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Hog Loan Aid No-Win For Ottawa

By Roberta Rampton August 13, 2009

Canada’s government will set off squeals of protests no matter how it decides to handle a plea for aid from its desperate hog farmers. If Ottawa fails to come through on the $800-million loan request, Canada stands to lose a large chunk of its once-lucrative hog sector to bankruptcy and closures. But aid for Canuck

Hogs, Livestock

Bleeding U. S. Pork Sector Wants Help Too

August 13, 2009

Governors of nine U. S. states have called on President Barack Obama Aug. 7 to spend $50 million to buy up excess pork supplies. The calls came as prices for hog futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange fell anew to their lowest levels in more than six years amid growing concerns over demand, abundant supplies

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, News

Mandatory U. S. Animal ID On Its Way, Beef Sector Protests

By Christopher Doering April 16, 2009

The U. S. livestock industry could soon be facing a mandatory tracking system for animals, but the proposal is being vigorously opposed by beef producers. A voluntary animal-tracking system, known as traceback, has been in place since shortly after the country’s first case of mad cow disease in December 2003, but some members of Congress

Hogs, Livestock

Bill Would Ban Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics

By Christopher Doering March 26, 2009

Despite growing public support to ban the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals, a U. S. representative says efforts to move legislation through Congress this year could be met with resistance. The bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by Louise Slaughter and in the Senate by Edward Kennedy March 17, would ban the

Hogs, Livestock, News, Poultry

California resolution rings alarm for livestock farmers in Canada

By Ron Friesen November 20, 2008

Largely unnoticed during the November 4 U. S. presidential election was the passage of a sweeping California ballot initiative which could have far-reaching effects for livestock production in North America. Proposition 2 will effectively ban gestation stalls, battery cages and veal crates in California by 2015. The initiative, which voters passed by a margin of

Cereals, Hogs, News

U. S. election raises protectionist fears

By Ron Friesen November 13, 2008

Canadian agriculture officials fear an increased wave of U. S. trade protectionism following last week’s election of a Democratic president and a heavily Democratic Congress. Fairly or otherwise, Democrats are viewed outside the United States as much more protectionist than free -trade Republicans. The temptation to protect jobs at home becomes especially strong as the

Hogs, News, Poultry

California cage ban might be contagious

By Bob Burgdorfer November 13, 2008

Farm groups have criticized a new California law that bans keeping chickens, calves, and pigs in cages, arguing it will increase production costs, while animal welfare proponents said they hope to get similar laws adopted in other states. California voters passed Proposition 2 on Nov. 4, which bans the confinement of egg-laying chickens, veal calves

Beef cattle, Hogs, News, Poultry

U. S. livestock groups see bias in ethanol aid

November 6, 2008

U. S. meat, dairy and poultry groups objected Oct. 22 to the possibility of federally guaranteed loans for ethanol makers to help pay for high-priced corn, calling it “the opposite of free enterprise.” The U. S. Agriculture Department says there is no bailout for ethanol. It says rural businesses, including ethanol plants, are eligible for

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Tag Archives National Pork Producers Council

Hog Loan Aid No-Win For Ottawa

Bleeding U. S. Pork Sector Wants Help Too

Mandatory U. S. Animal ID On Its Way, Beef Sector Protests

Bill Would Ban Non-Therapeutic Antibiotics

California resolution rings alarm for livestock farmers in Canada

U. S. election raises protectionist fears

California cage ban might be contagious

U. S. livestock groups see bias in ethanol aid

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