Manitoba’s pork producers are applauding upgrades announced last week by Maple Leaf Foods to its pork processing plants in Winnipeg and Brandon.
The Chief Strategy Officer with Maple Leaf Foods says planned upgrades announced last week to the company’s Brandon and Winnipeg pork processing plants will improve Maple Leaf’s competitiveness in all of the markets it serves, both domestic and export.
Producers will benefit from increased access to a local processing facility with a government investment of more than $4.5 million to Maple Leaf Inc. to upgrade its Manitoba processing facilities.
Maple Leaf says provisions contained within the recently adopted “Save Lake Winnipeg Act” raise significant concerns over the ability of Manitoba’s pork producers to reinvest in their production facilities and responsibly expand their production base.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is confident a 560 million dollar restructuring plan announced by Maple Leaf Foods will benefit Canada’s pork producers but it’s disappointed with the closure of the company’s North Battleford bacon plant.
Manitoba’s pork producers are applauding a restructuring plan that will see Maple Leaf Foods invest 560 million dollars to upgrade and expand its value added processing capacity.
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods is encouraging pork producers who ship hogs to its processing plants to consider the adoption of needle-free technology for the administration of vaccines and medications to swine.
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods is encouraging Canadian pork producers to participate in the Canadian Pork Council’s Animal Care Assessment Program.
Maple Leaf Foods is confident a Comprehensive Value Creation Plan approved by the company’s board of directors last week will boost profit margins by 75 percent over the next five years.
Maple Leaf Consumer Foods is confident the launch of a new premium line of moisture enhanced pork products will help stimulate increased domestic sales of pork.