WHJ-Winter2012

News and Views
In addition to the pricing
issue, the report says, the price
discovery process in Alberta
is not fully transparent. “Our
findings suggest that it is
complex and poorly understood
by many stakeholders,” it says.
“Perhaps most importantly
is the fact that the process
appears disingenuous and
uncertain to many producers,
given the formula used for
determining price is not clearly
stated and can appear to vary
with circumstances. While
certainly not surprising, given
the organizational structure
of the industry, the formula
elements appear to be set up in
a way that equates the formula
to a pre-determined price
rather than having the formula
set the price.
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Noting that many producers are
choosing to ship their hogs to
processors out of the province,
it comments: “producers appear
to lack confidence that they
are getting a satisfactory price,
or feel that the quality of their
hogs is not recognized by the
current price discovery system
in Alberta.”
“Producers appear to
lack confidence that
they are getting a
satisfactory price, or
feel that the quality
of their hogs is not
recognized”
The report describes the supply
chain in Alberta as “fractured”,
saying that “a major problem
for the industry, representing
a potential headwind for
change, is lack of trust in
the value chain and limited
cooperation between key
industry stakeholders. A new
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set of commercial risk sharing
(ownership, price and/or
margin) relationships between
producers and the main
processor could help to fix this.”
It notes that although one
processor offers forward
pricing, there is a need for more
extensive use of forward pricing
and other risk management
tools, such as are widely used in
the USA, in order to reduce risk
for producers.
An executive summary and the
entire report can be downloaded
from the ALMA website –
www.almaltd.ca.
Pfizer launches
new porcine
circovirus vaccine
Nearly every pig in Canada
receives a vaccine for
protection against porcine
circovirus (PCV), and now
swine producers have a new
option for efficacious protection
with the registration of Fostera
PCV from Pfizer Animal Health.
Fostera PCV is labelled for
use as an aid in preventing
viraemia and an aid in the
control of PCV2-related
lymphoid depletion for pigs
three weeks of age and older.
It provides
four months
of immunity
against PCV
in a single 2
mL dose.
“Fostera
PCV offers
Canadian
swine
veterinarians
and
producers a
new choice
for long-
Pfizer’s new
porcine
circovirus,
Fostera
lasting, consistent protection
against PCV,” says Walter
Heuser, DVM, Swine Business
Unit Director for Pfizer Animal
Health. “Additionally, with our
new one-day-of-age claim for
RespiSure-ONE®, we provide
an innovative mycoplasma and
circovirus vaccination program
which gives veterinarians and
their producers the flexibility
to vaccinate for these key
pathogens before a disease
challenge, giving the pigs the
best coverage possible.”
Fostera PCV is available
exclusively through Canadian
veterinarians. For further
information, go to
www.PfizerAH.com. n