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Producer groups lobby for TPP deal in Atlanta

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Several Canadian grain and livestock commodity groups have representatives in Atlanta this week pressing for federal negotiators to keep Canada in play on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Trade ministers from the 12 TPP countries — also including the U.S., Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam — are meeting in
Pork industry wants next federal government to improve risk management
Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry wants next federal government to improve risk management

Manitoba pork producers are urged to speak to local election candidates 
about their vision for the industry’s future

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Canadians have heard all about the economy, and they’ve listened to announcements on terrorism and childcare — although not necessarily at the same time — but those on the campaign trail have said little about agriculture in the leadup to the federal election. Now, the Canadian Pork Council and its provincial counterpart are urging pork
dutch sow
Hogs, Opinion

Editorial: Pork sector making progress

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A recent survey suggests the Manitoba pork sector is making incremental but important gains in repairing its relationship with the general public. A survey of 1,000 households conducted by Probe Research recently found 56 per cent favoured loosening the restrictions the Manitoba government has placed on new barn construction. Thirty-two per cent favoured leaving those
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Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

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Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse
PEDv spread like wildfire in the U.S., but Canada successfully limited its spread.
Hogs, Livestock

Standing tall: How Canada’s pork sector survived the attack of a killer virus

PEDv decimated the U.S. hog herd, but Canada showed how to do biosecurity right

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When it comes to finding expert advice on biosecurity, cattle producers might want to sit down with their local hog farmer. The country’s outstanding record on controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has a host of lessons for the cattle sector, says a swine veterinarian who was deeply involved in Alberta’s battle against PEDv. Start
“We see the public as somewhat more sympathetic towards the industry now, I’m not saying they’re 100 per cent supportive, they still have questions, they still have concerns, but it’s definitely better now than it was.” – Andrew Dickson
Hogs, Local news

Public more receptive to barn expansion

The Manitoba Pork Council is looking for ways to engage younger audiences

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A new survey on public attitudes towards pork production has found Manitobans still have concerns about construction of new hog barns — but public opinion is going in a positive direction. “We see the public as somewhat more sympathetic towards the industry now, I’m not saying they’re 100 per cent supportive, they still have questions,
A hog finishing barn in China. Pork production in the country fell five per cent in the first six months in 2015.
Cereals, Comment

Chinese slowdown could affect grain demand

After several years of stratospheric growth, China's economy has hit a rough patch

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It’s an issue observers have talked about for years. But in recent weeks it seems to have reached a tipping point — at least according to general consensus from a cacophony of commentators. China is slowing down. Its stock market has fallen sharply since mid-June and the government is panicking, leaping into action with a
pigs on the farm
Hogs, News

PED vaccine could aid in disease fight

Developers are waiting for approval to begin clinical trials

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Pork producers may soon have a powerful new tool in the fight against porcine epidemic diarrhea or PED. The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization’s International Vaccine Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, better known as VIDO-InterVac, is waiting for final approvals from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to begin clinical trials of a vaccine
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is working to develop a commercially available precision feeder.
Hogs, Livestock

Precision feeder for swine under development

Developers estimate that producers will be able to raise the same quality of carcass with 10 to 15 per cent less feed cost

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Technology that will enable swine producers to cater to the specific feeding need of each individual pig will be moving into commercial trials early next year. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) dairy and swine research and development centre has been working towards the commercial development of a computerized precision feeder that will allow producers to
pig on a fundraising website
Did you know?, Local news

Public rallies around loose sow

Within hours the sow had been named and a rescue fundraiser started

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Pigs were in the Winnipeg headlines last week over the fate of a sow that had fallen off a livestock truck and was found roaming near Winnipeg’s south perimeter. Manitoba Pork says staff, representatives from the Office of the Chief Veterinarian of Manitoba, and the Winnipeg Police Service contained the animal and loaded it onto

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