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“Starting the plan ahead of potential new cases will help farmers implement the preventative measures...” – Manitoba Pork Council.
Hogs, News

PED elimination plan takes the gloves off

The pork council will push its PED elimination plan this fall

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Manitoba Pork’s plan to eliminate porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) is fully operational. “Starting the plan ahead of potential new cases will help farmers implement the preventative measures included [in] the plan and allow us to broadly discuss the plan with producers and industry service providers,” the farm group wrote in an Oct. 18 newsletter. Why
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
Mode40 is sensor-based system that collects environmental data to optimize cooling of carcasses.
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Optimized carcass cooling can boost processing plant margins

Collecting environmental data can lead to processing and meat quality improvements, Manitoba company says

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Glacier FarmMedia – A sensor-based system for carcass cooling could save processing plants considerable money while also improving meat quality. The innovation by Manitoba-based Mode40 recently received funding from the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) Beef and Pork Primary Processing Automation and Robotics program. Why it matters: The pandemic put a spotlight on
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Market uncertainty, election weigh on Manitoba pork sector

Volatility remains a feature, Manitoba Pork GM says

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MarketsFarm — Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork, has felt the highs and lows of the province’s pork industry over the past few months. While he expects Manitoba’s feed grain harvest to provide some relief to feed prices for pork producers, Dahl also mentioned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the African swine fever situation in
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Livestock, Markets

U.K. firm to process meats in Canada for Walmart

Plant would be Hilton Foods' first in North America

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A British-based firm processing proteins for the retail and foodservice sectors plans to set up shop somewhere in Eastern Canada, after reaching a deal to supply meat products to Walmart’s Canadian grocery business. Hilton Food Group announced Thursday it plans to open a new manufacturing plant in that region to supply Walmart Supercentres in Canada
CME October 2023 lean hogs with 10-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Chicago hogs turn upward

Cattle futures down on day

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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures turned solidly upward Tuesday, a day after most trading months except October booked declines. October lean hogs closed Tuesday at 84.85 cents/lb., up 1.6 cents from Monday, while December closed at 76.25 cents, up 1.825 cents on the day (all figures US$). October hogs had dipped below 82
(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Hogs, Livestock

Olymel to consolidate Ontario, Quebec further-processing

Chicken plant at Paris, Ont., and pork plant at Princeville, Que. to close

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Pork and poultry packer Olymel is preparing to permanently shut two further-processing facilities and shift their work to other plants in a new round of consolidation. Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec’s Sollio Cooperative, announced Wednesday it will permanently close its pork boning and packaging plant at Princeville, Que. effective Nov. 10, and its
HyLife’s new 47,462-square-foot headquarters in Steinbach, Man.
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HyLife opens new Steinbach headquarters

Local dignitaries and HyLife Foods leaders cut the ribbon Aug. 25

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HyLife celebrated the grand opening of its new, nearly 50,000-square-foot headquarters in Steinbach on Aug. 25. “This is more than a building; it is a new home and anchor for HyLife that we hope will become a community landmark,” said Grant Lazaruk, HyLife’s president and CEO, in an Aug. 28 news release. “After several years
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
Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA’s logo on a tower in Jundiai, northwest of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, on June 1, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)
Livestock Markets, Markets

Brazilian meatpacker JBS sees gain from lower grain prices

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Reuters – Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA has forecast gains of US$450 million this year related to lower grain prices, particularly corn, higher than guidance of US$340 million given at the end of the first quarter. CFO Guilherme Cavalcanti revealed the estimate, expected to primarily benefit the company’s pork and poultry businesses, as JBS discussed quarterly

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