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Provincial Announcement on Streamlining of Hog Barn Construction Permit Process Expected Soon
Ralph Eichler - Agriculture Minister Manitoba

Farmscape for January 18, 2017

Manitoba's Agriculture Minister says announcements on the province's plans to streamline the process for the approval of permits to construct new hog barns in Manitoba can be expected soon.
In April, 2015, to facilitate the construction of new swine production capacity in the province to address a shortfall of pigs for processing, the Manitoba government introduced the Pig Production Special Pilot Project Evaluation Protocol, a program designed to allow new hog barn construction based on 11 new conditions above and beyond existing requirements, however a key stumbling block has been the complicated approval process, which requires upwards of a year to complete.
Manitoba Pork has applauded the provincial government's Red Tape Reduction Strategy as it lobbies the province for a streamlining of the process for approving new construction permits.
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler told reporters on hand yesterday in Brandon, the province has been working with Manitoba's pork industry to address the situation and an announcement can be expected soon.

Clip-Ralph Eichler-Agriculture Minister Manitoba:
One thing you have to lean about any process is you've got to make sure you maintain the public trust so, if you're not going to be coming with us, you're going to be part of the problem.
When you look at any process, let's make sure we get it right.
Of course we've been working with the Manitoba producers, we've been working with the municipalities, we've been talking to the investors in order to ensure that we do get it right.
We have done a lot to date but it has been announced not yet.
But stay tuned.
Very soon you'll see some major changes happening on that front.

Manitoba Pork would like to see the time it takes for the approval of new construction permits cut at least by half.
The organization has estimated up to 1.2 million additional feeder pigs per year are currently needed to bring the province's processing plants up to full capacity, which would require something in the neighborhood of 100 new barns, depending on the size of the barns.
For Farmscape.Ca, I'm Bruce Cochrane.


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