Livestock Groups Welcome New CETA Agreement With The EU

Nov 02, 2016

The President of the Canadian Cattlemen Association is welcoming the new CETA Agreement with the EU.

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement was officially signed over the weekend in Brussels.

CCA President Dan Darling says the new trade agreement is key, noting it will eliminate EU tariffs on almost 94% of Canada's agri-food products.

"The former Conservative Government worked long and hard to start this deal and we appreciate the current Federal Government for continuing to work on our behalf to get these deals hammered out," he said. "In order for our producers to stay profitable we need to continue to access as many of these markets as we can."

Once some of the technical issues are settled, the EU market for Canadian beef could go from $6 to 10 million per year, up to $600 million.

Meanwhile, the chair of the Canadian Pork Council says he's glad to see the CETA negotiations finally cross the finish line.

Rick Bergmann says the deal will secure tariff free access for processed pork products and will acquire a quota volume equivalent to 80 thousand tonnes of pork cuts after a phased in period of five years.

“Canada is a globally competitive producer and exporter of pork and pork products," he said. "We have worked hard to develop a global reputation as a reliable supplier of safe, wholesome, high-quality pork. The key to sustaining our success, however, is the ability to access a wide variety of markets."

Source : Portageonline

Video: Four Star Pork Industry Conf - Back to Basics: Fundamentals drive vaccine performance

At a time when disease pressure continues to challenge pork production systems across the United States, vaccination remains one of the most valuable and heavily debated tools available to veterinarians and producers.

Speaking at the 2025 Four Star Pork Industry Conference in Muncie, Indiana, Dr. Daniel Gascho, veterinarian at Four Star Veterinary Service, encouraged the industry to return to fundamentals in how vaccines are selected, handled and administered across sow farms, gilt development units and grow-finish operations.

Gascho acknowledged at the outset that vaccination can quickly become a technical and sometimes tedious topic. But he said that real-world execution, not complex immunology, is where most vaccine failures occur.