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Agriculture Roundup for Friday January 13, 2023

There are leadership changes at the Canadian Pork Council.

René Roy, a pork producer from Quebec, was elected as the new chair, and Scott Peters of Manitoba has been elected as the new first vice chair.

The organization’s longest-serving chair in its history, Rick Bergmann, retired from the board after 5 years of service to the national organization.

Bergmann navigated the pork industry through several challenging issues since joining the board in 2008, such as the global pandemic, WTO challenges, CPTPP and NAFTA trade negotiations.

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