News - Agriculture

Customer feedback is showing verified Canadian pork is being embraced by consumers both domestically and internationally.

A Veterinary Pathologist with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine says the move to boutique style free range livestock production compromises the superior level of food safety that has been achieved as a result of modern livestock housing.

The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers says one of the biggest remaining concerns related to Manitoba’s proposed carbon pricing plan relates to taxes on fuels used for space heating and grain drying.

The Manager of Swine Health Programs with Manitoba Pork says the risk to pigs of contracting PED from previously infected pigs remains high much longer than had been previously thought.

The Canadian Meat Council is applauding progress in efforts to reach a new 11 nation Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

The Manitoba government is embarking on a European trade mission highlighted by participation in Agritechnica, the world’s largest trade show of agricultural machinery and technology.

Keystone Agricultural Producers and the Manitoba Pork Council welcome the passing of Bill 35 and Bill 24 by the Government of Manitoba on the final sitting day of the current legislative session.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork is calling on Manitoba’s political leaders to demonstrate their support for a resurrected Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

The Veterinary Counsel with the Canadian Pork Council says excellent biosecurity remains the first and best line of defense for protecting swine herds from the threat of new higher pathogenic strains of PRRS.

The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers says, despite a couple of still unanswered questions, the organization’s membership is generally supportive of the provincial government’s Made-in-Manitoba plan for greenhouse has reduction.