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Federal Funds Diverted From Beef To Hogs

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While Manitoba’s hog industry celebrated some rare good news last week, the beef sector was reeling from yet another setback in the bid to re-establish federally inspected beef slaughter capacity here. Citing unspecified problems with the Keystone Processors Ltd. business plan, the federal government has withdrawn $10 million in financing it promised the beef-processing company
Beef cattle, Livestock

Goal Shifts Away From Hooks, Slaughter Capacity

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AWinnipeg beef-processing plant being retrofitted to supply premium-paying markets at home and abroad reflects the new reality for beef processing in Canada, the executive director of the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council says. Canada’s shrinking beef herd means that simply expanding slaughter capacity is no longer the priority it once was, Kate Butler told a producer
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Hog Producers Remember Departing Premier For Bill 17

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“I know my friends in the hog industry don’t agree with me.” – GARY DOER He reduced education taxes on farmland. He doubled agriculture spending during his 10 years in office. But many Manitoba farmers will remember Premier Gary Doer for one thing: Bill 17. The famous (or infamous) bill, passed exactly one year ago,
Beef cattle, News

National Beef To Go It Alone As JBS Bid Abandoned

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National Beef Packing Co. intends to operate as an independent company now that Brazilian beef company JBS SA has abandoned its attempt to buy the No. 4 U. S. beef producer, National Beef’s chairman told Reuters Feb. 20. While disappointed the deal was cancelled, National Beef chairman Steve Hunt said the company would move forward
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Low prices no mystery, says NFU

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The National Farmers Union is hoping to make hamburger from some beef industry sacred cows with a series of meetings publicizing the findings of its report into the root causes of the Canadian cattle industry’s woes. The first of six meetings around the province was held in Oak Lake, where a small crowd of ranchers
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Winnipeg beef plant gets new corporate structure

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“If they can make it work, great. We’re in favour of it.” – Martin Unrau, MCPA Manitoba’s newest beef processing project has a new name and a new corporate structure. Natural Prairie Beef Inc. and the Manitoba Cattle Enhancement Council are joining hands to form Keystone Processors Ltd., which will kill cattle and process beef
Beef cattle, News

Bin maker posts record quarter

Vicwest Income Fund, owners of Winnipeg grain bin maker Westeel, reported a record quarter based partly on “record output” from its agricultural storage business. The Oakville, Ont. income trust last week posted $16.3 million in net income on revenues of $126.38 million for its quarter ending Sept. 30, up from $11 million on $101.05 million

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