After years of losses, many will abandon the sector if things don’t change, says Alberta Pork
Banding together would fix a ‘broken’ system and force packers to pay a fair price, says organization
Cattle backlog is being cleared but hog producers are losing upwards of $50 on every pig they sell
Summer is when hog producers make their money — but this year, they’re losing big time, say officials
Sector facing losses of $675 million and ‘desperately needs a lifeline’ in the face of plunging prices
It’s almost easier to ask what hasn’t changed in the pork sector in the last half-century
It’s not known how the devastating virus arrived or how it showed up in one isolated room on a second farm
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