Agriculture News Archives

The manager of PigTrace Canada says fines for failing to report movements of live hogs could come into effect as early as later this year.

Manitoba’s chief veterinary officer reports the warm summer weather and continued vigilance among stakeholders within the province’s pork industry have helped maintain control of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Director of Producer and Public Health with the National Pork Board says the U.S. the pork industry is well positioned to adjust to pending changes in antibiotic use on the farm.

The National Pork Producers Council says the quickest and surest way to avoid trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico over Country of Origin Labelling is for the senate to follow the lead of Congress and repeal the legislation.

The associate director research with VIDO-InterVac says new strategies being developed to strengthen biosecurity are improving the cost effectiveness of efforts aimed at controlling Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea.

The Canadian Meat Council reports Canadian beef and pork processing plants are taking steps to capitalize on improved access to Ukraine as a result of a new Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement.

Four western Canadian farmers have served their amended statement of claim in the Federal Court of Canada alleging Ottawa shortchanged farmers by approximately $720 million dollars of farmers’ money from the operations of the Canadian Wheat Board in 2011/12 when the government was dismantling the marketing organization.

The Canadian Pork Council reports the prospects of a program designed to reduce the uncertainty that surrounds hedging as a business risk management tool is attracting the interest of lenders.

Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Officer expects the first of 5 swine farms infected with PEDv to be declared virus free within the next month or so.

The chair of Manitoba Pork’s public relations committee says a recent visit by staff of the U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committees provided an opportunity to showcase agriculture in the province and discuss key issues.