A senior market economist with the George Morris Centre expects consumers to alter their food purchasing patterns as prices rise in the grocery store.
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says amalgamation of the Animal Care Assessment and Canadian Quality Assurance programs will bring the Canadian pork industry more in step with its international trading partners.
The facilitator of the Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Pilot Project is confident the new program will benefit Canadian pork producers and the Canadian pork industry.
The general manager of h@ms Marketing Services says a combination of high feed costs and the strong Canadian dollar continue to pressure profitability within the Canadian pork industry.
Growth in the demand for pork in emerging markets is expected to continue to lead the recovery of the Canadian pork industry.
Manitoba Pork Council has unveiled, on behalf of the province’s 700 pork producers, a vision for the long term sustainability of the pork industry in Manitoba.
The president of Grey, Clark, Shih and Associates warns Canada’s failure to work out a free trade agreement with the Republic of Korea threatens to effectively shut the Canadian pork industry out of that market.
Canada’s pork industry is calling on the prime minister to become directly involved in kick-starting a resumption of free trade negotiations with South Korea.
Research aimed at improving the competitiveness of the Canadian pork value chain will be the focus of the Canadian Swine Research and Development Cluster.
The Government of Canada is once again supporting the livestock industry as they develop a national traceability system.
