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Monthly Archives: December 2020

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Feed costs affect a producer’s bottom line

Industry NewsBy Andrew HeckDecember 21, 2020

Overview Feed costs make up about 60 per cent of the total cost of hog production. Therefore, movements in feed prices could determine which side of the profit ledger a farm operates on. As the industry inches toward more equitable value sharing, should there be more consideration for feed costs? Feed prices on the rise…

Olymel’s 2021 contract: how does it stack up?

Industry NewsBy Andrew HeckDecember 9, 2020

Overview For the past five years, the western Canadian hog price has fluctuated erratically. The seemingly age-old problem of hog price volatility has become worse in a context of ever-increasing costs of production and, more recently, with the economic effects of COVID-19. Within the past year, Olymel, the largest hog buyer and pork processor in…

Producers vote to explore new hog-selling options

Industry NewsBy Andrew HeckDecember 1, 2020

Alberta Pork’s 51st annual general meeting (AGM) was hosted virtually on Nov. 26, 2020. In attendance were more than 100 participants – mostly registered Alberta hog farmers. During the meeting, a resolution was put forth to explore the possibility of a single-desk hog marketing system for Alberta – similar to the arrangement in Quebec, where producers…

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