News - Agriculture

The Director of Risk Management with h@ms Marketing Services is advising pork producers to take advantage of profitable futures prices by forward contracting a limited portion of their production.

The Research Lead with Agri-Food Economic Systems suggests, African Swine Fever is a potential game changer when it comes to the Canadian pork sector.

Keystone Agricultural Producers welcomes the recent report from the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry about the impacts of climate change and carbon pricing on agriculture.

The Chair of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada’s participation in the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership was among the highlights of 2018.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says containing PED and preventing ASF will be top of mind in 2019. As well, animal health will be a key focus in the pork sector during the year.

The Chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says health challenges continued to stress the pork sector in 2018 and now we’ve got the worries of African Swine Fever.

A Professor of Applied Soil Ecology with the University of Manitoba says the environmental footprint of pork production has been dramatically reduced over the past five decades.

The Chair of Manitoba Pork says positive developments in 2018 on the trade front are good reason for optimism during 2019.

A Research Assistant with the University of Manitoba says the use of biofilters has proved to be a low cost highly effective option for controlling odor in swine barns.

Research has shown changing the configuration of slatted concrete flooring can help improve the foot health of gestating sows.