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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) has confirmed a small number of animals being held at a high-traffic site in eastern Manitoba tested positive for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus.

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee is confident Canada’s new Pig Code of Practice will help boost the international marketing position for Canadian pork.

Manitoba Pork reports information gathered through a 2012 producer survey is playing a key role in developing the infrastructure needed to accommodate swine traceability.

Cattle and hog producers in the four western provinces are being encouraged to register for the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program.

The introduction of Swine Traceability is expected to give Canada’s pork industry an advantage in terms of animal disease response, food safety and market access.

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council’s Pig Code Development Committee reports reaction to Canada’s revised Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs has been positive.

Average farmland values continued to rise nationally in 2013, according to the most recent Farmland Values Report released by Farm Credit Canada (FCC).

The executive director of Winter Cereals Canada says weather over the next two weeks will play a key role in determining the condition of this year’s winter wheat crop coming out of the winter.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services is recommending a measured approach to risk management heading toward the summer to protect profitability.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, despite a slide over the past couple of weeks in both the cash and futures markets, returns for live hogs remain profitable.