China’s pig industry representatives will gather next week in Beijing to discuss ways to reduce breeding sow numbers by a million as part of a push to tackle over-capacity and stabilize prices.
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Chinese tariffs create double-whammy trade war for Canadian pork
U.S. tariffs one one side, Chinese tariffs on the other: Can Canadian pork keep from buckling under the pressure?
U.S. tariffs one one side, Chinese tariffs on the other. Can the Canadian pork and hog sectors keep from buckling under the pressure?
Stacking the deck against African swine fever
The hog industry prepares for a quick and overwhelming international response should the disease be found in Canada
Glacier FarmMedia – The fallout if African swine fever arrives in Canada is enough to keep the pork sector up at night. There would be direct animal health impacts from a virus that devastated hog barns in China and other Asian nations only a few years ago. The impact on markets and trade, however, is […] Read more
Japan’s low yen boosts Canadian pork exports
Canada’s sales to the Asian country have seen a major jump this year as its currency struggles against the U.S. dollar
WINNIPEG — Thanks to a currency advantage, Canada’s pork exports to Japan have exploded in 2024. In the first five months of the year, Japan imported $625 million worth of pork from Canada. That’s up from $358 million in sales during the same period in 2023, which means exports have jumped 75 per cent in […] Read more
