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The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board credits a combination of reduced hog supplies and stronger demand for pork for improved live hog prices.

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI) advises that last week the fungal disease ‘late blight’ was discovered on tomato seedlings at several retail locations in Winnipeg and Brandon, raising concerns in Manitoba’s potato industry.

The managing director of Crystal Springs Hog Equipment says improved optimism in the North American hog industry is fueling improved sales of hog equipment.

The pulp and paper industry received a boost today when the Governments of Canada and Manitoba delivered a $400,000 investment to support research and development of high quality, eco-friendly paper made from agricultural crop byproducts.

The Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State (Agriculture), Jean-Pierre Blackburn, is producing tangible results for young farmers to make farming in Canada a sustainable prospect for the future.

The Canadian Pork Council is welcoming new federal investments to give Canada’s pork industry a competitive edge.

The federal government has announced new investments for research, traceability and product development to help boost the Canadian pork industry’s competitive edge in foreign and domestic markets.

A researcher with the University of Manitoba says the moratorium on hog industry expansion imposed on much of Manitoba could limit producers’ ability to adopt technologies designed to ensure environmental sustainability.

Ottawa is calling for public comment on proposed amendments that would allow the inclusion of certain foreign sourced ingredients in Canadian processed food products and still be labelled “Product of Canada” or “Made in Canada.”

The Government of Canada is delivering real results for the meat packing and processing sector in Manitoba with an investment of $567,500 in Country Meat and Sausage in Blumenort.