News - Pork Industry

The chair of Manitoba Pork says addressing swine health issues and rebuilding Manitoba’s swine production infrastructure will be among the provincial pork industry’s main focuses is 2015.

The chair of Sask Pork remains hopeful expanded trade deals will help maintain profitability within the North American pork industry during the coming year.

A financial services officer with AgStar Financial Services says the biggest influence affecting the North American hog market moving into 2015 will be whether or not we see an increase in the number of cases of PED as the weather turns colder.

The vice president of Sunterra Foods is calling on stakeholders within Canada’s pork industry to voice their concerns over changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services warns continued profitability within the North American pork industry is likely to trigger an expansion of production.

The chair of Alberta Pork says, while it was too late for many, the turn around in live hog prices that occurred in 2014 came just in time to avert disaster within the Canadian pork industry.

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says interest among Canadian pork industry stakeholders in continuing the efforts of the organization remains strong.

The manager of quality assurance and labour with Manitoba Pork says, as the result of increased competition for labour, the province’s pork industry has become increasingly dependent on foreign workers.

The chair of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board is confident, once ratified, a new free trade agreement with south Korea will immediately strengthen the position of the Canadian pork industry in that market.

Canada’s agriculture minister has announced a 15 million dollar federal commitment over five years to help the Canadian pork industry promote its products in foreign markets.