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Manitoba’s wild pig instances as of Nov. 27, 2021, aggregated by the Canadian Wild Pig Research Project.
Hogs, News

Flexibility touted for wild pig fight

Manitoba’s industry-led efforts say minimal government involvement is an advantage

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Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba’s wild pig busters have moved fast to find, trap and destroy the invasive species since their Squeal on Pigs initiative was set up a few years ago. The aim is to eliminate Manitoba’s wild pig problem. They have a lot of work ahead. “It’ll probably take most of a decade,” said
Manitoba Pork’s director of swine health advises producers to maintain a high level of biosecurity while shipping.
Hogs, Livestock

Seneca Valley virus causes headaches for pork sector

Wider application of new export requirement would have halted shipping: Manitoba Pork

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A mild virus masquerading as a more serious disease caused frustration in the hog sector this summer, but it could have been much worse, Manitoba producers heard during an early November meeting of the Manitoba Pork Council. Earlier this year, American authorities started requiring a veterinary export certificate for certain cull sows coming out of
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Market uncertainty, election weigh on Manitoba pork sector

Volatility remains a feature, Manitoba Pork GM says

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MarketsFarm — Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork, has felt the highs and lows of the province’s pork industry over the past few months. While he expects Manitoba’s feed grain harvest to provide some relief to feed prices for pork producers, Dahl also mentioned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the African swine fever situation in
Letters: Pork should lead with values
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Pork should lead with values

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In response to the May 2 Co-operator article, “Values lead on public trust”: As Amy te Plate-Church, presenter at the Manitoba Pork Council’s most recent annual meeting said, “lead with values” in the debate about industrial hog methods of raising pigs. Let’s do that. The crux of this value debate lies in the reality of
Letters

Letters: Water, our most precious finite resource 

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In response to the Co-operator’s article “Change in water culture necessary, experts say,” published April 4. As a matter of fact, water usage estimates in swine production were introduced at the 2007 hearings by the Manitoba CEC (Clean Environment Commission). Also, a study by DGH Engineering put the estimated water use by type of operation
“While our job is to provide high-quality, affordable protein to the world, Manitoba pork producers are also committed to helping ensure food security here at home.” – Rick Préjet, Manitoba Pork Producers.
News

Pork council promises food bank funds

$150,000 will be going to Harvest Manitoba over three years

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A major food bank network in the province is getting a windfall from Manitoba’s pork producers. On April 13, the Manitoba Pork Council said it would give $150,000 over three years to Harvest Manitoba. The money will be used by rural food banks to purchase both more freezers and an amount of ground pork, the
ACC’s new program will allow workers in the pork sector to access continued education on their own time.
News

Assiniboine Community College announces new swine program

Online course expected to offer flexibility for working students

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Hog barn workers and other pork industry staff will soon have a pathway for professional development, according to Assiniboine Community College and the Manitoba Pork Council. The Brandon college has announced that a new Swine Production Foundations program will soon join the catalogue. Why it matters: Workers will be able to access industry knowledge and
“Fortunately, we did get the agreement in place and these animals could move before animal welfare became a concern.” – Cam Dahl, Manitoba Pork Council.
Livestock, News

Seneca Valley virus pauses cull sow shipments

The U.S. pumped the brakes on two Manitoba assembly yards while the foot-and-mouth mimic was investigated

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The cull hog market was still working through its backlog in the second week of August after an investigation into what turned out to be Seneca Valley virus shut down shipments to the U.S. from two assembly yards in the province. While not a serious disease in and of itself, Seneca Valley virus shares symptoms
Wild pigs have garnered particular concern from the ag industry, given potential crop loss, field and pasture rooting damage and, in the case of the pork sector, disease transmission.
News

Squeal on Pigs gets loud on wild swine

Education and reporting hub the latest effort to bring Manitoba’s wild pig issue to heel

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The Manitoba Pork Council doesn’t want the public to be shy when it comes to reporting the warning signs of wild pigs. The council, with support from the provincial and federal government, has become the latest to launch a Squeal on Pigs campaign, echoing similar programs in Montana, Alberta, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Launched May
ASF outbreaks can cripple hog production and trade, as China’s experience proves. Canada is looking to offset the worst risk with a ‘peacetime’ plan.
Livestock

Boxing out African swine fever

Pork sector weighing compartmentalization framework for African swine fever fight

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The hog sector is considering a proposed ‘compartmentalization’ framework that will come into play should African swine fever arrive in Canada. Unlike zoning, in which authorities lay out control zones once disease is detected, the compartmentalization program would create rigorously monitored ASF-free ‘compartments’ to operate within the value chain as a matter of course —

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