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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday August 27, 2019

Aug 27, 2019 | 10:28 AM

Canadian livestock numbers continue to decline.

According to the latest report from Statistics Canada, cattle, hog, and sheep inventories were all down on July 1 compared to the same date in 2018.

Canadian farmers had 12.3 million cattle on their farms, down 1.3 per cent from last year. Alberta had the largest cattle inventories among the provinces accounting for 40.1 per cent of the national total. Alberta and Saskatchewan represented close to two-thirds of total Canadian cattle inventories.

Hog producers reported 14 million hogs, down less than 0.1 per cent from July 1, 2018. This was the second consecutive year over year decrease.

Canada exported 2.6 million hogs in the first half of 2019, down 4.1 per cent from the same period in 2018.

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Inventories of sheep and lambs declined two per cent.

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Many producers are almost set to start harvest but the looming trade crisis is also on their minds.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) will be sharing the latest information in a podcast.

The Canola Watch conversation with CCC president Jim Everson and Canadian Canola Growers Association CEO Rick White will address the latest information about canola trade with China.

CCC wants to hear from farmers. Canola producers can submit their questions which will be addressed during the podcast. Details are on the council’s website.

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The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is applauding the dismissal of a Humane Society of the United States effort to block the sale of the “Pork: The Other White Meat” marketing campaign.

Assistant Vice President and Counsel Domestic Policy with the NPPC Michael Formica said the sale included the intellectual property associated with the slogan.

He said it was transferred and sold to the Pork Board largely because the board, as a checkoff organization, engages on behalf of producers in research, education and then promotion of those products.

Formica said while this is an important ruling, the Humane Society still has further opportunities to appeal including taking the matter to the Supreme Court.

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alice.mcfarlane@jpbg.ca

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