Maple Leaf Foods is splitting into two independent public entities by spinning off its pork business, it said today.
Maple Leaf Foods will retain a 19.9 per cent ownership position in the newly formed pork company, the name of which will be announced in the coming months, the company said.
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Maple Leaf Foods plans to split into two independent public companies
Global demand for pork remains strong, buoying industry optimism
Processing capacity in Ontario must still be addressed, farmers heard
Ontario Pork’s outgoing chair delivered a sombre but optimistic assessment of the industry’s future during the organization’s annual general meeting in Guelph March 21. John de Bruyn said lingering value […] Read more
Olymel parent company posts profit after plant closures
The company closed plants in Ontario, Quebec, and slowed production in the west in 2023
Sollio Cooperative Group, parent company of meat processor Olymel, says it’s back in the black after a period of losses led to closures and cut-backs.
Smithfield Foods ends contracts with 26 US pig farms, citing oversupply
American pork producers have been losing money as pig prices, consumer demand bump against high costs
Smithfield Foods said it will end contracts with 26 hog farms in the U.S. state of Utah, in the latest contraction by the world's largest pork processor in the face of an industry oversupply.
HyLife buys pork packing, hog production capacity
Firm buys stake in U.S. packer, Manitoba hog farming business
Canadian hog production and pork processing firm HyLife has moved to expand its reach in North American pork packing as well as Manitoba hog farming. La Broquerie, Man.-based HyLife announced […] Read more
Canada’s pork sector up to speed, aware of challenges
Processing plants enhancing biosecurity; producers being urged to watch their stress levels
They’re adding protective plexiglass shields, bringing in trailers to separate groups of workers, and boosting communication on biosecurity. It’s all part of an ongoing effort to ensure pork processing plants […] Read more
HyLife co-founder Paul Vielfaure, 59
Funeral arrangements are pending for one of the founding brothers behind Prairie hog production and pork processing firm HyLife. Paul Vielfaure died suddenly Nov. 23 at age 59, his family […] Read more
Ontario hog farmers to get new options with Michigan plant
A combination of hog prices remaining high despite good supplies and a new processing plant in nearby Michigan have Ontario hog farmers optimistic about the near future. “It’s unambiguously good […] Read more
Olymel to consolidate ham work next fall
The meat packing arm of Quebec’s La Coop federee plans to shut down major ham lines at one of its further-processing plants in the province next year, cutting up to […] Read more
Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit
Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher earnings in its prepared meats business. Adjusted operating earnings in the meat products segment […] Read more