A great ride, but it is time to leave the race says the retiring chair of Manitoba Pork Council.
At the annual general meeting of Manitoba Pork Council in Winnipeg in April, Karl Kynoch stepped down as chair after serving for 11 years.
Kynoch says there are a number of challenges for the industry going forward.
“I
2015 Manitoba Pork Industry Awards
Manitoba Pork recognized the winners of the 2015 Pork Industry Awards, presented annually to individuals, groups and organizations in recognition of their significant contributions at the annual general meeting on April 15.
The first award went to the Manitoba Veterinary Medical Association presented in recognition of the exemplary leadership of Manitoba’s
Dr. Tracy Gilson, the operations manager with the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre says, since the facility opened its doors three years ago, the baby pigs are still its most popular attraction.
The University of Manitoba’s Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, located on highway 75 south of Winnipeg, features
The pork industry in Canada seems to be one sector of agriculture which could literally fade into oblivion.
That is actually a statement I would not have thought I would ever write, but the sector is evidence of how quickly things can change in the area of agriculture.
Pigs were once commonplace on practically every farm
It sometimes seems much-to-do-about-nothing with the Manitoba NDP government negotiating with Manitoba Pork Council and its member hog farmers to try and get around the hog barn expansion moratorium.
First, the province suggested using equipment far too costly and that doesn’t work in Manitoba’s cold winters. Now they’re suggesting if the new hog barns farmers
As I am typing this it is a beautiful 26 degrees outside and seeding in this area is over eighty per cent complete. Now all we need is some much required rain.
Producers are very excited with the recent announcement of the final rejected appeal on COOL. Now the U.S. has to take a hard
Karl Kynoch stepped down as chair of Manitoba Pork, as the Council held annual meeting in Winnipeg on April 15, happy the NDP government in Manitoba and the pork industry could resolve to some extent at least the total ban on pork production in Manitoba.
Kynoch says he’s happy because he and the MPC spent
The Manitoba government’s introduction of a new special pilot project permit evaluation protocol will allow the construction of swine barns in the province to resume under 11 new conditions.
In 2006 the Manitoba NDP government banned the construction or expansion of swine barns in 35 rural municipalities and in 2011 extended the ban to the
This is definitely a historic date for livestock industries in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The WTO recognizes, as do most others a cow is a cow is a cow, and a pig is a pig is a pig, no matter where born, raised, processed and eaten.
On May 18, 2015, the WTO Appellate
As far back as 2004, this columnist warned the industry what could lay ahead should the United States ever fully implement the mandatory country of origin labelling, or simply M-COOL. Someone, not this reporter had laid out for him the potential consequences, but others didn’t really think so, especially government at that time.
Fast forward
