Pork in Ontario Discussions - Ontario Agriculture2024-03-29T12:34:40Zhttps://ontag.farms.com/forum/categories/pork-in-ontario-discussions/listForCategory?feed=yes&xn_auth=no2 questions about my pigstag:ontag.farms.com,2016-04-28:3646443:Topic:652142016-04-28T14:18:10.569ZAlix bezakhttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/Alixbezak
<p>hi there I am just starting out with my first feeder pigs. I feed purina hog grower from my feed mill does anyone use this product I cant find information anywhere on the amount of feed to feed my pigs. I asked the feed mill and they said free choice but this seems impossible to me and I have heard that feeding too much will create a very fatty carcass. thoughts</p>
<p>I have also observed my pigs doing something find abnormal, but I haven't found any other information about it online.…</p>
<p>hi there I am just starting out with my first feeder pigs. I feed purina hog grower from my feed mill does anyone use this product I cant find information anywhere on the amount of feed to feed my pigs. I asked the feed mill and they said free choice but this seems impossible to me and I have heard that feeding too much will create a very fatty carcass. thoughts</p>
<p>I have also observed my pigs doing something find abnormal, but I haven't found any other information about it online. Background: they have been with me for 2 weeks, they lived indoors and ate a different feed prior to coming to me, now they are on pasture and unfortunately have gotten a sunburn, now in have seen them reverse arching their backs and sometimes even dropping their bellies to the ground and walking along as if they cant use their back legs. It is only very intermittently, I am thinking maybe they are scratching but it doesn't really explain why they are making their backs concave at times as they walk along, almost a humping motion. anyone experience this, is it normal, should I worry thanks</p> Canadian Pig Code of Practice Draft - What's Your Thoughts?tag:ontag.farms.com,2013-07-04:3646443:Topic:418992013-07-04T14:30:43.879ZAmanda Brodhagenhttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/AmandaBrodhagen
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Would like to get a discussion going on the topic about the Canadian Pig Code of Practice proposed draft. What are your thoughts? Do you agree with the revisions? If so, why? Do any of the proposed changes concern you? If so, which aspects of the code?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The following is a story I wrote about focusing on Ontario Pork producers…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Would like to get a discussion going on the topic about the Canadian Pig Code of Practice proposed draft. What are your thoughts? Do you agree with the revisions? If so, why? Do any of the proposed changes concern you? If so, which aspects of the code?</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The following is a story I wrote about focusing on Ontario Pork producers regarding this issue:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 20px;">Pig Code Draft Worries Producers</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Ontario Pork Holds Pig Code Information Night</strong></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Link: <a href="http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/pig-code-draft-worries-producers-154.aspx">http://www.farms.com/ag-industry-news/pig-code-draft-worries-producers-154.aspx</a></span></p> US MCOOL Cost Canadian Swine Producers $1.9Billion Dollars...tag:ontag.farms.com,2013-01-16:3646443:Topic:365712013-01-16T04:50:02.642ZOntAG Adminhttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/OntAGAdmin
<p><b><font face="Arial" size="3">U.S. M-COOL Cost Canadian Swine Producers 1.9 Billion Dollars and Mounting</font></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Farmscape for January 15, 2013</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></br> A livestock economist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development estimates Mandatory U.S. Country of Origin Labelling has already cost the Canadian pork industry in excess of 1.9 billion dollars. In November 2011 the World Trade…</span></p>
<p><b><font size="3" face="Arial">U.S. M-COOL Cost Canadian Swine Producers 1.9 Billion Dollars and Mounting</font></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Farmscape for January 15, 2013</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br/> A livestock economist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development estimates Mandatory U.S. Country of Origin Labelling has already cost the Canadian pork industry in excess of 1.9 billion dollars. In November 2011 the World Trade Organization determined U.S. Mandatory Country of Origin Labelling discriminates against imported livestock and last month the U.S. was given until May 23, 2013 to bring the law into compliance with WTO rules or face the prospects of retaliatory tariffs. A report prepared for the Canadian Pork Council, which estimates the damage caused by M-COOL to Canada's pork industry, was released yesterday. The report's author, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development livestock economist Ron Gietz, explains losses were assessed by category based on official U.S. Department of Commerce data in U.S. dollars.<br/></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Ron Gietz-Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development:</strong> Up to and including October, 2012 we found an impact of over 10 million head of slaughter hogs. That had a value of approximately 1.5 billion dollars. We found an impact of 4.3 million isowean or baby feeder pigs. That had an impact of 140 million dollars. Those are smaller animals, therefore a lower value per head and we found an impact on feeder pigs under 50 kilograms, greater than 23 kilograms and that has impacted 5.2 million head of directly lost trade volume since that period at a value of 268 million dollars. Adding those three categories up the total is 19.9 million head and that comes at a value of 1.9 billion.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br/> The report will be forwarded to the federal government for use is setting retaliatory tariffs in the event the United States fails to bring the law into compliance with its international trade obligations by the May 23 deadline.</span></p> How much lower do you think feed prices will go?tag:ontag.farms.com,2012-01-17:3646443:Topic:304772012-01-17T18:28:01.350Zpigsrgr8https://ontag.farms.com/profile/pigrgr8
<p>Grain markets have dropped the past week. How much lower can they go?</p>
<p>Anyone booking feed out and for how long?</p>
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<p>Grain markets have dropped the past week. How much lower can they go?</p>
<p>Anyone booking feed out and for how long?</p>
