Hog service fee reduced Wednesday, November 20, 2013 By MATT MCINTOSHOntario Pork has announced it’s reducing the market hog service fee to 95 cents from $1 starting December 1, 2013.The reduction will last for the duration of the 2014 fiscal year. However, producers will still have to pay a 20-cent service fee for weaner hogs exported from the province."We started collecting weaner fees earlier this year," says Mary Jane Quinn, communications and consumer marketing manager for Ontario Pork. "But when the board decided to implement it, they also decided to re-evaluate the market hog service fee."According to the commodity organization’s Nov. 20 press release, those fees "cover the essential functions and activities of Ontario Pork Universal Services."Along with reducing the fee on market hogs, Quinn says the board also identified other areas that Ontario Pork would like to develop further."We are going to focus on investing in research, creating a brand for and promoting Ontario pork, as well as a public relations campaign," she says. BF Behind the Lines - December 2013 New hog grading system brings higher returns
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