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The president and CEO of Genesus Genetics is confident Russia will provide an excellent opportunity for North American pork exporters over the next three to four years.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture expects the export market for pork to play a key role in setting live hog prices during 2009.

If the Canadian pork industry wants to know where the U.S. pork industry is going it just needs to watch the U.S. dollar and the energy market, says a leading pork industry economist.

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will increase exports of Prairie farmers’ wheat this year and is on track for record malting barley sales, despite the challenge in the world market environment and record-large global crop production.

The Government of Canada has secured full market access for Canadian beef and cattle exports to Jordan. International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz today announced Jordan’s decision to lift the ban imposed in 2003 because of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Investment and trade are fundamental elements of the Canadian economy, and the Government of Canada is making sure that Canadian exporters have new opportunities and unprecedented market access.

The Canadian Pork Council is applauding the federal government’s creation of a new market-access secretariat to help enhance Canada’s beef and pork export opportunities.