Canadian Pork Market Review Testimonials
Here's what some of our subscribers have to say about the Canadian Pork Market Review...

Bob Hunsberger, Breslau, Ontario
"I think it’s a good concise summary of a wide range of sectors on the continent and also sectors on the supply chain.  So he takes into consideration the producer, retailer, processor and also Canadian and American situations."

"I use some of his price forecasting as indicators of where the markets might be moving so that we can make management decisions and hedging decisions."

"The price data you probably could find somewhere else -- But I don’t think you can find as good a collection of cross-sector data in as good a format anywhere else."

"I’ve talked to Kevin a number of times -- I think every line represents an hour full in conversation, a lot of work goes into it."

"I just see it as the best overall pork industry summary that’s available in Canada today."
 

Dave Price - Sunterra Farms, Acme, Alberta
"We think it’s the best information source on the Canadian market scene both East and West and the dynamics that actually play on the pork market and pig market, and indeed the cost side, the grain side for Western Canada."

"It helps in planning decisions in respect to marketing options of the animals themselves, and it also helps us in terms of knowing that our cost side is in line or could use some improvement in terms of what we’re looking at there."

"It will have made a difference in what market we would have chosen to look at over the longer term because some of our business is in marketing -- making marketing decisions today for the distribution of our animals up to three months in advance.  So, in those cases the information that is provided by the review helps us make a better decision."

"I don’t think we would say we could find the same information as quickly as we can through the market review.  Of course Dr. Martin and Kevin are quoted elsewhere, but its kind of an indirect reference in a less timely fashion than what comes out in the review."

"I think anyone who is actively marketing pigs and raising the stock for production both the cost and the income side are important, and anyone who is in that business would get good value out of it."

Ken Rempel -- Elite Swine, Landmark, Manitoba
"I subscribe to a bunch of newsletters, I think what I like is the Canadian perspective that it brings."

"It’s an excellent resource for Canadian hog market information as well as a US perspective."
 

Larry Ratcliffe -- Hub Meat Packers, Moncton NB
"It’s timely and it’s been my experience that it’s the most accurate on the information that I am looking for. In particular, the near term futures on the hog markets and it kind of gives a nice overview of what’s happening domestically on the domestic markets as well as what is happening in North America so we kind of get an idea of what is happening in the US as well."

"I share the information I get from the newsletter with our sales people.  We interact on a very regular basis and share the information." 

"I keep them back for a whole year then I can go back and see just how close we were away.  And if anything comes up I can say,  listen we discussed this, and this was our advice at the time and if you missed it, it was because you didn’t take the advice.  It usually works out pretty good."

"When we get right down to it they need to know what the market price is going to be.  Kevin Grier does project the prices at least a quarter in advance and we do quote those prices.  Over time, I’ve found that his information has been the most accurate as to what actually takes place." 

"The Canadian Pork Market Review is specific to pork, which I like.  It also ties in what is happening with the federal programs too.  I’m the liaison with this company.  Actually, one of the people that is involved with a committee with our own provincial government.  So I share this information with them as well, and it helps us to develop provincial policies here that helps out our pork industry."

"I look forward to it.  And I’m afraid I’ve got our sales people conditioned that there down here asking me -- I normally receive it on a Tuesday and they start at 10 o’clock in the morning wanting to know if the letter has come in.  So it is well respected."

"And I find Kevin particularly approachable -- I’ve called him personally on occasion to help on a couple of other items.  If I’m expected to come up with an answer prior to the receiving of a newsletter he’ll say yes that publication is going out but I’ll let you know what’s in it.  So it’s a nice contact there too."

Steve Quinn - Sobeys, Toronto Ontario
"It kicks ass to be honest with you.  He does a very very good job, he’s very fair, he researches both exports and imports, he researches packer information and retail information and he puts it all in a package, that’s exactly what I’m looking for."

"It allows me to get market information and helps me predict where the market is going and maybe gives me insights into things I’m not aware of, or don’t catch wind of."

(Would you be able to find the information anywhere else?)
"Not without looking fairly hard ...you could probably look on the Internet.  But, he does a good job, very tidy, right to the point.  His bullish comments and his arguments in the end are very good."

"The advantages I find by using the publication? The quality of the information is excellent; the resourcefulness of getting the information is very good, which allows me to be privy to information that I may not normally get."
 

Testimonials were completed by:  Oxford Media Group