As of January 1, 2011, Manitoba Pork Marketing Co-op has officially changed its name to h@ms Marketing Services Co-op Inc.
A swine nutritionist with the University of Manitoba says variability in nutrient composition is the biggest challenge when incorporating alternative feed ingredients into swine rations.
Manitoba Pork Council says the province’s failure to help hog producers prepare for a planned 2013 ban on winter manure spreading has prompted many smaller operations to shut down and threatens to force more producers out of business.
The CWB has increased its 2010-11 export target by almost two million tonnes over mid-summer projections, but remains challenged by a lower-grade crop resulting from poor weather conditions during the 2010 growing season.
The Manitoba Beef Producers issued a press release subsequent to the announcement of aid for beef producers in Manitoba, by both levels of government.
A Neepawa, Manitoba area farmer is blaming new provincial environmental restrictions on livestock operations for his farm’s decision to exit the hog industry.
The president of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s pork producers will have to adjust to the new reality of a strong Canadian dollar.
DGH Engineering suggests it will take a combination of economic incentives to encourage the adoption of anaerobic digestion for processing livestock manure in Canada.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says preliminary data released by InterPIG shows the costs associated producing pork in Canada compare favorably with those in competing nations.
The Canadian Grain Commission suggests the increased prevalence of a new more virulent strain of fusarium graminearum is a good example of why we need to continually monitor the occurrence of newly introduced plant pathogens.
