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 manager of industry and policy analysis with Sask Pork says the ability to track the movement of infectious diseases such as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea is demonstrating the value of Canada’s new swine traceability system.
The chair of Sask Pork says prevention is the best way to deal with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea. Last month Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea was confirmed on two sow operations in southeast Manitoba.
The manager of industry and policy analysis with Sask Pork is encouraging any pork producer not yet familiar with new requirements for the mandatory reporting of hog movements in Canada to contact their provincial pork office to get set up in the system.
The chair of Sask Pork says the moratorium on new hog barn construction or expansion in Manitoba makes Saskatchewan the logical choice for expansion of western Canada’s swine herd.
The chair of Sask Pork says the province’s pork producers will need assurances of long term profitability to justify new hog barn construction.
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.
The chair of Sask Pork is encouraging the province’s pork producers to take advantage of the warm summer temperatures to prepare for a heightened risk of PED as the weather begins to turn colder.
The manager of industry and policy analysis with Sask Pork reports, so far, the transition to mandatory reporting of the movement of pigs within Canada has been going smoothly.
The chair of Sask Pork says the devastation cause by PED has demonstrated the need for a strong national approach to guarding Canada’s boarders from the entry of new animal disease threats.
