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Livestock, Markets

Manitoba pork industry grows despite ‘uncertainty’

Bacon plant, breeding facility show sector strength

By Adam Peleshaty September 17, 2022
MarketsFarm — The current state of Manitoba’s pork industry is evident in a pair of large investments within the sector, according to the general manager of Manitoba Pork. Cam Dahl, […] Read more

File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Federal funding lined up for programs, planning against swine fever

Two-year package to go toward pork industry work

By Dave Bedard September 4, 2022
The federal government is putting up an eight-figure funding wall to help prevent African swine fever from ever reaching Canada’s hog farms — and to prepare against any breach. Agriculture […] Read more

File photo of pigs on a farm in Germany. (FooTToo/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Markets

Swine fever outbreak in Germany’s top pork state poses lasting threat

Risk seen for spread to neighbours Netherlands, France

By Michael Hogan July 5, 2022
Hamburg | Reuters — The spread of African swine fever to Germany’s most important pig rearing region has dealt a serious blow to the sector with major markets such as […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets

Hog sector to focus on margins in face of outside volatility

'Counter-cyclical' moves seen in markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 14, 2022
MarketsFarm — The hog sector has found itself caught up in the general uncertainty of many commodity and financial markets — making it more difficult than normal to predict where […] Read more

A McDonald’s restaurant sign in San Diego on March 31, 2015. (File photo: Reuters/Mike Blake)
Livestock

McDonald’s calls Icahn demands on sourcing pigs ‘unfeasible’

Investor cites company's 10-year-old pledge

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss April 22, 2022
Boston | Reuters — McDonald’s Corp on Thursday said Carl Icahn’s call for the fast food chain to stop buying pork from suppliers that house the animals in crates would […] Read more


File photo of piglets at a hog operation in China. (KuLouKu/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Markets

China’s hog output recovers, drags on Brazil pork exports

China's total Q1 pork imports down 64 per cent

By Nayara Figueiredo April 19, 2022
Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian pork exporters are grappling with a drop in volumes shipped to their main buyer, China, which has increased its pork meat production after an […] Read more

A group of wild boars running in Europe, where the pigs have caused challenges with disease spread. (iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Saskatchewan to license, limit wild boar farming

Moratorium placed on any new farms

By Dave Bedard March 18, 2022
Saskatchewan is tightening its rules on wild boar farming, including a moratorium on any new farms, in a renewed bid to keep the province’s feral pig population in check. The […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets

Canada allows Brazilian beef and pork, Brazil ag minister says

By Reuters March 14, 2022
Updated, March 15 — Reuters — Canada has approved the importation of beef and pork from Brazil, which had been blocked over health concerns, authorities from both countries said on […] Read more


A view of the pig heart used in the transplant, before its removal from the pig, on Jan. 7, 2022. (Medschool.umaryland.edu)
Livestock

U.S. man with transplanted GM pig heart dies, hospital says

By Kanishka Singh March 10, 2022
Reuters — A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died Tuesday afternoon at the University of […] Read more

Indian pork curry with naan bread. (Paul_Brighton/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

India to allow imports of U.S. pork and products

By Andrea Shalal January 11, 2022
Washington | Reuters — India has agreed to allow imports of U.S. pork and pork products into India, removing a longstanding barrier to U.S. agricultural trade, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine […] Read more

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