Insights and Stories on Pigs

Jun. 9, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

Chinese farmers and small firms have increasingly bought market-ready pigs from larger breeders and fattened them in a bet on higher prices, but the government is cracking down on the speculative practice to slim down hogs and stabilize the market.

By Ella Cao, Lewis Jackson, Reuters

Jun. 3, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

The code that sets Canada’s standards care and handling of pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028.

By Alexis Kienlen

Dec. 23, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Incorporating swine enrichment could save producers as much as $10 per animal, according to research from the industrial research chair in swine welfare at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Martyna Lagoda, a post-doctoral research fellow involved in the project, told the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Nov. […]

By Janelle Rudolph

Jan. 11, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

China has prohibited the import of pig, pig products and wild boars from Bangladesh after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in the country's major port city of Chittagong.

By Mei Mei Chu, Reuters

Nov. 29, 2023 at 8:32 pm CST

One of the prices producers pay for hog traceability will be going up 10 per cent. The Manitoba Pork Council said in a notice to producers Wednesday that the Canadian Pork Council will apply a 10 per cent increase to the prices of PigTrace ear tags and accessories, effective Dec. […]

By Dave Bedard