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Pregnant mare urine sector to expand

Industry officials caution it is a small increase

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2016

An expected increase in contracted volumes of pregnant mare urine over the next two years is a small bit of good news for Manitoba’s long-beleaguered PMU industry. Pfizer Canada says it will increase the amount of PMU collected from ranches in Manitoba and Saskatchewan during 2016 and 2017. Pfizer uses estrogen from PMU to manufacture

Livestock, News

Pfizer cuts jobs at Brandon plant

By Daniel Winters May 30, 2012

There will be no impact on the 26 remaining equine ranching operations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan despite plans by U.S.-based drug giant Pfizer to cut 50 jobs from its Brandon pregnant mares’ urine collection and processing facility by 2013. “The focus of the restructuring is a result of operational efficiency initiatives and to best position

Livestock

Axe Falls On 38 PMU Ranches

By Daniel Winters May 20, 2010

“It was a steady income… You knew what you were going to get a year or two in advance. There’s not too many commodities in agriculture you can do that with.” – GORDON MASON On a cloudy afternoon, Gordon Mason asks his wife Gladys for help finding his cowboy hat. “Going out in style,” she

News

Pmu Ranches May Be Cut To 25

By Daniel Winters May 13, 2010

Another round of cutbacks may see the number of equine ranches in Mani toba , Sa s k a t chewa n and North Dakota slashed to around 25, down from 64 last year. The decl ine in the local industry that produces pregnant mares’ urine for use by drug manufactur ing giant Wyeth in

News, Other livestock

More Cutbacks Announced For PMU Industry

By Daniel Winters May 28, 2009

“Although the rate of reduction has slowed, the size of the market is much smaller.” – WYETH STATEMENT Seven more pregnant mare urine (PMU) contracts have been cancelled, leaving the number of ranches in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and North Dakota at 64, down from over 400 prior to 2003. A statement issued by Wyeth, which markets

News

Pfizer-Wyeth merger could impact Pregnant Mare Urine producers

By Sylvia Macbean February 5, 2009

Wyeth, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs for humans and animals announced Jan. 26 it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Pfizer is purchasing Wyeth for $68 billion. Now, one might won-de r how this would impact Pregnant Mares Urine (PMU) farmers in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and in North Dakota.

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Axe Falls On 38 PMU Ranches

Pmu Ranches May Be Cut To 25

More Cutbacks Announced For PMU Industry

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