are so much leaner and more productive, says Dr. Ron Ball at the

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Hog Co-Op To Open New Yards Outside Winnipeg

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

Manitoba hog-handling facilities are returning to a familiar location – next to a livestock yard. Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op will open a hog assembly point at the site of Winnipeg Livestock Sales Ltd., located in the Rural Municipality of Rosser, producers learned last week. It’s back to the future for the producer-owned co-op, which once

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Red Meat Industry Trying To Survive

By Alex Binkley March 12, 2009

Governments need to show more concern for the survival of the red meat industry and worry less about countervailing action because some provinces are willing to support livestock producers, pork and beef groups have told the House of Commons’ agriculture committee. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the MPs March 5, “It’s

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Putting Staff First Is The Key To Retention

By Ernie Peet March 12, 2009

Peet on Pigs “We offer clear goals and acknowledge success. We do not take their accomplishments for granted.” 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. Employers that put their staff first, treat them

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Saskatchewan Program Worries Manitoba Livestock Producers

By Ron Friesen March 5, 2009

“We’re not happy about this.” – andrew dickson, mpc Manitoba livestock producers say a $71 million hog and cattle support program announced last week not only gives Saskatchewan producers an unfair advantage, it could lead to trade retaliation from the United States. “There’s a very real possibility,” said Andrew Dickson, Manitoba Pork Council general manager.

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Hog Farmers Seek Emergency Government Aid

Troubles Not Over For U. S. Meat Firms

Bill Would Ban Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics

Arrests For Banned Pig Drug In China

Industry Vies For Federal Money

Feed Requirements Vary During Sow Lactation

Hog Co-Op To Open New Yards Outside Winnipeg

Red Meat Industry Trying To Survive

Putting Staff First Is The Key To Retention

Saskatchewan Program Worries Manitoba Livestock Producers

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