Manitoba Pork AGM Audio Special

Apr 16, 2015

Manitoba Pork AGM Audio Special for April 16, 2015

-Jeff Clark, the manager of PigTrace Canada, provides an update on swine traceability and compliance with new mandatory reporting of swine movements.
Feature Runs: 6:56

-Michael McCain, the president and CEO of Maple Leaf, outlines challenges facing the pork industry and the need to balance production and processing.
Feature Runs 5:08

-Weldon Newton, a former Neepawa area pork producer discusses his reasons for existing the industry and the provincial government's new special pilot project permit evaluation protocol.
Feature Runs: 6:32

-Karl Kynoch, the outgoing chair of Manitoba Pork, discusses highlights of his 11 years in that role.
Feature Runs: 5:10

-Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a professor of chemistry and director of the Office for Science and Society with McGill University, discusses the role of science in agriculture and pseudo science being circulated by activists.
Feature Runs: 7:57

Christine Kynoch, the wife of outgoing Manitoba Pork chair Karl Kynoch discusses the quilt she made which raised $20,000 for Ronald McDonald House.
Feature Runs: 2:46

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