Disaster Financial Assistance for Small Businesses: Hurricane Doiron
The Disaster Financial Assistance program is now available for those whose operations were effected by Hurricane Dorian.
This program is meant to help individuals, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations with uninsurable losses, from Hurricane Dorian, to return to pre-disaster conditions.
Full details of the program for small businesses is available at:
https://beta.novascotia.ca/disaster-financial-assistance-small-businesses-hurricane-dorian
January 20, 2020 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: January 20 to January 24, 2020
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4939 | $0.0086 | $67.76 | $0.39 | |
| Sows | $1.2698 | $0.0073 | $57.60 | $0.33 | |
| Carcass Value | $148.93 | $0.86 | |||
January 13, 2020 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: January 13 to January 17, 2020
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4853 | $0.0324 | $67.37 | $1.47 | |
| Sows | $1.2625 | $0.0275 | $57.27 | $1.25 | |
| Carcass Value | $148.07 | $3.23 | |||
January 6, 2020 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: January 6 to January 10, 2020
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4529 | -$0.0324 | $65.90 | -$1.47 | |
| Sows | $1.2350 | -$0.0275 | $56.02 | -$1.25 | |
| Carcass Value | $144.84 | -$3.23 | |||
December 30, 2019 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: December 30, 2019 to January 3, 2020
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4853 | -$0.0323 | $67.37 | -$1.47 | |
| Sows | $1.2625 | -$0.0275 | $57.27 | -$1.24 | |
| Carcass Value | $148.07 | -$3.22 | |||
December 23, 2019 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: December 23 to December 27, 2019
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.5176 | $0.0159 | $68.84 | $0.72 | |
| Sows | $1.2900 | $0.0135 | $58.51 | $0.61 | |
| Carcass Value | $151.29 | $1.59 | |||
Transport regulation grace period extended to all livestock sectors
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has implemented a “transition period” for the feed, water, and rest requirements for all livestock sectors, in addition to the previously announced grace period extended to beef and dairy animals.
CFIA says it will use the first two years of the new regulation period, beginning February 2020, to “focus its enforcement efforts on compliance promotion through education and awareness measures, which are part of the CFIA’s continuum of enforcement actions,”
The amended regulations contain outcome-based requirements to ensure that animals are not likely to suffer (from exhaustion, dehydration, because of adverse weather or other conditions), be injured or die. These regulatory outcomes of Part XII must still be met, CFIA says, and has the discretion to appropriately enforce these outcome-based requirements to prevent and act on situations where animal welfare is compromised.
December 16, 2019 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: December 16 to December 20, 2019
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.5017 | $0.0257 | $68.12 | $1.17 | |
| Sows | $1.2764 | $0.0218 | $57.90 | $0.99 | |
| Carcass Value | $149.71 | $2.56 | |||
December 9, 2019 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: December 9 to December 13, 2019
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4760 | -$0.0130 | $66.95 | -$0.59 | |
| Sows | $1.2546 | -$0.0111 | $56.91 | -$0.50 | |
| Carcass Value | $147.14 | -$1.30 | |||
Biosecurity Protocols for International Travel
Pork Nova Scotia has adopted a new biosecurity protocol, developed by Alberta Pork, for all barn producers who are visiting farms overseas.