<p> </p> Haney: Is the Hog Business Finished in Canada?tag:ontag.farms.com,2010-11-26:3646443:Topic:72322010-11-26T12:34:07.000ZJoe Daleshttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/JoeDales
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<span class="ccbnTtl">Maple Leaf launches sale process for Burlington, Ontario, pork processing business<br></br></span><br></br>
<p>TORONTO, May 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Maple Leaf Foods (MFI: TSX) today announced that it is launching a formal sale process for its Ontario pork processing business located in Burlington, Ontario, following renewed interest from potential purchasers and improved economic conditions and credit markets. The Company has engaged financial advisors to support the…</p>
<span class="ccbnTtl">Maple Leaf launches sale process for Burlington, Ontario, pork processing business<br/></span><br/>
<p>TORONTO, May 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --Maple Leaf Foods (MFI: TSX) today announced that it is launching a formal sale process for its Ontario pork processing business located in Burlington, Ontario, following renewed interest from potential purchasers and improved economic conditions and credit markets. The Company has engaged financial advisors to support the sale process.</p>
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<p>"The sale of the <span class="xn-location">Burlington</span> business will complete the last phase of Maple Leaf's protein transformation journey and supports our commitment to refocus our growth in the value-added meat, meals and bakery business," said <span class="xn-person">Michael Vels</span>, Chief Financial Officer. "We are reinvigorating the sale process following renewed interest, including the potential of completing a sale to a producer group."</p>
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<p>The 365,000 square foot <span class="xn-location">Burlington</span> facility is one of the largest and most efficient pork processing facilities in <span class="xn-location">Canada</span>. Together with its management and sales teams it is a profitable business with a highly skilled workforce.</p>
<p>Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading Canadian food processing company headquartered in <span class="xn-location">Toronto, Canada</span>. The Company employs approximately 23,500 people at its operations across <span class="xn-location">Canada</span> and in <span class="xn-location">the United States</span>, <span class="xn-location">Europe</span> and <span class="xn-location">Asia</span>. The Company had sales of <span class="xn-money">$5.2 billion</span> in 2009.</p>
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<p>SOURCE Maple Leaf Foods Inc.</p> Minister of Agriculture Provides Information on Ontario Hog Marketing. What Do Pork Producers Think of the Ruling?tag:ontag.farms.com,2010-05-18:3646443:Topic:51492010-05-18T14:14:14.000ZJoe Daleshttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/JoeDales
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</font></b><p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">I wondered how Ontario Pork Producers felt about the Minister's decision.</font></b></p>
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</font></b><p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">I wondered how Ontario Pork Producers felt about the Minister's decision.</font></b></p>
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<p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Joe</font></b></p>
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<p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Minister Provides Clarity on Hog Marketing</font></b></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Ontario Pork News Release</font></p>
<p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman">Guelph, May 14, 2010 –</font></b> <font face="Times New Roman">The Honourable Carol Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture, Food and</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Rural Affairs, has concluded her ministerial review of an Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Appeal Tribunal ruling from February 2010 regarding pork marketing and by all accounts</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">supports an open marketing option for producers.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">“We have been in favour of producers having choice in marketing and this decision gives us</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">the clarity we need to move forward,” says Wilma Jeffray, Chair of Ontario Pork. “The</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">submission that we prepared for the Minister’s review certainly gives us a head start in</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">fulfilling the requirements of the decision.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">The organization has its first meeting with the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">early next week where it will begin to work out the details of the decision. The Ontario Pork</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Board will meet at the beginning of June to discuss next steps and assess the implementation</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">strategy.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Ontario Pork represents the 2,300 farmers who market hogs in the province in many areas,</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">including hog marketing, research, government representation, environmental issues,</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">consumer education and food quality assurance. The pork industry in Ontario accounts for</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">27,000 jobs, and it is estimated that total industry output from farm gate sales is worth $4</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman">billion to the Ontario economy.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman">Here is a link to the OMAFRA website with the information on the Minister's Decision.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/infores/releases/2010/051310a.htm">http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/infores/releases/2010/051310a.htm</a></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></p> TIME TO RALLYtag:ontag.farms.com,2010-02-24:3646443:Topic:39972010-02-24T14:12:55.000ZTom Murrayhttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/TomMurray
After hearing that both levels of government want to do more meetings and discuss the future of agriculture in Canada I wonder if it is time to bring all non supply managed farmers and their elected officials together for a major rally to get the point accross that wait and see is not an answer and we need results now. Is this a good idea and if so how do we get the ball rolling.
