June 1, 2018 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: May 28 to June 1, 2018
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | |
| Hogs | $1.6936 | $0.0721 | $76.82 | $3.27 |
| Sows | $1.4396 | $0.0613 | $65.30 | $2.78 |
| Carcass Value | $168.84 | $7.19 | ||
NS Open Farm Day – September 16, 2018
Registration is now open for the 17th Annual Open Farm Day!
Forms can be found on the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture website.
2018 Environmental Stewardship Award
The 2018 Environmental Stewardship Award is Open for Applications!
Do you know of a farm that has undertaken projects to protect soil, water or wildlife habitat? Nominate them for Nova Scotia’s Farm Environmental Stewardship Award! To be eligible for the award, a farm must:
- Have a current Environmental Farm Plan
- Have a current farm registration
- Be a member of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture
Deadline for submissions is August 6th, 2018.
For more information, please visit: http://www.nsfa-fane.ca/efp/news/2018-environmental-stewardship-award-open-for-applications/
May 25, 2018 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: May 22 to May 25, 2018
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | |
| Hogs | $1.6215 | $0.0552 | $73.55 | $2.50 |
| Sows | $1.3783 | $0.0469 | $62.52 | $2.13 |
| Carcass Value | $161.65 | $5.50 | ||
Grow Nova Scotia
Grow Nova Scotia is holding meetings in both Berwick and Falmouth to discuss the importance of increasing local food in schools.
Contact Shelly at 902-774-0528 or shelly@agri-futures.ns.ca for more information.
May 18, 2018 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: May 14 to May 18, 2018
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.5663 | $0.0211 | $71.05 | $0.96 | |
| Sows | $1.3314 | $0.0179 | $60.39 | $0.81 | |
| Carcass Value | $156.15 | $2.10 | |||
CPC Fact Sheet
The Canadian Pork Council created the below fact sheet relating to the changes coming December 1, 2018 to Category, I, II and III antibiotics.
New USDA Import Permit Regulations
Effective May 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will require USDA import permits for all live animal shipments via a land border port between Canada and Alaska.
Please note this is not a regulation change. We are enforcing our current regulations, which allow the entry of certain types of live animals from Canada without a USDA import permit if the entry is at a designated land border port as listed in 9CFR Part 93. However, there are no designated land border ports on the Canadian/United States border to Alaska. Therefore, we require all APHIS Veterinary Services (VS) regulated live animal imports from Canada to Alaska to have a USDA import permit issued prior to entry into Alaska to facilitate inspections. Live animals requiring an inspection that present at a non-designated U.S. Land Border Port without a USDA import permit will not be eligible for entry. This includes all bovine, swine, farmed cervids, ovine, caprine, domestic camelids, poultry and hatching eggs, ratites and hatching eggs, pet birds, germplasm, and permanent entry horses.
Canadian horses may enter the US temporarily without a USDA import permit, but must exit the United States by the 30th calendar day—post inspection—as listed on the health certificate (HA 1964).
The USDA import permit application (VS 17-129) may be submitted using this email address: VS.Live.Animals.Import.Permits@aphis.usda.gov.
You may also submit an application online by clicking here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/permits/ct_eauth_epermits.
This alert does not affect those subgroups already requiring a USDA import permit for entry such as VS-regulated fish, exotic or zoo animals, and animals in transit to a third country.
Contact information for the USDA APHIS VS Northern Border Port Services may be found at the following website: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/downloads/nies_contacts/aic-ps.pdf or email vs.nbp@aphis.usda.gov.
May 11, 2018 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: May 7 to May 11, 2018
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.5452 | $0.0592 | $70.09 | $2.69 | |
| Sows | $1.3134 | $0.0503 | $59.58 | $2.28 | |
| Carcass Value | $154.04 | $5.90 | |||
May 4, 2018 Weekly Pork Price
Nova Scotia Weekly Market Report: April 30 to May 4, 2018
| Price (kg) | Change | Price (cwt) | Change | ||
| Hogs | $1.4860 | $0.1330 | $67.40 | $6.03 | |
| Sows | $1.2631 | $0.1131 | $57.29 | $5.13 | |
| Carcass Value | $148.14 | $13.26 | |||