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Pork Woes First On Agriculture Committee Menu

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The first hearing of the Commons agriculture committee in the new session of Parliament was on a familiar topic – the financial hemorrhaging in the pork industry. For Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council and Jim Laws, executive director of the Canadian Meat Council, it was another opportunity to reiterate the problems facing
Hogs, Livestock

Hog Farm Transition Funding Booked Up

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Another 93 bidders in the federal government’s hog farm transition program (HFTP) will share in its final allocation of $14.2 million, to fold up their hog operations for at least three years. The Canadian Pork Council, which administers the HFTP on Ottawa’s behalf, reported March 16 that 93 of 274 bids were accepted for the
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Hog Industry Weighs Seeking More Exit Help

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Canada’s hog sector is weighing the risks and benefits of asking Ottawa for more funds to help money-losing farmers cease production, industry officials said Feb. 25. Only one out of three farmer applications to the current $75-million government buyout pool has been successful. Hog farmers have suffered from years of low prices, the reduction of
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Cattle Farms On Landscape Reach Recorded Low

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Young Farmers’ Programming Funded STAFF Meetings, workshops and information sharing for young farmers by way of the Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum will get $1.2 million in federal support over the next four years. The federal government on Sunday announced its funding commitment to the CYFF, which Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the federal minister of state for agriculture
Hogs, Livestock

Supply Management For Livestock Mulled

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“You can do it but it’s really complicated.” – PETER CLARK, TRADE LAWYER The financial crisis in the cattle and hog sectors has some producers uttering two words out loud that they would never previously have whispered in the dark: supply management. The question heard at farm meetings and in coffee shops is: would it
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Differentiation Key To Pork’s Future, Conference Told

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“I think there’s a future but it’s not in mass production.” – TED BILYEA The Canadian pork industry of the future may be a lot smaller and far more specific to customers’ needs. Differentiation will be central to pork’s marketing success once the industry recovers from its worst economic crisis in recent history, producers attending
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Hog Farmers’ Lenders Remain Tight Fisted: Cpc

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Canadian hog producers trying to take advantage of a federal loan loss reserve program say they’ve run up against tough criteria for getting the government-backed loans. Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, told the Manitoba Swine Seminar in Winnipeg Feb. 3 that fi-nancial institutions appear to be using much the same criteria as
Hogs, Livestock

Canada Hog Farmers Slash Herds For Aid

Canadian hog farmers have committed to slashing their herds by 5.6 per cent in exchange for government aid, but demand for the exit cash is so high that the Canadian Pork Council fears the industry may be shrinking too fast, a top official said Jan. 26. A competitive bidding process for the funds so far
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Livestock Sector Could Fold, CFA Head Warns

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“I think that beef and pork are at risk in this country.” – LAURENT PELLERIN, CFA Canada’s beleaguered livestock producers could go the way of the fishing industry unless Ottawa moves quickly to save it, warns the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s president. The hog and cattle sectors may end up looking like the collapsed East
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Hog Loan Applications Lagging

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Afederally backed loan program to help Canada’s hog producers recover from a severe financial crisis is receiving less response than expected. According to Farm Credit Canada, lending institutions have so far approved 73 loans for $269 million, with a federal reserve fund covering $159 million of that. FCC is the biggest single lender, approving 43

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