News - Manitoba Pork

Manitoba Pork Council is encouraging pork producers to familiarize themselves with proposed changes to the Canadian Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs and identify any adjustments they feel should be made.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council warns, if the United States wants world trade to work properly, it needs to realize that all of the participants including themselves have to abide by a certain set of rules.

Manitoba Pork Council is encouraging its members to to become more involved in social media.

This past week, Manitoba Pork Council announced the recipients of its 2013 Pork Industry Awards.

The vice chair of Manitoba Pork Council warns the economic pressures that have prompted the provinces pork producers to reduce production threatens the supply of hogs available for Manitoba’s pork processing plants.

In the absence of a provincial hog stabilization program Manitoba Pork Council is advising pork producers to maintain close contact with their creditors and to discuss options with the Manitoba Pork Credit Corporation.

In a meeting this week, Minister Ron Kostyshyn (MAFRI) told representatives of the Manitoba Pork Council (MPC) that the provincial government will not support the Hog Stabilization Program.

An Argyle area pork producer is calling for an emergency meeting involving pork industry stakeholders and government to find long term solutions to the crisis facing their industry.

The general manager of Manitoba Pork Council warns proposed changes to U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling will bring further harm to the U.S. pork industry.

Manitoba Pork Council is calling on the Manitoba government to back a provincial program to help pork producers cover critical operating costs when returns fall below the cost of production.