The chair of Sask Pork says the province’s pork producers will need assurances of long term profitability to justify new hog barn construction.
Manitoba Pork Council is calling on government to support a proposal that would help attract more private investment in the construction of the new hog barns necessary to optimize the province’s pork processing capacity.
Scientists hope to reduce pork production costs by developing improved standards for the construction of swine barns.
Manitoba will strengthen the building code for agriculture buildings and introduce a new Farm Building Code to make buildings safer and offer increased fire protection to livestock and property, Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard announced today.
Manitoba’s Fire Commissioner says proposed new requirements for the construction of agricultural buildings will apply only to new construction or major renovations.
Manitoba’s pork producers are expressing their support for plans to apply provincial building codes to the construction of new or expanded agricultural buildings.
Manitoba’s Fire Commissioner estimates extending provisions of the Buildings and Mobile Homes Act to cover agricultural buildings will add one to three percent to the cost of constructing new farm buildings.
Labour and Immigration Minister Nancy Allan introduced amendments to the Buildings and Mobile Homes Act which would require farm buildings to be designed and constructed to meet building codes.
