Market access important to Canada’s pork sector

Canada’s pig inventory has been fairly stagnant since the turn of the century. Traditionally the country has been producing for exports, but with next door neighbour the US currently pursuing free trade-unfriendly policies, Canada needs to look further away. Despite the fact that Canada’s pork exports increased by 6% from 2015 to 2016, the industry still faces a number of challenges. Most of those challenges have to do with trade deals, one that is at risk of being dismantled, one that fail