A pummelled pork industry looks at the hard choices
With prices and exports sharply lower, and the misnamed flu virus adding to the pain, individual producers and industry organizations are struggling to develop a workable survival strategy
by MARY BAXTER
Mike Kolisnyk and Wayne Bartels are two Haldimand County hog producers who are doing what they can to remain afloat during an economic hurricane. But while their two operations may share some marked similarities, like their peers across the province they couldn’t be more divided on which direction to paddle next.