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Door opens to hog expansion

Anaerobic digesters out, new barns in

By Shannon VanRaes November 10, 2017

New hog barns will be built Manitoba. After an all-night session at the Manitoba Legislature, Bill 24 has passed its final reading and received royal assent. Better known as the Red Tape Reduction and Government Efficiency Act, Bill 24 covers legislation ranging from consumer protection and labour relations, to residential tenancies and transportation of dangerous

Hogs, Local news

Bill 24 to allow new hog barns

A diverse group of individuals and organizations spend two nights making the case for and against the hog industry

By Shannon VanRaes November 2, 2017

Untreated manure is good for the soil, anaerobic digesters are ineffective, hogs will poison Lake Winnipeg, farm expansion has ignored Treaty Land Entitlements and immigration relies on the pork industry. Those are just a sampling of the varied opinions heard by an all-party committee of the provincial legislature last week during two days of public

Hogs, Livestock, Weather

Manitoba to axe limits on hog barns

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 17, 2017

UPDATED, March 20 — Manitoba’s restrictions on hog barn and manure storage construction are set to be shelved by way of an omnibus “red tape reduction” bill. Provincial Finance Minister Cameron Friesen on Thursday introduced Bill 24 for first reading. Among its 15 proposed amendments to various pieces of legislation, the bill would repeal two

Several jurisdictions in Canada have imposed a ban on disposal of food scraps as garbage, including Metro Vancouver, which required food waste to be recycled starting in 2015. (Vancouver.ca)

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Ontario waste plan to include ban on food waste disposal

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 2, 2017

Ontario’s new strategy for a “waste-free” province includes a proposal to ban food waste from disposal, instead finding “creative strategies” to recycle it. The province on Wednesday announced its new “Strategy for a Waste-Free Ontario: Building the Circular Economy,” which calls for industries to divert more of the waste they produce away from landfills, 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

Hogs, Local news

New hog barns for Manitoba?

The rules haven’t changed but…

By Shannon VanRaes April 24, 2015

After years of being locked in a standoff, producers and the Manitoba government are inching closer to consensus on how to go about renewing the province’s aging pig production capacity. Producers attending the Manitoba Pork Council annual meeting last week were told a “special pilot protocol” would result in the resumption of new barn construction

Little piglet in piggery with other pigs

Hogs, Local news

Hog barn moratorium remains, fine print may change

In certain areas of Manitoba new hog barns may again be constructed, provided they qualify for proposed pilot program

By Shannon VanRaes February 18, 2015

Manitoba’s minister of agriculture has indicated the province may be prepared to ease some restrictions around new hog barn construction in certain circumstances. Speaking to reporters at a Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting in Winnipeg last month, Ron Kostyshyn said that alternative technologies could replace the anaerobic digesters now required for new barns in some phosphorus-deficient

Hogs, Livestock

Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion

The Manitoba Pork Council is shocked and disappointed by Conservation and Water Stewardship  Minister Gord Mackintosh’s stance on hog barn expansion

By Shannon VanRaes July 18, 2014

The Manitoba government is playing politics when it comes to hog barns, says the Manitoba Pork Council. Reacting to a letter from Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and published in the Manitoba Co-operator, council chairman Karl Kynoch said he was extremely disappointed by the minister’s position on hog barn expansion and alternative manure-handling

Livestock, Weather

Cold weather isn’t an obstacle to anaerobic digesters in Manitoba

Manitoba’s first anaerobic digester will be completed this fall and experts  say it will prove that our cold winters are no problem

By Shannon VanRaes April 26, 2013

Manitoba’s challenging climate won’t leave producers out in the cold when it comes to anaerobic digesters, says a University of Manitoba researcher. “If you insulate it properly and it’s heated, there shouldn’t be any obstacles to having this technology,” PhD candidate Elsie Jordaan said during a presentation sponsored by the National Centre for Livestock and

International news, Livestock, News

Slaughterhouse incorporates anaerobic digester

April 26, 2013

Most of Kenya’s cattle are produced by members of the Maasai tribe, who are traditional nomadic herdsmen. In 1981, a group of Maasai families formed an association and established the Keekonyokie livestock market and slaughterhouse in Kiserian, an hour southwest of Nairobi. The market allows them to earn more by selling directly to customers, and

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Tag Archives Anaerobic digestion

Door opens to hog expansion

Bill 24 to allow new hog barns

Manitoba to axe limits on hog barns

Ontario waste plan to include ban on food waste disposal

Old is new in hog barn approvals

New hog barns for Manitoba?

Hog barn moratorium remains, fine print may change

Pork council stung by province’s stance on hog barn expansion

Cold weather isn’t an obstacle to anaerobic digesters in Manitoba

Slaughterhouse incorporates anaerobic digester

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