The Chair of Sask Pork says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s continued refusal to change regulations that are increasing the risk bringing PED into Canada is frustrating.
The General Manager of World Pork Expo says this year’s edition of the annual event will feature two separate streams of educational sessions.
The General Manager of World Pork Expo expects over 20,000 people from around the world to take part this week in Des Moines, Iowa in one of the largest ever editions of World Pork Expo.
Keystone Agricultural Producers is generally pleased with the Manitoba Department of Agriculture’s allocation of the provincial budget recently announced, which remains largely unchanged from 2015.
The general manager of h@ms Marketing Services is advising pork producers to lock in at least a portion of their production at the current strong prices.
The Manager of the University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre reports over 30 school groups have visited the facility since the beginning of this year.
The Chair of Manitoba Pork remains hopeful lobbying by pork producers will result in reinstatement of an emergency protocol that had helped keep PED out of western Canada.
A Cereal Crop Specialist with Manitoba Agriculture reports a combination of heat and timely rainfall has given crops across the province an excellent start.
The Canadian Pork Council says avoiding any spread of PED will be the first priority following the first case in western Canada in over a year and a half.
The Canadian Pork Council anticipates the introduction of fines by the end of this year for failure to comply with regulations requiring the reporting of swine movements within Canada.
