The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says western Canada needs to produce larger numbers of hogs to help the processing plants in the region move closer to capacity and improve their competitiveness with plants in the United States.
A swine specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development says the recent slide in live hog prices appears to have tempered any plans to expand North American hog production.
A farrow to finish operator in the Argyle area is calling on government to speed up the process of approving the hiring of foreign workers within the Canadian swine industry.
h@ms Marketing Services is advising pork producers to consider forward pricing a significant portion of their summer and fall hog production.
The manager of industry and policy analysis with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is predicting a return to profitability within the western Canadian hog industry by next May.
The Government of Canada is once again supporting the livestock industry as they develop a national traceability system.
A Neepawa, Manitoba area farmer is blaming new provincial environmental restrictions on livestock operations for his farm’s decision to exit the hog industry.
A U.S. based agricultural economist projects production costs, particularly feed costs, will be the biggest factor affecting profitability in the North American hog industry this winter.
The government of Manitoba is expressing its support for the creation of all risk mortality insurance for the hog sector.
Some cattle and hog producers facing hard financial times now have extra time to repay cash advances under the Advance Payment Program (APP).
