North America’s hog industry is grappling with multiple issues these days, but is presently feeling better than some of the other livestock industries. That doesn’t mean that everything’s great, but not yet having to deal with avian flu infections is keeping hog farmers in a cautiously optimistic mood about their challenges. More World Pork Expo […] Read more
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VIDEO: Hog producers face challenges in the upcoming year
Changing diseases, new rules in export markets and relatively high feedgrain prices create headwinds for the industry
Hog producers are hunkered down for a tough year as reduced margins combine with trade chaos to create a cloudy outlook. Yet beneath those stormy skies, hog farms continue to invest in open housing systems. They are building new barns, successfully tackling tough disease issues and setting bold targets for further improvements. That was the message as the province’s […] Read more
Public-driven pork policy brings related headaches
Direct democracy may be a great idea but it can create unintended headaches. Consider California’s Proposition 12, which establishes minimum space requirements for egg-laying hens, breeding pigs and veal calves. Its effects extend far beyond the state’s borders and therein lies one of the problems. Under the new regime, pork sold in the state must […] Read more
New American pork regulations will likely boost inflation
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
Loose housing options vary
There are many options when choosing a loose sow housing system and the decision mostly depends on hog farmers’ confidence in husbandry and technology. Canadian hog farmers are gradually moving toward loose housing for gestating sows, but debate continues over which system is best. Check out our Hog Hub for more hog-specific stories Matt Davis […] 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
Congress eyes overturning animal welfare law
Major U.S. hog pork producers are divided over whether federal lawmakers should overturn California’s Proposition 12
(Reuters) — Some big American pork producers who have spent money to comply with a California law requiring more living space for certain farm animals are lukewarm about legislation proposed in the United States Congress that would overturn the state law. The National Pork Producers Council, the pork industry trade group, supports the Ending Agricultural […] Read more
Borders are significant — in both good and bad ways
Borders matter. They can work well. When they’re used like they are at Emerson-Pembina to limit the spread of disease, dangerous people and illegal goods, they can help trade flourish. But when they’re used to chop up trade and business, they can become a human-made nightmare.
Proposition 12 could bring big trouble for the livestock trade
Gary Stordy, a former CPC director, said the law would affect Canada’s pork industry, which exported nearly five million feeder pigs, more than 1.5 million market hogs and more than 1.4 million tonnes of finished pork products to the United States in 2021.
VIDEO: Hog price outlook grim as California’s Proposition 12 looms
As of July 2, does North America produce enough Prop 12 compliant pork to feed California's huge population, and what happens to all the pork that gets blocked from the state?
