Insights and Stories on Pigs

Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

Aug. 12, 2025 at 11:44 am CDT

Smithfield Foods raised its annual operating profit forecast on Tuesday as its hog business rebounded from losses and the biggest U.S. pork processor said it resumed U.S. exports to China that had been crippled by tariffs.

Canadian Pork Council meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts

Jul. 16, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed despite fresh supply threats

Jul. 10, 2025 at 3:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

China wants slimmer pigs

Jun. 9, 2025 at 10:21 am CDT

By Ella Cao Lewis Jackson Reuters

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code

Jun. 3, 2025 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Study indicates happy pigs are more productive

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

China blocks pig, boar imports from Bangladesh due to African swine fever

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

PigTrace tag prices go up Dec. 15

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

Anti-ASF funds designated for Manitoba Pork

Aug. 8, 2023 at 9:20 am CDT

The Manitoba Pork Council’s efforts against African swine fever now have almost $1 million in extra financial padding. On Aug. 3, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada announced $944,340 in funding for Manitoba’s hog farm group. Funds were provided through AAFC’s African Swine Fever Industry Preparedness Program and were slotted for three […]

By Glacier FarmMedia

Vietnam approves commercial use of first African swine fever vaccines

Jul. 24, 2023 at 11:55 am CDT

Hanoi | Reuters – Vietnam has approved the domestic commercial use of two home-grown vaccines against African swine fever, the government said on Monday, making them the world’s first commercial vaccines against the deadly disease. The vaccines include NAVET-ASFVAC, co-developed by Navetco Central Veterinary Medicine and scientists from the United […]

By Khanh Vu

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