Glacier FarmMedia – In early July, Manitoba Pork Council general manager Cam Dahl argued in an opinion piece that Canada’s product approvals process puts producers at a competitive disadvantage. “Farmers in competing countries like the U.S. have rapid access to new products and technologies, while the slow pace of regulatory approval in Canada can block […] Read more
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Project searches for phosphorus
An initiative in Manitoba that uses citizen science hopes to help pinpoint sources of excess nutrients in Lake Winnipeg
Glacier FarmMedia – Ken Boese lowers his water sampler over the side of a rural bridge east of Steinbach. The contraption is made of a foot of PVC pipe and a bit of concrete to keep it from floating. A plastic bottle is attached and the whole thing dangles from a length of rope. Boese […] Read more
Man. pork praises TFW extension
Glacier FarmMedia – Manitoba’s pork producer group is applauding a federal decision that will see a two-year permit extension for some 6,700 temporary foreign workers. “It was a good move,” said Cam Dahl, general manager for the Manitoba Pork Council. The decision, announced May 8, affects mainly post-graduation work permit holders who are working in […] Read more
More clarity urged for ag research requests
WINNIPEG — Concerns about tighter funding parameters in agricultural research should prompt farmers to get their requests together because incoherence is undermining research efforts, says the chair of the Agri-Food Innovation Council. “What do we want to get out of agricultural research?” asked Cam Dahl in an interview. “What are the public goods that are […] Read more
Uncertainty looms for hog sector in the wake of Prop 12
The impacts of a California animal welfare law that took full effect on the first day of 2024 are already being felt, according to Manitoba Pork general manager Cam Dahl. “Yes, Jan. 1 was a deadline but, in truth, Proposition 12 has been enforced since July,” he said. Proposition 12, or Prop 12, is a […] Read more
Hog industry wants to be ready for new COOL legislation
Sector says feds should have retaliatory tariffs locked and loaded if the U.S. enacts voluntary country-of-origin labelling
Manitoba Pork will support retaliatory tariffs if the U.S. goes ahead with its voluntary country of origin labeling scheme, producers heard at a recent meeting. “It’s my view that if the U.S. moves ahead with these changes, Canada will have the right to impose those retaliatory tariffs … We are again requesting the government of […] Read more
Be able to prove your work, hog producers told
Sector officials say ‘backing up what we say and proving what we do’ is the best defence against criticisms from the public
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Man. — Manitoba hog farmers are being told to embrace and live the Manitoba Pork Council’s prevailing mantra: “backing up what we say and proving what we do.” That line, spoken several times by MPC general manager Cam Dahl and other pork council staff and directors, was being promoted as the mindset […] Read more
Man. hog sector has significant economic reach
Manitoba only has 566 hog farms, but those operations have a massive impact on the economy. An economic impact report, released Aug. 3, has found that Manitoba’s pork industry contributes $2.3 billion to the province’s gross domestic product, which represents about 3.5 percent of Manitoba GDP. The industry employs 22,000 people and handles 55 percent […] Read more
