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Michael McCain speaking to reporters
Hogs, Livestock

McCain CEO says Brandon pork facility needs more hogs, workers

Changes in the temporary foreign worker program will have an impact on Brandon’s hog-processing plant

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Manitoba’s hog production is not in line with its production capacity. That was the message brought to the Manitoba Pork Council by Maple Leaf Foods president and CEO Michael McCain last week. Speaking to members of the pork industry at the council’s annual general meeting in Winnipeg, the business leader said now is the time
George Matheson
Hogs, Local news

Manitoba Pork Council veteran takes over as chair

Issues of trade, capacity and welfare will continue 
to be dealt with under new MPC chairperson

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After more than a decade, there is a new face at the helm of the Manitoba Pork Council. George Matheson was chosen as the council’s new chairperson by the organization’s board of directors following its annual general meeting in Winnipeg last week. “We have a great group this year, with three new members… and that’s
pigs in a barn
Hogs, Local news

New hog barns for Manitoba?

The rules haven’t changed but…

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After years of being locked in a standoff, producers and the Manitoba government are inching closer to consensus on how to go about renewing the province’s aging pig production capacity. Producers attending the Manitoba Pork Council annual meeting last week were told a “special pilot protocol” would result in the resumption of new barn construction
Little piglet in piggery with other pigs
Hogs, Local news

Hog barn moratorium remains, fine print may change

In certain areas of Manitoba new hog barns may again be constructed, provided they qualify for proposed pilot program

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Manitoba’s minister of agriculture has indicated the province may be prepared to ease some restrictions around new hog barn construction in certain circumstances. Speaking to reporters at a Keystone Agricultural Producers meeting in Winnipeg last month, Ron Kostyshyn said that alternative technologies could replace the anaerobic digesters now required for new barns in some phosphorus-deficient
pigs in a barn
Hogs, Local news

Pork producers warned of difficult year ahead

Hog profits last year will shrink in 2015

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Despite racking up solid profits in 2014, Manitoba hog farmers face an uncertain year ahead because of falling prices, rising feed costs and problems in financing new barn construction. Last year was a turning point for Manitoba’s long-suffering pork producers, who finally saw a return to profitability after years of low prices, high costs and
pigs in a barn stall feeding
Hogs, Livestock, Local news

False positive means one less confirmed case of PEDv in province

A fifth hog barn once thought to contain the virus that causes PED has been cleared 
after an extensive investigation and further testing

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A fifth farm in Manitoba has not been infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) after all. The province had issued a bulletin Oct. 1 indicating a nursery finisher barn had tested positive for the virus, but subsequent tests found no trace of porcine epidemic diarrhea at the farm. “Really what it comes down to is
file photo
Hogs, Livestock, Local news

Cold, wet weather increases risk of PED virus

Vigilant biosecurity practices are important as seasons change

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Hog producers are warned to be particularly vigilant about biosecurity practices this fall because the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) is more likely to survive in cold, wet weather. “We expect to see more cases in the fall,” said Mark Fynn, animal care specialist at the Manitoba Pork Council. Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) had
Manure applicators are spending up to four extra hours cleaning equipment between jobs.
Hogs, Livestock

PED virus costly for manure applicators

Applicators taking extra precautions and spending more time washing equipment


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Much is still not known about the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infiltrating the pork industry. Researchers are investigating the virus’s survivability, but what they do know is that PED thrives in wet, cold environments and is spread by fecal-oral contact. Manure applicators, like others working near or with the pigs, are taking extra precautions to
livestock manure pit
Hogs, Livestock

New PEDv study looks at manure pits

Researchers want to know whether the virus is lurking in manure pits and how long it can survive

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Researchers are hoping the province’s manure pits will hold some clues to controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus. The council, the Manitoba Livestock Manure Management Initiative and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development are asking producers to submit manure samples to help assesses where the virus could be lurking and how long it survives.
Maple Leaf’s Brandon plant is operating at 75 per cent capacity due to shortages of hogs and workers.  photo: supplied
Hogs, News

Double trouble for Maple Leaf

Pigs and people to 
process them are in 
short supply

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Getting more pigs and people to process them into Maple Leaf Foods’ hog-killing plant in Brandon isn’t as simple as putting more dollars on the table, said the plant’s Morgan Curran-Blaney. “There’s not enough (pigs) so you end up stealing from somebody else,” Curran-Blaney told reporters July 10 after speaking at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’

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