Agriculture News Archives

The chair of Manitoba Pork says the introduction of mandatory pig movement reporting will help enhance the competitive position of Canadian pork in international markets.

Following a two-week social media campaign called Back to Ag, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) donated $100,000 to a program aimed at helping farmers and agricultural workers return to work after a life-altering injury.

A farrow to finish operator in the Argyle area is calling on government to speed up the process of approving the hiring of foreign workers within the Canadian swine industry.

The manager of the Canadian Swine Health Intelligence Network says, with the exception of Ontario, eradicating Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus from Canada is a realistic goal.

A weather and crop specialist with CWB reports this year’s late spring has resulted in close to two million acres left unseeded and raised concerns over the potential for crops that were planted being damaged this fall by frost.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services reports, despite higher available supplies of pork than one year ago, fears over PED continue to drive the markets for live hogs.

The new “Pig Tales” exhibit at the Red River Ex will allow the public to see what happens in a swine barn without risking the health of the pigs.

Manitoba Pork has re-vamped its PEDv web page to provide members of the pork production chain specific information pertinent to them about the virus.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork says there’s a growing recognition in the U.S. of the need to resolve Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling.

The business development manager with Nioex Systems says the rapid spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea throughout the U.S. has dramatically increased the level of interest in in-vessel composting of mortalities.