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SwineCast 0759, Canadian Pork Council Director Outlines Possible Response To COOL WTO Finding

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SwineCast 0715, U.S. - Canadian Swine Industry Has Much In Common

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  • While the U.S. and Canada joust on issues like mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) and cross-border trade, the need for protein around the world should forge closer ties in the future.  National Pork Producers Council President R. C. Hunt talks with Farmscape.ca's Bruce Cochrane.

SwineCast 0660, Is Canada Increasing Lead In Animal Traceability?

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  • While the U.S. livestock traceability effort struggles to connect the dots, Jeff Clark, manager of PigTrace Canada, tells Bruce Cochrane the traceability program north of the border hopes to garner international market share while providing additional animal health benefits.

SwineCast 0601, Manitoba Moves To Provide Mortality Insurance To Province Pork Producers

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  • Bruce Cochrane reports on the recent announcement that Manitoba's government plans to enhance agricultural insurance programs including all peril mortality insurance for the hog sector.

SwineCast 0564, Canadian Efforts To Improve Marbling In Response To Consumer Preference

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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.

SwineCast 0535, Tracking The Canadian Herd Buyout And The Hog Industry Loan Loss Reserve Program

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SwineCast 0477, Research Update from the Prairie Swine Centre

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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.

SwineCast 0471, Who will prevail in the Canadian vs U.S. WTO MCOOL dispute?

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SwineCast 0470, Why is there a Canadian herd buyout?

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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, Reviewing H1N1 Status and Learnings - Canadian Flu Review

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  • 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
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