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Portage La Prairie Central Plains Herald Leader (Newspaper) - November 18, 2006, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Central Plains 17127 01/03/2007 legislative Library 200 Vaughan St suite too Winnipeg my r3c 1t5 f David w. Faurschou la Portage la Prairie constituency Canad inns Portage la Prairie 857-9267 Portage la Prairie new great balls of fire Rural Cabin Northeast of Portage la Prairie goes up in flames in evening Blaze 23 sports Lack and White has seals see red Oakville outraged by officiating in loss to Plum Coulee press in Semhal action 20 Portage la Prairie 5 Oakville Elie 6 Gladstone 17 Macgregor Austin 8 too look in of o provincial Suppah Olio Page 11 saturday november 18, 2006 come in end test drive the new style 2007 gig 1500 Crew cab year 18 no. 21 pork producers peeved at province i by Angela Brown Central Plains Herald Leader the Manitoba government s decision to halt All expansion of hog operations has at least one local Farmer fuming. On nov. 8, the government announced there will be a Quot temporary Ause on new or expanded hog ams Quot As part of the government s efforts to implement its water Protection plan which Calls for limiting the use and application of phosphorus from manure in the province. Phosphorus is associated with algae blooms in the province s lakes and Rivers. Clean environment commission Cec will Complete a review of agricultural operations affecting water Quality in the province and make recommendations to the nip government. Terry Simpson who is raising 600 pigs at a feedlot operation 13 Kilometres Southwest of Portage la Prairie said the government is putting hog Farmers in a difficult situation. Quot All hog producers Are pretty upset with the government of Manitoba Quot Simpson said on nov. Are planning on expanding and now they can t do it Quot for myself i was going to put up two More Bio techs. I can t to that now Quot Simpson said. Quot that s considered expansion. All of a sudden now i Start to lose income for a month now because these pigs Are going to come to me and they Are going to end up going to the United states. Ifs very bad Quot Simpson who is also a Rural municipality of Portage councillor said hog producers Are toeing unfairly targeted by the Manitoba government. Angelo Brown Central Plains Herald Leader Terry Simpson who runs a feed lot for pigs at his farm Southwest of Portage la Prairie says the government s decision to halt expansion in the hog Industry will Hurt the Economy for the province s hog Farmers. Quot As far As i am concerned for the rest of the pig growers we Are doing our diligent Best in How we spread our manure in the Field Quot he said. He said Wastewater plants in Winnipeg Are responsible for sewage spills which affect Lake Winnipeg not Farmers activities. Now with the latest government restrictions some hog Farmers May decide enough is enough said Simpson. Quot a lot of Farmers Are going to say to Heck with you and they Are going to move out Quot Simpson said. Quot the hop Industry puts Economy into this province wages you name Manitoba pork Council chairman Karl Kynoch echoed Simpson s concerns. He said the hog Industry contributes $1 billion per year to the Manitoba Economy. Quot the hog Industry is responsible for one per cent or less of the phosphorus that hits Lake Winnipeg Quot he , whats really concerning to us is Why have they singled the hog Industry out.?&Quot the vice president of Keystone agricultural producers said Nis organization will continue to work to protect the rights of hog producers and met with Manitoba water stewardship on nov. 15 in Winnipeg to address hog Farmers concerns. Quot the past regulations on manure management actually make most of the livestock operators being held to a much higher Standard than the rest of society Quot Ian Wishart noted. Quot so actually what i think the government has done is they be targeted the sector of society which is actually doing the Best Manitoban will have an Opportunity to provide feedback through a series of consultation meetings. Conservation minister Stan Struthers said the pause in hog Bam expansion does not affect Maple Leaf foods inc a plans to add a second shift at its Brandon Plant or oly West s plans to build a hog processing Plant in Winnipeg but the com flaites will require approval for their licences to proceed. Quot i won t de just giving out licences to people unless they can prove they Are not going to negatively Impact our water our air our environment Quot Struthers noted on nov. 15. He also said the government is assessing the environmental situation not targeting hog producers. Quot there has been 15 years of unprecedented growth in the hog Industry in Manitoba and we have to understand what that Means for our environment Quot he said. 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