News - Manitoba Pork

Manitoba Pork Council reports interest among the province’s pork producers in participating in a new National Swine Biosecurity Training Program has been strong.

Manitoba Pork Council says upgrades planned for the Hylife Foods hog slaughtering plant will allow Hylife to expand its markets, increase the demand for hogs, create jobs, and generate huge economic spin-offs.

Manitoba Pork Council is confident the University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre will play a key role in reconnecting the urban public with what’s involved in producing the food we eat.

Manitoba Pork Council is expressing its frustration over the provincial government’s passage of new legislation that further limits the ability of the province’s pork producers to expand their operations.

The provincial government took aim at pig producers once more in the war on phosphorus.

Concerns over U.S. Country of Origin Labeling, the impact of rising feed costs and issues surrounding the movement of Canadian weanlings south are expected to be among the key topics discussed when a delegation representing Manitoba Pork Council travels to Iowa next month for World Pork Expo.

Manitoba Pork Council estimates 30 percent of its pork producer members have now completed a multi-purpose survey launched earlier this year.

Manitoba Pork Council reports a generally positive reaction to the release of Manitoba pork producers’ vision for the long term sustainability of pork production within the province.

Manitoba’s pork producers have voted to accept a plan to restructure the organization that represents their interests.

The chair of Manitoba Pork Council’s research committee says, before any alternative system for housing gestating sows can be endorsed for widespread adoption, it needs to be thoroughly assessed.