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(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Canadian pork shipment flagged in China for ractopamine

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Winnipeg | Reuters — A Canadian shipment of pig feet to China, produced by meat packer Olymel, has tested positive for residues of banned growth drug ractopamine and may curb future trade, Canadian government and industry officials say. China views the tainted shipment as a “systemic failure” of Canada’s program that certifies pork sent to China
pigs in the farm
Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry nervous as newest PED cases confirmed

Manitoba’s PED record rises to 15 cases total and five this year

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Another two barns in southeast Manitoba have tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) in the fourth and fifth cases of the disease this year. A finisher and sow barn were confirmed PED positive in the space of two days. Manitoba Pork Council general manager Andrew Dickson said finisher barn staff noticed symptoms May 14.
Hogs on a stock trailer bound for a Toronto packing plant accept drinks from Toronto Pig Save members in 2013. (Screengrab of Toronto Pig Save video via YouTube)
Livestock, Opinion

Pig trial a PR disaster for industry

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It was never going to end well for animal agriculture. When a farmer called the police after a protester fed a pig on a truck some water at a stoplight, it started a process that has been absurd and head shaking. The process came to an end May 4 with the acquittal of Anita Frajnc,
A HyLife truck sits by the company’s current office in Killarney. The community will soon be home to HyLife’s newest feed mill.
Hogs, Local news

Ground about to break in Killarney on HyLife feed mill

Killarney will be the home of the newest HyLife feed mill after municipal council 
approved the site for building in mid-April

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Farm-to-fork pork producer HyLife has cleared the final hurdle before construction begins on a proposed feed mill in Killarney, Man. this month. The Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipal council unanimously approved a conditional use order April 19, allowing the mill to be built in the northeast end of the community. “We’ve been working with HyLife probably for
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Markets

Ag groups tout potential of trade pact with China

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Canadian ag commodity groups expect to make a case for freer trade with China during consultations now underway alongside Ottawa’s talks on a possible free trade deal with Beijing. Federal Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Friday announced public consultations, running until June 2, following last September’s announcement of “exploratory discussions” on a free trade agreement
Canada’s pork sector has enjoyed rapid expansion of export markets.
Hogs, News

Pork posts positive export growth

The Canadian Pork Council says export growth will determine future industry growth

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Canadian pork producers and processors have responded actively to new trade deals — and their success during the last decade has them looking for more opportunities. Statistics from the Canadian Pork Council show that in the decade ending in 2016, exports rose in value by 51 per cent to $3.8 billion from 2006 and by
Pig farm
Hogs, Livestock

Pig pats promote productivity

The less fearful of humans a swine herd is, the higher its productivity will be

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It turns out one bad human can spoil the bunch — at least when it comes to pigs. Speaking to producers and pork industry representatives at the annual swine seminar in Winnipeg earlier this month, Grahame Coleman told those gathered that pigs can’t always distinguish between people, particularly if they are dressed in similar garb
Worker shortages mean tougher times for beef and pork producers
Livestock

Worker shortages mean tougher times for beef and pork producers

Foreign workers will be part of the solution, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council says

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Labour shortages will restrict growth in the beef and pork sectors during the next decade, says the latest analysis from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC). It says that “a widening labour gap threatens to limit the profitability and growth of Canada’s red-meat industry.” The council is examining 11 agriculture sectors. It has already

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