Photo courtesy morgueFile.Canadian Pork Council Vice-Chair Bill Wymenga says hedging could become a useful business risk management tool for Canadian hog producers.
The federal government has announced an investment of almost 170 thousand dollars to help the Council explore that idea.
The CPC will use the funding to study the risks and impacts of hog market price fluctuations on producers.
The study will also explore the potential of developing a hog hedging program to mitigate that risk.
Chatham-Kent police reported a 44-year-old man driving a pickup truck was killed in the crash at Jeanettes Creek Road and Coutts Line around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Pretty in Pink at the Rink is the fifth one this year, and is in partnership with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.
According to Chatham-Kent police, the victim was walking around King Street East in Chatham when she was approached by a woman she didn't know and struck in the face.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 7-2 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday while the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight, 8-0 over Seattle.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
