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Livestock, Markets

Manitoba shuns proposal for hog farm stabilization

By Shannon VanRaes April 5, 2013
Manitoba’s provincial government will not back a hog stabilization program proposed by the Manitoba Pork Council. “We’re very disappointed by the decision,” said council chairman Karl Kynoch, who anticipates more […] Read more

Twyla Francois, director of investigations with the Canadian arm of the Los Angeles-based group Mercy for Animals, says she doesn’t believe the pork industry is sincere about moving from gestation stalls to group housing. (Shannon VanRaes photo)
Livestock

Pork sector reeling as hidden-camera footage goes national

By Shannon VanRaes December 10, 2012
Video shot at a farm in Manitoba’s Interlake region by an undercover animal rights activist unfairly depicts animal care practices in the province, farm groups say. Featured on CTV’s newsmagazine […] Read more


Livestock

Maple Leaf Puratone offer sends message of stability to lenders

By Shannon VanRaes November 5, 2012
Maple Leaf Food’s agreement to purchase the Niverville-based Puratone Corporation is good news for Manitoba hog producers, according to the Manitoba Pork Council. "We’re happy to see that a Canadian […] Read more

Livestock

Maple Leaf examines options after Olymel eyes Big Sky

By Shannon VanRaes November 1, 2012
Maple Leaf Foods is examining its options after competitor Olymel placed a "stalking horse" bid on Big Sky Farms of Saskatchewan. Big Sky is a supplier for Maple Leaf’s Brandon […] Read more

Livestock

Province offered aid before pigs shot at Manitoba barn

By Shannon VanRaes October 11, 2012
An west-central Manitoba hog producer is said to have turned down assistance from the provincial agriculture ministry in the lead-up to the eventual euthanizing of 1,300 young hogs. "We had […] Read more


Livestock

Man. workers’ shooting of pigs in ‘distress’ questioned

By Shannon VanRaes September 7, 2012
Manitoba provincial workers took a full day to shoot 1,300 hogs in a barn that is now under investigation for inhumane treatment of its animals, according to a former employee […] Read more

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Staples Canada picks up straw-based paper

By Shannon VanRaes September 1, 2012
Manitoba farmers could see a lucrative new market for straw emerge, as the province moves closer to becoming the site of North America’s first pulp and paper mill using straw. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

Hundreds of weanling hogs euthanized at W. Man. farm

By Allan Dawson, Shannon VanRaes August 28, 2012
Provincial officials are investigating a suspected case of animal abuse after 1,300 piglets found in a state of "severe distress" were euthanized at a hog production facility in west-central Manitoba […] Read more


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Dairy farmers ready for tightened SCC levels

By Shannon VanRaes May 31, 2012
Canadian dairy farmers will have to meet new standards for somatic cell counts (SCCs) beginning this summer, but they appear to be ahead of the curve. Effective Aug. 1, regulatory […] Read more

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Corn to rule at Husky ethanol plant this spring

By Shannon VanRaes February 29, 2012
Husky Energy’s ethanol plant in Manitoba is set to ditch wheat and focus on corn for a two-month-long run this spring. "In the next couple of months, March and April, […] Read more

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