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News and Views<br />
In addition to the pricing<br />
issue, the report says, the price<br />
discovery process in Alberta<br />
is not fully transparent. “Our<br />
findings suggest that it is<br />
complex and poorly understood<br />
by many stakeholders,” it says.<br />
“Perhaps most importantly<br />
is the fact that the process<br />
appears disingenuous and<br />
uncertain to many producers,<br />
given the formula used for<br />
determining price is not clearly<br />
stated and can appear to vary<br />
with circumstances. While<br />
certainly not surprising, given<br />
the organizational structure<br />
of the industry, the formula<br />
elements appear to be set up in<br />
a way that equates the formula<br />
to a pre-determined price<br />
rather than having the formula<br />
set the price.<br />
12 | Western Hog Journal | Winter 2012<br />
Noting that many producers are<br />
choosing to ship their hogs to<br />
processors out of the province,<br />
it comments: “producers appear<br />
to lack confidence that they<br />
are getting a satisfactory price,<br />
or feel that the quality of their<br />
hogs is not recognized by the<br />
current price discovery system<br />
in Alberta.”<br />
“Producers appear to<br />
lack confidence that<br />
they are getting a<br />
satisfactory price, or<br />
feel that the quality<br />
of their hogs is not<br />
recognized”<br />
The report describes the supply<br />
chain in Alberta as “fractured”,<br />
saying that “a major problem<br />
for the industry, representing<br />
a potential headwind for<br />
change, is lack of trust in<br />
the value chain and limited<br />
cooperation between key<br />
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set of commercial risk sharing<br />
(ownership, price and/or<br />
margin) relationships between<br />
producers and the main<br />
processor could help to fix this.”<br />
It notes that although one<br />
processor offers forward<br />
pricing, there is a need for more<br />
extensive use of forward pricing<br />
and other risk management<br />
tools, such as are widely used in<br />
the USA, in order to reduce risk<br />
for producers.<br />
An executive summary and the<br />
entire report can be downloaded<br />
from the ALMA website –<br />
www.almaltd.ca.<br />
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Nearly every pig in Canada<br />
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protection against porcine<br />
circovirus (PCV), and now<br />
swine producers have a new<br />
option for efficacious protection<br />
with the registration of Fostera<br />
PCV from Pfizer Animal Health.<br />
Fostera PCV is labelled for<br />
use as an aid in preventing<br />
viraemia and an aid in the<br />
control of PCV2-related<br />
lymphoid depletion for pigs<br />
three weeks of age and older.<br />
It provides<br />
four months<br />
of immunity<br />
against PCV<br />
in a single 2<br />
mL dose.<br />
“Fostera<br />
PCV offers<br />
Canadian<br />
swine<br />
veterinarians<br />
and<br />
producers a<br />
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for long-<br />
Pfizer’s new<br />
porcine<br />
circovirus,<br />
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