The chair of Manitoba Pork says, despite record profits in 2014, the number of hogs produced within Manitoba, is still about a million hogs per year short of what the province’s packing plants need to maintain peak performance.
The chair of the Canadian Pork Council reports key highlights of 2014 included substantial improvements in profitability, significant developments on the trade front and major advances in terms of biosecurity and animal health.
The chair of Sask Pork remains hopeful expanded trade deals will help maintain profitability within the North American pork industry during the coming year.
The chair of Sask Pork is warning Saskatchewan’s pork producers to be prepared for reduced profitability as pork production expands in response to record profits this past summer.
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 director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services says, despite the recent slide in live hog prices, Canadian pork producers can expect to remain profitable for at least the next four to six months.
Despite the recent slide in live hog prices North American pork producers are expected to remain profitable well into 2015.
A livestock economist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture expects North American hog producers to remain profitable through the fall and winter in spite of recent declines in live hog prices.
The director of risk management with h@ms Marketing Services is confident pork producers will have an opportunity to lock in profitable hog prices this winter and into the spring of 2015 as a result of PED.
Despite Russia’s ban on North American pork imports, Sask Pork remains confident the province’s pork producers will be able to lock in profitable hog prices throughout the coming winter.
