News - Pork Industry

The executive director of the Canadian Pork Council says the quicker Canada can achieve a free trade agreement with South Korea the quicker the Canadian pork industry will be able to catch up to its major competitors in that market.

The National Pork Board says Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea has exposed areas which the U.S. pork industry needs to better understand and pay closer attention to better protect pigs from disease.

The president of tWorks suggests, by recognizing cultural differences, employers within the Canadian pork industry can avoid the miscommunications that often lead to problems in the workplace.

The president of Olymel says despite increasing competition, especially from the United States, the future for the Canadian pork industry looks bright.

The manager of PigTrace Canada says tools designed to accommodate the mandatory reporting of movements of pigs within Canada to accommodate swine traceability are now available for use.

A business development specialist pork with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development expects the partial shutdown of U.S. government services to have no substantial impact on the North American pork industry.

The associate director research with VIDO says the economic viability of developing a vaccine to combat an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea in the U.S. is questionable.

The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services is confident lower feed costs will result in improved profitability within the Canadian pork industry well into 2014.

An agricultural economist with the University of Missouri expects record U.S. corn production to result in greatly improved profitability for North American pork producers.

Fast Genetics says the uncertainty created by U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling continues to create problems for pork producers and packers on both sides of the border.