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Canada’s pork sector has enjoyed rapid expansion of export markets.

Pork posts positive export growth

The Canadian Pork Council says export growth will determine future industry growth

By Alex Binkley February 27, 2017

Canadian pork producers and processors have responded actively to new trade deals — and their success during the last decade has them looking for more opportunities. Statistics from the Canadian Pork Council show that in the decade ending in 2016, exports rose in value by 51 per cent to $3.8 billion from 2006 and by

Hogs, Local news

Blumenort sow plant unique

A pre-rigor processing plant promises a unique product that’s not widely available

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 27, 2017

Blumenort is now home to the Canada’s first federally inspected pre-rigor sow-processing plant. Pre-rigor processing refers to harvesting and processing the animals without an extended hanging time in coolers. Jowett Farms harvested a total of 15 sows at its state-of-the-art facility and owner Robert Jowett says they’re able to produce sausage within an hour of

Hogs, Livestock

Cash-rich Maple Leaf sees abundant U.S. opportunities

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel February 22, 2017

Reuters — Canadian meat packing company Maple Leaf Foods is hunting for acquisitions in the U.S., after years spent upgrading old factories and shedding business lines, its CEO said on Wednesday. Maple Leaf, which reported on Wednesday its profits doubled in the fourth quarter, sees growth opportunities from meat produced humanely and without antibiotics, and

Wild boar in the western Czech Republic’s Lany game park. Wild boar in the country’s Sumava mountain region, further southwest, are turning up radioactive. (Lslany.cz)

Hogs, Livestock

Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 22, 2017

Prague | Reuters –– The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. Actually, it’s not the boars themselves, but what they’re eating. A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground mushroom common in the Sumava

Hogs, Livestock

Maple Leaf Foods allows McCain to boost stake

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 22, 2017

Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a smaller-than-expected profit on Wednesday and also said it would allow its biggest shareholder to take a bigger stake in the company. The company said CEO Michael McCain and an affiliated company, McCain Capital Inc., could now bump up their stake to as much as 45

Hogs, Livestock

Pig pats promote productivity

The less fearful of humans a swine herd is, the higher its productivity will be

By Shannon VanRaes February 17, 2017

It turns out one bad human can spoil the bunch — at least when it comes to pigs. Speaking to producers and pork industry representatives at the annual swine seminar in Winnipeg earlier this month, Grahame Coleman told those gathered that pigs can’t always distinguish between people, particularly if they are dressed in similar garb

Beef cattle, Hogs, News

U.S. trade rumblings unnerve Canada’s beef producers

Uncertainty rules as  Trump eyes trade deals,  but nobody is sure if Canada is in his line of fire

By Ron Friesen February 9, 2017

An atmosphere of uncertainty hangs over the Canadian cattle industry as it awaits a possible trade war with the U.S. The newly minted U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly signalled his intention to either scrap or renegotiate NAFTA, which has helped make the U.S. Canada’s largest market for beef and cattle exports. A more immediate

Hogs, Livestock

Pizza chains expand antibiotic-free meat market

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 7, 2017

Canadian pizza chains Pizza Nova and Pizza Pizza are both staking out further space in the chain dining market for meats from livestock raised without antibiotics. Toronto-based Pizza Pizza on Jan. 23 announced it would source all chicken products on its menu from birds raised without the use of antibiotics, effective immediately. The company’s pledge

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog market improving with solid exports

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News February 3, 2017

CNS Canada — Strong U.S. exports and declining cold-storage numbers have helped push hog prices on Canada’s Prairies to better levels than a few months back. According to the latest information compiled by Saskatchewan Agriculture, the U.S. exported 173,770 tonnes of pork in November 2016, up 13.5 per cent from 153,051 in October 2016, and

Hogs, News

Old is new in hog barn approvals

Public opposition has not gone away after a decade of no development

By Ron Friesen January 5, 2017

The first application under a new protocol for approving hog barns in Manitoba has run into an old problem: local opposition. The Rural Municipality of Oakview council last month turned down an application for a 6,000-space feeder/finish operation near Rivers even though a technical review committee report said it met the necessary requirements. Council gave

Daily Network News

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Hogs

Pork posts positive export growth

Blumenort sow plant unique

Cash-rich Maple Leaf sees abundant U.S. opportunities

Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

Maple Leaf Foods allows McCain to boost stake

Pig pats promote productivity

U.S. trade rumblings unnerve Canada’s beef producers

Pizza chains expand antibiotic-free meat market

Hog market improving with solid exports

Old is new in hog barn approvals

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