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Puratone, Big Sky in receivership

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Industry observers are worried processors could soon be scrambling for hogs as two of Canada’s largest producers tipped over the financial ledge last week and governments refused to ride to the rescue. “Obviously the challenge that we currently face is producers are exiting the business,” Jason Manness, director of procurement at Maple Leaf Foods said
Hogs, Livestock, News

U.S. drought pushes Big Sky Farms under

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Canada’s second-biggest hog producer, Big Sky Farms, has entered receivership as the North American hog industry struggles under the bruising costs of animal feed. Big Sky Farms, based in Humboldt, produces roughly one million pigs annually and accounts for 40 per cent of Saskatchewan’s total hog production. Under receivership, an outside party controls a company
Country Crossroads, Hogs, Oilseeds

Breakfast of champions

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The bodies and minds of students at two area communities were nourished when the famous Made in Manitoba Breakfast program was featured, connecting students to where that food came from. The breakfast and agriculture education program is one of a number run by Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba Inc. (AITC-M), a non-profit organization supported by individuals
Crops, Dairy cattle, Hogs

China To Become World’s Top Farm Products Importer

BEIJING / REUTERS China will become the world s largest importer of agriculture products in five to 10 years as the country faces pressure from shrinking farmland and other constraints on production, a top government think-tank researcher was cited by local media as saying. Cheng Guoqiang, a researcher with the Development Research Center of the
Hogs, Livestock

Coccidiosis Treatment For Hogs – for Sep. 23, 2010

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Adrug billed as the first federally-approved treatment for coccidiosis in hog herds in Canada is “on track” for release later this fall, Bayer Healthcare says in a release. The company’s animal health division says its toltrazuril product Baycox 5% now has a notice of compliance from Health Canada and will be available to veterinarians, and
Hogs, Livestock

Transition Program Removes Nearly A Million Pigs

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“You’re bidding the price down to what the lowest will accept.” – LES MCEWAN A$75-million program to help Canadian hog farmers exit the industry has ended up removing 800,000 pigs, including 10 per cent of the national sow herd. The Hog Farm Transition Program eliminated just over 131,000 sows, as well as nearly 250,000 weanling
Hogs, Livestock

U. S. Hog Sector Cuts Losses, But Recovery Far Off

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U. S. hog prices have bounded higher in recent months, an unusual development for this time of year, narrowing losses for cash-strapped producers. But it will be several more months before the U. S. hog sector, which has lost money for nearly two years, sees regular profits and even longer before it fully recovers. Stronger
Hogs, Livestock

U. S. Hog Industry Struggling

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Summer is usually a profitable time for America’s hog producers but this year swine flu, recession and high feed prices have even the largest farmers operating deep in the red and some smaller ones on the brink of bankruptcy. Before things get better, the weakest are expected to fail and even those who survive will

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