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Hog Loan Guarantee Program Expected

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Canada’s hog farmers will soon learn the terms of a federal loan guarantee program to help them through their worst financial crisis in recent memory. Ottawa will launch the program in late September or early October, according to government officials. The government will guarantee long-term loans to hog producers, up to a yet-to-be-determined point, to
Hogs, Livestock

Feds, Farmers Agree On Hog-Funding Objectives

Canada’s main hog farmers’ group and the federal government say they’ve agreed on the basic objectives for aid programs including funding for farmers’ exit strategies. “Both organizations are committed to working on the application process, setting up the auction system and getting money into the hands of producers as soon as humanly possible,” Canadian Pork
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Hog Aid Package Lacks Detail

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Hog farmers are reacting cautiously to a government aid package that promises to help their struggling industry but is short on detail. The three-pronged program includes strategies for producers to leave the industry, long-term government-guaranteed loans to help others continue, and a market development program for pork exports. Producers wonder exactly how the program will
Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Hog-Farming Veterans Selling Out

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Canada’s hog industry faces its biggest crisis in 60 years, forcing many farmers to cut their losses by selling their herds – if they can sell them at all. The industry is reeling from high feed prices, a buoyant Canadian dollar, smaller exports to the United States and a disastrous association with the H1N1 flu
Country Crossroads, Hogs

On-Farm Food Safety Is Crucial, MPs Say

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They quarrelled on many issues, but the MPs on the Commons food safety subcommittee agreed an effective food safety system has to begin on the farm. The committee reported to Parliament in mid-June with the Conservative MPs offering 22 recommendations and the opposition parties 14 proposals. The only idea that was immediately rejected by Agriculture
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U. S. Issues Warning Over Hog Assistance Proposal

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The threat of U. S. trade action has come back to haunt Ottawa as it mulls a recovery program for Canada’s financially devastated hog farmers. American pork producers have given notice they may seek trade retaliation if they perceive a bailout package to be an unfair subsidy. That could plunge Canada’s hog industry into something
Hogs, Livestock

Talks Continue On How To Help Hog Sector: Ritz

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“They know what they have to do. We’ll work with them towards that end.” – GERRY RITZ Federal Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz said the federal government is close to disclosing how much help the hog sector will get with its transition plan. Federal officials were having day-by-day discussions with the Canadian Pork Council, Ritz
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Ag Ministers Mull Swine Herd Reduction

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Canada’s agriculture ministers may consider a massive sow cull program in an effort to help save the nation’s struggling hog industry. The cull is part of a three-point industry transition plan which the Canadian Pork Council proposed recently to the federal government. The proposal calls for Ottawa to pay producers $500 per sow, plus the
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Pork Industry’s Chickens Come Home To Roost

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One by one, hog farmers trooped to the microphone, struggling with a balky sound system to tell stories of financial ruin and to appeal for government aid. “At least give us some dignity to retire after working for 45 years,” Menno Bergen pleaded with a speakers’ panel of politicians and industry officials. Bergen put his
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Hog Producers Want Pork Profit-Sharing

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“A fundamental restructuring of our industry with shared accounting across the supply chain is imperative.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC CHAIRMAN Hog producers want a share of the money which other industry players – processors, food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers – make from selling pork. The Canadian Pork Council is calling for a way to pass

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