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South Korea’s Recovery From Foot-And-Mouth Slow

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South Korea’s swine industry could take one or two years to recover from a foot-and-mouth epidemic that has boosted meat purchases by one of the world’s top pork importers. A long-term boost to the country’s pork imports, mainly from the United States, could support U.S. hog futures already at record highs partly on the back
Hogs, Livestock

West Hawk Lake Now Divides East And West

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West Hawk Lake is up and running as a biosecurity dividing point between Eastern and Western Canada. It has taken 10 years to implement the project, formally known as the West Hawk Lake Zoning Initiative, said Curtis Littlejohn, a director of Ontario Pork and the Canadian Pork Council. The Manitoba community near the Ontario border
Hogs, News

WTO Arguments In COOL Case Wrap Up

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Canadian livestock groups headed home from Geneva last week expressing confidence about winning a World Trade Organization challenge to the U.S. country-of-origin food labelling rule. Both the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and the Canadian Pork Council said they were satisfied Canada presented a WTO dispute panel with a strong case against COOL during the second and
Hogs, Livestock

Australian Retailer Bans Pork From Sow Stalls

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Canada’s pork producers are scrambling to learn more about a major Australian grocery chain’s decision to ban pork from countries that use sow gestation crates. Coles Supermarkets said last week all its imported pork products, including processed ham and bacon, will have to be from pigs raised without the use of sow stalls. Gary Stordy,
Hogs, Opinion

Industry Fails To Deliver Traceability Promise – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Years ago, I was invited to a conference designed to look at long-term strategies for Canada’s ag sector. Representatives were there from most major farm groups, as well as stakeholders in the agribusiness and processing sectors. One break-out session in particular that stuck in my mind was on the meat sector. I listened rather intently
Hogs, Livestock, News

WTO COOL Panel Finally Underway – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Eight years after first appearing in legislation and over a year after becoming law, the U. S. country-of- origin labelling (COOL) rule will undergo a legal challenge at the World Trade Organization. A WTO panel this month in Geneva will hear arguments from Canada and Mexico that COOL violates international trade rules. Hearings are scheduled
Hogs, News

Hog Farmers Decide Not To Exit – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Dozens of hog farmers who agreed to close their barns and leave the industry under a government program appear to have had a change of heart. So far, 50 producers who placed successful bids in the federal Hog Farm Transition Program have decided not to accept their buyouts, the Canadian Pork Council confirmed July 21.
Hogs, Livestock

Canada’s Hog Herd Still Shrinking

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The number of hogs in Canada has been on a steady decline over the past five years with no end in sight, industry officials say. “Given the current status of the hog industry in Canada, there does not appear to be an expansion on the horizon that would see an increase in hog output,” Martin
Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Groups Knock UN Climate Change Report

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Areport by the Intern ational Panel for Sustainable Resource Management that calls for drastic cuts in animal agriculture shows little understanding of Canadian practices, Canadian farm groups say. “How the world is fed and fuelled will in large part define development in the 21st century as one that is increasingly sustainable or a dead end

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