Canada

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! 

SwineCast 0285 Show Notes:

• Smithfield closes Kingston plant
• Manitoba Moratorium... Bruce Cochrane talks with Terry Sargent, chair of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission
• ARS developing method of harvesting phosphorus from manures
• Salt water as a disinfectant... if Electric Aquagenics Unlimited can get the cost down
• Excel Technologies overviews next generation control units

SwineCast 0272 Show Notes:

• Where's the beef?
  
• Sr Market Analyst with the George Morris Centre Kevin Grier reviews the big issues for Canadian producers
• How should you react to current macro-economic forces in the business world?
• Tom Weber with USDA looks at impact of high fiber rations on monogastrics

SwineCast 0270 Show Notes:

• Chavez ready to take over agriculture in Venezuela
• Rabobank's Fiona Boal looks at pork production outside North America
• Canadians in Minnesota for Pork Congress.. next stop for delegation (and me) is Iowa Pork Congress. See you there?

SwineCast 0268 Show Notes:

• Harrison retiring as president of NPB
• USDA Supply and Demand Report review with K State's Mike Woolverton
• General Manager of the Sask Pork Development Board says government needs to step in to keep swine industry viable
• Next generation financing just one step in helping transition agriculture to the next generation
• International Feed Expo to share space with poultr

SwineCast 0267 Show Notes:

• Now Chinese pigs really DO glow in the dark!!
• Canadian views on viability and position of their industry in the international marketplace
• Sarah Muirhead logs in with a look at an article on the size of your operation and what it means to the consumer
• Controlled atmosphere package alternatives with Darren Cornforth
• The American Meat Institute's Animal Handling and Transportation Institute in KC next month. Register here!

SwineCast 0254 Show Notes:

• From the Saskatchewan Swine Conference...
  
• Steve Meyer of Paragon Economics looks at COOL and other issues facing Canadian producers
  
• Sask Pork Board Chair Joel Kleinsasser says exchange rate only one factor in producer challenges
• Mycotoxins in your feed supply?  How serious is the concern.
• At K-State Swine Day, Dr. Steve Henry reviews PCV findings
  
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