News - Pork Industry

The president of the National Pork Producers Council says new U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling rules will create logistical issues for American pork producers, processors and packers and retailers and will harm the U.S. pork industry.

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

The chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board says the Canadian pork industry’s experience with porcine circovirus has demonstrated the value of investments in preventive medicine.

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.

h@ms Marketing Services says improved hog prices over the past couple of months have helped generate renewed optimism within the Canadian pork industry.

The vice president of technical programs and marketing services with Canada Pork International says new free trade agreements are creating potential new destinations for Canadian pork.

An assistant professor with the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture reports the prospects of improving the productivity of swine barn workers by reducing their risk of injury is generating a lot of interest.

Canada Pork International says pork processors capable of delivering the right quality and the right specifications into the right markets at the right value can capture substantial premiums.

The president of Paragon Economics suggests the key to restored profitability within the North American pork industry will be what happens with the weather and with next year’s crop.

The president and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says research priorities have changed in direct response to changes that have occurred within the pork industry over the 20 years the centre has been operating.