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U.S. consumer demand for pork is waning and Canadian producers should respond to reduced slaughter numbers, suggests the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
Hogs, News

USDA projects Canadian swine reduction

Manitoba industry expects capacity to grow despite USDA numbers

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The U.S. agriculture department expects fewer Canadian pigs to be produced next year. It projects that the Canadian swine herd will contract in 2024, due in part to decreased domestic processing capacity and reduced U.S. demand, according to a Sept. 24 release from the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Ottawa. FAS estimated total supply of just under 42 million head in
Mapping the changes behind Manitoba’s decades-long hog boom.
Hogs, News

For its size, Manitoba’s pork sector is an overachiever. Here’s how it happened

How NAFTA, the end of the Crow Rate and the end of single-desk marketing shaped the sector, and what got lost along the way

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Ian Smith’s hog farm hasn’t changed much since his family began raising pigs in the late 1960s. It has no pit system. Smith scrapes the pens and spreads straw twice a day. His 10 to 15 sows spend time outside. On his 160 acres near Argyle in Manitoba’s Interlake, he raises his own barley and
Letters: Expansion not a good news story
Letters

Letters: Expansion not a good news story

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In response to the Co-operator article “Pork Industry lauds Winkler Meat expansion”: While the creation of more jobs is recognized, the expansion for more hogs being raised in factory barns means even more pollution and more manure problems to deal with. Born and raised on a farm, I appreciate the proper raising and care of
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork

Three initiatives will be funded through the federal African swine fever preparedness program

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The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three initiatives: Squeal on Pigs, increased
(Songqiuju/iStock/Getty Images)
Hogs, Livestock

Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine fever vaccines

U.S. Agriculture Secretary says farmers may purchase as precaution despite no domestic cases

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Hanoi | Reuters – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United States, and AVAC ASF LIVE
Letters: Winds of change turn against pork industry
Letters

Letters: Winds of change turn against pork industry

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Manitoba hog producers would do well to pay very careful attention to California’s Prop 12 and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding it. Consumers around the world are letting their views on animal welfare be known, both through the power of their buying habits and through their support of issues like Prop 12. Contrary
“If we get to the point that we have to use regulations to enforce [it], it’s not working.” – Cam Dahl, Manitoba Pork Council.
Hogs, News

Pork sector has new playbook against PED

The Manitoba Pork Council’s new PED elimination plan relies on surveillance, biosecurity and aggressive action, but leaves room for farms to tailor responses

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Manitoba Pork’s new plan to combat porcine epidemic diarrhea, or PED, relies on disease surveillance, ‘wartime’ biosecurity, heavy crackdowns on infected farms and producer co-operation to eliminate the virus from the province. “The long-term impacts of a major PED outbreak every other year is not sustainable,” the plan document says. The pork council posted the
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
I expect this will result in a patchwork of laws that are likely to make U.S. meat producers very uncomfortable. Ultimately, it could push Congress to set federal standards.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Court ruling could catalyze new wave of U.S. animal welfare laws

The precedent could leave pork trade to navigate an eventual legislative patchwork

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Should California be able to require higher welfare standards for farm animals raised outside its borders if products from those animals are to be sold in California? On May 11, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the answer is yes. The result was determined by a 5-4 vote in the court case, National Pork Producers Council
Iowa Pork Producers Association director Aaron Juergens speaks at the Manitoba Pork Council annual meeting in Winnipeg April 13.
Hogs, News

Pork sector shows cross-border anxiety on meat labelling

American pork producers also nervous on VCOOL, U.S. industry reps say

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Hog producers in Iowa and Minnesota aren’t pleased with U.S. changes to meat labelling that could have spillover effects into Manitoba, representatives told Manitoba Pork’s gathered membership in mid-April. “As pork producers, we love the trade,” said Aaron Juergens, an Iowa hog farmer and director with the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Why it matters: Manitoba’s

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