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A – for May. 6, 2010

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n accidental fall claimed the life of one of Manitoba’s pork industry leaders last week. Larry Friesen, 58, fell seven metres from the rafters of a former airplane hangar he was working on at Hangar Farms located on the former air force base near Rivers April 28. He succumbed to his injuries after being taken
Hogs, Opinion

Standard practices due for review

Does anybody else aside from me see the irony of Laura Rance’s excellent editorial on the humane treatment of animals and in the same issue the rather angry letter directed at animal welfare activists regarding the castration of pigs without benefit of anesthetic? I believe that producers are underestimating the level of knowledge activists have
Hogs, Livestock

Empty Hog Barns Tumbling Down

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“They’re definitely going to feel it on the tax base.” – KARL KYNOCH, MPC It isn’t just the loss of hog producers that troubles Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch. It’s the loss of actual hog barns. Empty barns are being dismantled at an alarming rate across Manitoba, Kynoch said in his annual state-of-theindustry address
Hogs, News

Province Wary About Hog Loan Payment Extension

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“We can pay this in the long run. But the long run has to be at least 10 years.” – ANDREW DICKSON, MPC The Manitoba government is close to easing repayment conditions for special loans to financially strapped hog farmers but it may not be the kind of relief producers want. The province may temporarily
Hogs, Livestock

Pork Promotion In Canada To Get Funding Boost

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“The feds have assured us that they will fast track it.” – JURGEN PREUGSCHAS, CPC Canada could soon start collecting a new levy on imported cuts of fresh pork to help promote its own pork industry. The Canadian Pork Council is drafting a levy proposal to send to federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz sometime this
Hogs, News

Loan Guarantee Program Helps Only A Few Producers

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“We do hear from farmers on both sides of that.” – IAN WISHART, KAP Canadian pork producers are calling a federally backed industry assistance program a flop after the government ended up spending just two-thirds of the money it originally committed. Ottawa put up only $270 million of the $400 million in federal loan guarantees
Hogs, News

In Brief… – for Apr. 22, 2010

Get real: A new report released by Canadian undergraduate student leaders urges the food systems sector to institute “real cost” pricing for food. “We want to see food prices more accurately reflect their full economic, environmental, and social costs,” said Environmental Life Sciences graduate student Alison McDonald of Trent University. “This would result in carbon
Cereals, Hogs, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 22, 2010

Customers will determine industry trends Regarding the story “Gestation stalls could become Canada-U. S. trade issue,” Manitoba Co-operator April 15, Manitoba Pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch said his industry is not against loose housing for sows but change must be based on science, not human emotion and that MPC is going to make sure that
Hogs, Livestock, News

Gestation Stalls Could Become Canada-U. S. Trade Issue

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“Do you think they will be friendly to product coming in that’s produced in a different manner?” – ED PAJOR Canada may eventually have to ban gestation stalls for pregnant sows if it wants to continue exporting to the United States, where such bans are occurring. A leading Canadian animal welfare scientist warns the spread
Hogs, Livestock

Animal Welfare Activists Target Pig Castration

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– Robyn Harte, MAFRI “It’s a recognized common practice in most of the world.” An animal welfare coalition is trying to end the practice of castrating male piglets by asking grocery stores in Canada to carry pork from intact pigs. “We politely ask you to take action and meet with your suppliers to discuss our

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