Insights and Stories on Hogs

Canadian hog prices to rise by summer

Mar. 17, 2017 at 7:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cheap prices for feed and a softer Canadian dollar have helped keep Canadian hog prices aloft so far in 2017. “Right now producers are looking at $180 to $184 a pig,” said Andrew Dickson, general manger of Manitoba Pork. “Prices are looking pretty good for June, July, […]

Manitoba to axe limits on hog barns

Mar. 17, 2017 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Staff

PED pops back up in southern Ontario

Mar. 14, 2017 at 3:37 am CDT

By Staff

JBS to buy U.S. pork processor Plumrose

Mar. 13, 2017 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Staff

Oklahoma wildfires kill thousands of pigs

Mar. 10, 2017 at 7:17 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer Renita D. Young

Cash-rich Maple Leaf sees abundant U.S. opportunities

Feb. 22, 2017 at 9:15 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian meat packing company Maple Leaf Foods is hunting for acquisitions in the U.S., after years spent upgrading old factories and shedding business lines, its CEO said on Wednesday. Maple Leaf, which reported on Wednesday its profits doubled in the fourth quarter, sees growth opportunities from meat produced […]

By Rod Nickel

Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive

Feb. 22, 2017 at 1:20 pm CST

Prague | Reuters –– The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. Actually, it’s not the boars themselves, but what they’re eating. A cold and snowy winter is forcing them to feed on false truffles, an underground […]

By Reuters

Maple Leaf Foods allows McCain to boost stake

Feb. 22, 2017 at 12:43 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a smaller-than-expected profit on Wednesday and also said it would allow its biggest shareholder to take a bigger stake in the company. The company said CEO Michael McCain and an affiliated company, McCain Capital Inc., could now bump up their stake […]

By Reuters

Pizza chains expand antibiotic-free meat market

Feb. 7, 2017 at 2:34 pm CST

Canadian pizza chains Pizza Nova and Pizza Pizza are both staking out further space in the chain dining market for meats from livestock raised without antibiotics. Toronto-based Pizza Pizza on Jan. 23 announced it would source all chicken products on its menu from birds raised without the use of antibiotics, […]

By Staff

Hog market improving with solid exports

Feb. 3, 2017 at 6:56 pm CST

CNS Canada — Strong U.S. exports and declining cold-storage numbers have helped push hog prices on Canada’s Prairies to better levels than a few months back. According to the latest information compiled by Saskatchewan Agriculture, the U.S. exported 173,770 tonnes of pork in November 2016, up 13.5 per cent from […]

By Dave Sims