Canada

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• Bruce Cochrane talks with Brian Sullivan, the director of the Canadian Center For Swine Improvement on government funding to improve pork marbling and further differentiate the Canadian product.

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• Bruce Cochrane of Farmscape.ca talks with Jurgen Preugschas, president of the Canadian Pork Council, about outcomes of recent programs the Canadian government has extended to the industry.

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• Conversation with Prairie Swine Centre President Lee Whittington as we look at research projects, producer attitudes and new areas of interest for the industry.

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• Canada has launched a WTO claim against the U.S. Mandatory Country Of Origin Labeling Law (MCOOL). Today's program features thoughts from both sides of the dispute.
• Gerry Ritz, Ag Minister for the Canadian Government talks with Bruce Cochrane.
• National Pork Producers Council's Nick Giordano provides the U.S. perspective.

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• Farmscape.ca's Bruce Cochrane provides a pair of conversations to bring you up to date on the Canadian Herd Buyout. Here are the what's, why's and where's from north of the border.

SwineCast 0415 Show Notes:

• Conversation with NPPC Board Member and CEO of Iowa Select Farms, Dr Howard Hill discusses status and learnings from the recent H1N1 calamity
• Bruce Cochrane shares a conversation with the Chairman of the Canadian Pork Producers on what they're doing to recover from the flu

SwineCast 0375 Show Notes:

• Canadian correspondent Bruce Cochrane logs in with interviews from Banff.  Peace Pork's Rocky Morrell shares his thoughts on managing for profitable production.
• Jerry Bouma of Toma and Bouma Consulting looks at the future of the Canadian industry and significant changes that will need to be made

SwineCast 0325 Show Notes:

• Manitoba Pork expects production to shift to western Canada
• AVMA testifies no additional antibiotic regulation is needed
• Dr Trevor Smith at Univ of Guelph says current testing may under-report vomitoxin contamination... and you may pay the price

SwineCast 0299 Show Notes:

• Ag Secretary Schafer says government is looking for fast turn solutions to higher feed costs
• Canada's breeding herd cull program received widespread government support
• Feed components are increasingly imported from countries with poor purity standards. John Ratcliff of the U.K.s Food and Agriculture Consultancy says increased monitoring is necessary.
• American Feed Industry Association's Jerrod Kersey follows up with the issue from his industry's perspective
• Link to Pew Foundation report - Putting Meat

SwineCast 0291 Show Notes:

• Special report from Bruce Cochrane on the Manitoba moratorium as the Truffle Team heads to Indianapolis for the National Institute on Animal Agriculture Conference.  More coverage to come!