Hindsight weighs on Canada’s hog sector’s shaky future
The Saskatchewan hog industry faces mounting losses as grain costs and biofuel competition squeeze profits. Rising input prices, export market shocks, and a stronger Canadian dollar after the US downturn have pressured producers, with calls for market-stabilizing measures and supply regulation debated amid ongoing uncertainties.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
United States
Joe Kleinsasser
Saskatchewan Park Development Board
Environmental screw-ups and the starling tale
A roundup of environmental misadventures from green crusaders to introduced species. The piece contrasts a carbon neutral Greenland expedition mishap with the starling release in New York, goose droppings in Toronto, cormorant damage in the Great Lakes, and other ecological follies including rabbits in Australia and bison reintroduction in Saskatchewan. It ends with a reminder that even well meaning actions can backfire.
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Raoul Surcouf
Richard Spink
Greenland
Bristol Harbour
England
Bristol
Raoul
Richard
North America
Central Park
Australia
Toronto
Hogtown
Lakeshore Boulevard
Great Lakes
Middle Island
Point Pelee
National Park
Lake Erie
Marian Stranak
Globe and Mail
Europe
Everglades
U.S
South Africa
Kruger National Park
Grasslands National Park
Saskatchewan
Robbie Burns
North Atlantic
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