After hearing that both levels of government want to do more meetings and discuss the future of agriculture in Canada I wonder if it is time to bring all non supply managed farmers and their elected officials together for a major rally to get the point accross that wait and see is not an answer and we need results now. Is this a good idea and if so how do we get the ball rolling. Oliver Haan on the state of Ontario Pork producerstag:ontag.farms.com,2010-02-24:3646443:Topic:39942010-02-24T13:21:20.000ZSandra Daleshttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/SandraDales
<p>Oliver Haan on the state of Ontario Pork producers<br></br><br></br>This video is from Prince Edward County in Eastern Ontario:…<br></br><br></br></p>
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<p> </p> Quebec changes rules for ag fundingtag:ontag.farms.com,2009-11-25:3646443:Topic:24642009-11-25T20:16:54.000ZBrooke Leystrahttps://ontag.farms.com/profile/BrookeLeystra
November 19, 2009 - Article from Better Farming<br />
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It’s unclear how new stabilization rules will affect pork production outside the province<br />
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UPDATE: Nov. 20, 2009 12:13 PM — Ontario Pork chair Wilma Jeffray comments on implications for Ontario producers<br />
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by BETTER FARMING STAFF<br />
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Quebec’s money-losing pork industry was singled out for particular attention when Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Claude Béchard today announced reforms, and committed $650 million annually for five…
November 19, 2009 - Article from Better Farming<br />
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It’s unclear how new stabilization rules will affect pork production outside the province<br />
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UPDATE: Nov. 20, 2009 12:13 PM — Ontario Pork chair Wilma Jeffray comments on implications for Ontario producers<br />
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by BETTER FARMING STAFF<br />
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Quebec’s money-losing pork industry was singled out for particular attention when Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Claude Béchard today announced reforms, and committed $650 million annually for five years to the provincial farm income stabilization program and widely known as ASRA.<br />
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says Quebec has the highest hog production costs in Canada and processors pay the lowest prices. The provincial announcement promised that a reformed ASRA would support fewer pigs produced in Quebec. Companies that are bigger than the “model farms” used to calculate costs will pay higher premiums and fewer pigs will be covered.<br />
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It’s not clear what this means for the embattled pork industry in Ontario.<br />
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Gib Drury, Pontiac County, an executive member of the Quebec Farmers Association representing English-speaking farmers in the province, describes the five-year commitment of $650 million a year as “whopping” and says the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), which represents all of Quebec agriculture, advocated many of the reforms that are attached to the delivery of the money.<br />
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Nevertheless, the UPA says some of the measures related to ASRA will have consequences on Quebec farms. A UPA press release says some farms will get 20-30 per cent less support than at present, and there could be a destructive impact on thousands of farms. BF<br />
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“Ontario pork producers have been after this for a long time,” says Ontario Pork chair Wilma Jeffray. She says the changes to ASRA are “definitely a positive for the industry” but “it is a little early” to “determine the magnitude of the changes.”<br />
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ASRA “is at the top of mind with producers, in these frustrating times, to have to compete on an un-level playing field in the same country,” Jeffray says. The sow liquidation in 2008 made the differences between the pork producing industries in Ontario and Quebec” glaringly obvious,” she says.<br />
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“Ontario was moving sows out when Quebec didn’t’ seem to need to do it.”<br />
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A preliminary tally on the cull breeding program reveals that Ontario producers filed 201 claims and removed 41,486 animals while 70 producers in Quebec cut only 11,139 sows.