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Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

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Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher earnings in its prepared meats business. Adjusted operating earnings in the meat products segment rose nearly eight-fold to $61.3 million in the Toronto company’s first quarter, helped by lower operating costs and price increases. The company, whose brands include
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Hogs, Livestock

West’s hog farmers urged to insist trailers cleaned in Canada

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Hog industry officials in Western Canada want hog producers to insist that livestock trailers coming to their farms be washed at certified Canadian cleaning facilities — even if the trailers were just cleaned on the U.S. side of the border. The recommendation comes as a federally-approved trailer-wash pilot project, credited with helping to keep porcine epidemic diarrhea
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Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry awaiting decision on promotion agency

The move is part of a growing push for producer-funded promotion 
and research agencies throughout the ag sector

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The Canadian pork industry is eagerly awaiting pending approval for a farmer-funded promotion and research agency. It would be close in design to the existing Canada Beef agency for the cattle business, and is part of a push from a variety of sectors, including strawberry and raspberry producers, to create similar agencies. The Canadian Pork
Manure management specialist Scott Dick was one of the industry partners recently recognized by the Manitoba Pork Council.
Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba Pork recognizes industry participants at AGM

Steve’s Livestock Transport and manure management specialist Scott Dick were singled out for 
ongoing contributions to pork sector’s success

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Manitoba Pork Council (MPC) has recognized two industry partners who have contributed to the overall success of the pork business at its 2016 annual general meeting. The group presented awards to Steve’s Livestock Transport and Agra-Gold Consulting co-founder Scott Dick to recognize their ongoing commitment to the hog sector. Steve’s Livestock Transport was recognized for
The floodgates appear set to open on new hog barn construction in Manitoba.
Hogs, News

Pork industry expects hog barn surge

The end of a lengthy moratorium and new lending guidelines are driving a spike in inquiries about building new barns

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A rash of hog barn construction is about to break out in Manitoba. Two formal applications for new hog barns have gone through in the last two weeks and the Manitoba Pork Council is getting a growing number of phone inquiries from producers. Mike Teillet, MPC’s sustainable development manager, said some inquiries are just tire kicking. But genuine interest
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Hogs, Livestock

Russian farming firm to test investor appetite

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Moscow | Reuters — Russian farming conglomerate Rusagro launched a secondary share offering on Thursday which will test foreign appetite for Russian assets. Share sales by Russian companies have been rare since Western sanctions imposed in 2014 over Ukraine cut access to foreign capital markets and after a sharp drop in global oil prices, the

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