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Producers are losing more than $40 per pig despite an increase in supermarket prices due to rising costs and shrinking price share.

Producers are losing more than $40 per pig despite an increase in supermarket prices due to rising costs and shrinking price share.

Located just four miles from Kristy Karpyks family acreage lies a pile of rubble, where the Kopje Finishing Unit stood, along with 10,000 dead hogs.

By Alice McFarlane A fire at a pig barn owned by Olymel resulted in the loss of roughly 10,000 pigs. The barn located in the Sturgis area was a total ...

By Alice McFarlane A fire at a pig barn owned by Olymel resulted in the loss of roughly 10,000 pigs. The barn ...

Article content A COVID-19 outbreak at a Red Deer slaughterhouse is causing a backlog of hogs across western Canada. Saskatchewan Pork Development Board (SPDB) general manager Mark Ferguson said the temporary closure and staggered reopening of the Olymel pork plant in Red Deer means tens of thousands of pigs in the province have grown fatter in their pens instead of heading to the abattoir. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Hogjam: COVID-19 creati...