In the next months, American consumers are going to be getting a textbook case of inflation creation as pork prices respond to recent snags regulated into the industry. Canadian farmers are going to be experiencing a textbook example of how regulatory inefficiencies often cost everybody money and benefit almost nobody, as well as achieving few […] Read more
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Too early to say 2024 will be stronger year for hog prices
Canadian pig producers are happy to put 2023 and its financial losses behind them, but will 2024 be any better? It appears producers in Canada and the United States are reducing the size of their breeding herds, which normally would reduce the supply of pigs and pork and support the price. But the January U.S. […] Read more
Numbers matter, especially when watching the markets
Numbers matter, and in markets, numbers really, really matter. That truth becomes obvious every time some number, some statistic or some reported data collides with market expectations. You could see that Sept. 28, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Hogs and Pigs report found that American hog producers were keeping alive more piglets per litter, […] Read more
Man. hog sector has significant economic reach
Economic impact report says the province’s 566 hog farms contribute $2.3 billion to the provincial gross domestic product 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 […] Read more
Activists target Ont. hog farm with ransomware
Cyber experts warn an attack that threatened to expose non-existent livestock abuse is likely to become more common
A ransomware attack on a small Ontario hog business is something the agriculture industry must pay more attention to, said a cybersecurity expert. Instead of cash, the attackers demanded the hog business owners publicly admit to what they alleged to be livestock mistreatment. The occurrence was unique and alarming, said Ali Dehghantanha, Canada Research Chair […] Read more
Novel soybean variety now contains pork protein
For decades, soybean meal and soybeans have been a critical part of pig diets. Pigs eat soybeans, they gain weight and add muscle. That muscle eventually becomes pork, which humans eat as pork chops, pork tenderloin and sausage. But now, a European company has found a more direct way of turning soybeans into pork. Moolec […] Read more
‘Intelligent nutrition’ promoted for livestock sector
DES MOINES, Iowa — Nutrition isn’t an easy or fast way to make money in the livestock industry. But that doesn’t seem to rattle the folks at Novus International, who enthusiastically presented their newest creations at the World Pork Expo here in June. “There is intellectual property on the nutrition side, you just have to […] Read more
Ukrainian hog producers cope with long power cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa — Like most farmers at the World Pork Expo, Yaroslav Bondar was there to pick up the newest ideas about hog production. But unlike most producers there, he’d been trying to manage tens of thousands of feeder pigs while cruise missiles slammed into nearby powerplants and threw his barns into darkness for […] Read more
Manitoba meat plant expansion to keep more sows in Canada
The Manitoba and federal governments are investing $2.4 million in the Winkler Meats project, for new harvesting and processing equipment and a high-capacity packaging line. The province is also providing $7.8 million in loan financing and tax rebates.
World Pork Expo 2023: Hogs in flux
Follow this page today and tomorrow for posts from the WPX, where I’ll try to bring you what’s happening, what’s news, what’s new and exciting, and what’s going on with BBQ pork, of which there is an abundance smoking away around the Iowa State Fairgrounds. PROP 12 COMPLIANT STEEL AND SYSTEMS BIG IN TRADE SHOW […] Read more
