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Canada’s pork sector has enjoyed rapid expansion of export markets.
Hogs, News

Pork posts positive export growth

The Canadian Pork Council says export growth will determine future industry growth

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Canadian pork producers and processors have responded actively to new trade deals — and their success during the last decade has them looking for more opportunities. Statistics from the Canadian Pork Council show that in the decade ending in 2016, exports rose in value by 51 per cent to $3.8 billion from 2006 and by
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Farm leaders welcome high-profile panel’s praise

The federal Advisory Council on Economic Growth recently singled out 
the agri-food sector as a key growth opportunity

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The leaders of farm organizations across the sector are basking in the praise of a high-profile federal advisory board. The Advisory Council on Economic Growth accorded the sector high profile in a recent report on Canada’s economic prospects. The report’s recognition of the agri-food sector should be especially valuable in raising its profile across the
All pigs need to be traceable for a national program to work.
Hogs, Livestock

Fines now possible under traceability program

This little pig went to market, this little pig stayed home — but both need to register with PigTrace

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No matter how big or small, you have to start to tag them all. With the final phase of the Canadian Pork Council’s PigTrace national traceability program now in effect, both commercial and hobby farms can face financial penalties for failure to comply. Right now though regulators appear to still be focusing more on education
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Fines now an option for pig traceability enforcement

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Canadian hog producers who don’t follow the federal requirements for animal identification and tracking of animal movements could now be fined for non-compliance, though it’s expected such fines would be a “last resort.” The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday announced new amendments to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, allowing CFIA-designated officials
Date, destination and licence plate number, please.
Hogs, Livestock

Fines coming for not reporting pig shipments

It will no longer just be a warning for those who haven’t complied with 
regulations to report animal movements

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You will soon face penalties if you ship pigs without reporting it. “There is a fine structure coming but there has not been a time confirmed yet,” said Jeff Clark, manager of PigTrace Canada, the national swine traceability program. Federal regulations to report pig movements took effect in July of 2014, requiring all shippers and
(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Manitoba hog producers worry as PED continues spread

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CNS Canada — Hog industry officials are increasingly concerned how Manitoba producers will be impacted after another hog farm in southeastern Manitoba confirmed a case of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) on Saturday. The province, which until last week hadn’t reported any new on-farm cases since January 2015, logged new cases in the southeast on May
Livestock

Animal rights bill under farm group scrutiny

The private member’s bill could criminalize legal and humane practices

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A Toronto Liberal MP’s bill to expand animal anti-cruelty provisions in the Criminal Code is setting off alarm bells for agriculture organizations. They’re closely scrutinizing Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s private member’s bill because of its potential to sideswipe livestock farming. The Beaches-East York MP has also been told by Bill Blair, the former Toronto police chief and
Little piglet in piggery with innocent eye
Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry awaiting decision on promotion agency

The move is part of a growing push for producer-funded promotion 
and research agencies throughout the ag sector

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The Canadian pork industry is eagerly awaiting pending approval for a farmer-funded promotion and research agency. It would be close in design to the existing Canada Beef agency for the cattle business, and is part of a push from a variety of sectors, including strawberry and raspberry producers, to create similar agencies. The Canadian Pork
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Hogs, News

VIDEO: Pigs won’t fly — at least not to Europe

Glacier FarmMedia Special Report: The tariff-free quota access could be worth $400 million, but there are other complications

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Our March 31, 2016 issue marks the third and final instalment in a series of Special Reports prepared by Glacier FarmMedia reporters on how the Comprehensive Trade and Economic Agreement (CETA) between Canada and Europe will affect Canadian food producers and processors. No load of hogs will ever travel from James Hofer’s Hutterite colony to

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