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Hogs, Livestock

Pork sector calls for essential service status amid B.C. port strike

Council says pork should receive same consideration as grains

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Leaders in Canada’s pork sector are calling on the federal government to give perishable agriculture products the same consideration and protection as grain. The call comes as a longshore workers’ strike at British Columbia’s West Coast ports nears its second week, blocking the shipment of Canadian meat and most other exports. Canadian Pork Council (CPC)
"We are feeling the fallout of those decisions that were made in 2020, and we’ll continue to do so until we see a new normal develop.”
Livestock Markets, News, US Markets

Meat industry hits hard times

Inflation, high interest rates and high input costs are catching up to sector

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The meat industry, particularly pork, is facing tough times as inflation catches up with demand. There’s been a torrent of bad news in the meat sector in the last two months. Tyson Foods reported its first quarterly loss since 2009; HyLife’s processing plant in Windom, Minn., declared bankruptcy; Smithfield Foods is closing 40 sow farms
“It’s really gratifying seeing Canadian pork on shelves literally around the world."
News

Bergmann’s exit the end of an era

Bergmann leaves his CPC role as the pork council’s longest-running chair

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Rick Bergmann of Steinbach has seen a few things during his time at the helm of the Canadian Pork Council board. Elected as chair in 2015, Bergmann stepped down this January. “You have to look back and look (at) what you’ve done or accomplished,” he said. In the case of an eight-year incumbency at the
Quebec hog producer Rene Roy is the new chairman of the Canadian Pork Council. (Cpc-ccp.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Canadian Pork Council names new top brass

Rene Roy elected as council's new chair

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A few weeks after hiring a new executive director, members of the Canadian Pork Council have also chosen their new board chair and first vice-chair. The council on Tuesday announced it had elected Rene Roy, a hog producer from St-Jules in Quebec’s Beauce region, as its new board chair, and Scott Peters, a producer from
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Markets

Farm and agrifood groups press for clear border crossings

Injunction granted to clear Ambassador Bridge blockade

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Groups representing Canada’s farm and agrifood sectors want to see an “immediate” end to multiple border blockades thrown up in recent weeks by protestors in three provinces — while the auto sector has secured a court order that one blockade be taken down. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association,
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Hogs, News

Manitoba ‘on track’ on PigCARE, PigSAFE registrations

Delays have extended deadlines on PigCARE and PigSAFE to January 2024

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Manitoba saw a surge of producers registered with the Canadian Pork Council’s (CPC) PigCARE and PigSAFE programs in the last year, but rollout has been slower than first hoped. Why it matters: The Manitoba Pork Council has said the programs, and their increased biosecurity and traceability requirements, are critical for maintaining market access. Just under
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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Feds back pork producers with new levy on imports

New national pork agency to be up and running next summer

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A new agency will use funds from a new levy on imported pork to pay for research and promotion for the Canadian pork sector. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie Claude Bibeau on Thursday officially announced the creation of the Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency (PRA). The Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) and Agriculture and
“Eventually, sooner rather than later, we’d really like to see a positive income.” Rick Bergmann, Canadian Pork Council.
Hogs, News

Backlog prevention costs pork producers

H@ms Marketing and the Manitoba Pork Council say they’re floating the idea of AgriRecovery, but don’t give much hope that government will pay out

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Aggressive marketing appears to have kept independent hog producers from backing up despite COVID-19 cases piling up at Maple Leaf Foods in Brandon. Contingency measures have come with a cost, however, and those costs have hog sector leaders eyeing potential AgriRecovery funds. Why it matters: Pork tanked earlier this year due to a glut of
Pork producers call for a more targeted AgriStability
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Pork producers call for a more targeted AgriStability

The Canadian Pork Council wants to leave AgriStability’s trigger where it is, but bolster compensation levels

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Canada’s pork producers are offering up a new solution to long-standing frustrations from industry over the AgriStability program. In a letter to federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) agriculture ministers, the Canadian Pork Council is calling for an increase to the compensation rate offered under the business risk management program from the current 70 per cent to
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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Hog farmers face prolonged pain as pandemic gives way to glut

Canadian Pork Council takes new tack on AgriStability reform

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Winnipeg | Reuters — North America’s hog farmers face prolonged pain beyond the COVID-19 pandemic that has interrupted packing plants , as a pig glut in the U.S. holds prices low and pressures producers to downsize. Many North American hogs had nowhere to go in spring as slaughter plants suspended production due to workers becoming

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