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A Washington State think tank has stated that the cost of compliance with Prop 12 will likely shrink the U.S. national hog herd and lead to further consolidation within the industry.

Uncertainty looms for Manitoba pork in the wake of Prop 12

Smaller U.S. swine herd likely as California regulations take effect, U.S. think tank says

By Don Norman, Geralyn Wichers January 11, 2024

The impacts of a California animal welfare law that took full effect on the first day of 2024 are already being felt, according to Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl. “Yes, Jan. 1 was a deadline but, in truth, Proposition 12 has been enforced since July,” he said. Why it matters: While California might seem

Markets

Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply

American pork producers have been losing money as pig prices, consumer demand bump against high costs

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Tom Polansek December 6, 2023

Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Manitoba hog yard cleared for U.S. export

Separate export certificate had been required for yard's cull sows

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News November 28, 2023

U.S. authorities have lifted an order that required sows from one Manitoba assembly yard to be certified free of Seneca Valley virus before crossing the border. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Canada in the second-last week of November had now met protocol conditions for Seneca Valley virus and has lifted the health certificate requirement,

The measure, impacting sow shipments from one Manitoba assembly yard, has now been dropped.

Hogs, News

U.S. lifts Seneca Valley requirement

Measure required some Manitoba sows to be certified free of the virus before shipping

By Geralyn Wichers November 27, 2023

American authorities have lifted an order that required sows from one Manitoba assembly yard to be certified free of Seneca Valley virus before crossing the border. The measure had been in place since September. The U.S. started requiring a veterinary export certificate for cull sows from the Manitoba site following a rise in Seneca Valley

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

By Geralyn Wichers November 24, 2023

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

Markets

U.S. livestock: CME cattle sag on weakness in equities, cash cattle market

Futures prices indicate that cash prices in the south may fall further

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek November 16, 2023

Weakness in equities and the cash cattle market weighed on futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), brokers said. Futures markets rose the previous three days in a turnaround from multi-month lows reached last Friday.

“There’s not a day that goes by that we don’t hear about inflation or the rising cost of food.” – Susan Riese, Manitoba Pork Council.

Hogs, News

Pork sees growing goodwill in province

More Manitobans reported positive opinions about pork and pork production in annual sector survey

By Geralyn Wichers November 16, 2023

The reputation of Manitoba’s pork industry was in a good place around this time last year. Results from a public survey conducted last December and shared at the Manitoba Pork Council’s eastern producer meeting Nov. 8 showed year-over-year growth in public goodwill compared to a similar survey conducted in 2021. Of Manitobans surveyed in December

Livestock, Markets

Third-quarter profit plunges for JBS

Low U.S. pork prices, beef margins and global chicken glut cited

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News November 13, 2023

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA, the world’s biggest meatpacker, reported an 86 per cent drop in third-quarter net income compared to a year ago on Monday, sliding to around 573 million reais (C$166.3 million). Net income was under the LSEG consensus forecast of 724 million reais, and far below the whopping four billion-real

Hogs are pictured before being examined at a disinfection station in Chongqing, China, in January 2019.

Markets, News

Few improvements expected in Chinese hog market

By Dominique Patton November 3, 2023

Reuters – Farmers in the world’s top pork market have lost money for most of this year due to low prices and high feed costs, and the trend is likely to continue. China’s pig production is still growing, a farm ministry official said Oct. 23, and a higher-than-normal number of breeding sows is set to

Hogs, Livestock

ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward

Plan not an attempt to download responsibilities, CFIA says

By Ed White, GFM Network News November 1, 2023

Canada is one step closer to a compartmentalizing regime that hog farmers and the rest of the industry hope protects them against market impacts of African swine fever. Practical application can be developed now that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released its National Standards and National Framework for the Canadian ASF Compartment Program. From

Daily Network News

Bayer to build Winnipeg canola research site

Russia targets seeds market as traditional export customers boost grains production

China buys more Canadian canola

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