It may be too soon to jump for joy, but the pork sector says that ASF vaccine progress out of China is heartening
Prime Minister Trudeau announced the breakthrough through social media
Livestock producers and meat processors are still determining the impact as China turns off the tap on all Canadian meat
It’s hard to say how much damage has been done since China announced its sudden aversion to Canadian meat. “It’s a bit too soon to tell to get a real dollar figure on it, because it is a situation where, when we want to sell pork, we’re trying to maximize the value of that product,”
The CFIA is investigating the Chinese claim that a pork shipment tested positive for ractopamine
Relaxed regulations sparked a building boom in the Manitoba pork industry; higher prices are just the icing on the cake
The recent HyLife deal demonstrates how foreign buyers love vertically integrated companies
The hog industry is planning ahead and learning from the past
Animal foods now housed in a protein category shared with milk, pulses, tofu and nuts
New opportunities and a levelled playing field with other agriculture exporters are lauded
Many are still wading through the fine print of the new USMCA to understand its full implications
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