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Dairy farmers must register to get further trade compensation payouts

Expect letters soon explaining process, AgMin says

Dairy farmers wanting to get in on a three-year, $1.405 billion federal compensation program for market share lost to free trade deals must register for the program by March 31 in each of those years. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Tuesday laid out further specifics for the Dairy Direct Payment Program, which is set to

Hogs, Livestock

USDA unveils more COVID-19 aid, mostly for livestock farmers

Funds earmarked for farmers under contract

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 15, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday it will pay an additional US$2.3 billion in COVID-19 aid to farmers, directing more money to livestock producers suffering from disruptions in slaughtering and restaurant demand for meat. The aid, which comes from money allocated to USDA from previous pandemic stimulus legislation, follows

Markets, News

Russia’s Cherkizovo sees 2020 export growth of up to 70 per cent

By Reuters December 16, 2020

Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, expects its export volume to rise by up to 70 per cent this year largely due to higher sales of poultry to Asia and the Middle East, the company said on Dec. 2. Cherkizovo said it expected its poultry exports to jump 85 per cent to about 63,000 tonnes,

Dairy farmers will get $1.75 billion in direct cash compensation over four years instead of eight years.

News

Federal funds to be used to shore up dairy, eggs, chicken against foreign imports

The federal government announced $691 million in trade compensation for poultry and egg farmers, shortened payment timelines for dairy on November 28

By Geralyn Wichers December 14, 2020

Federal funding commitments to supply-managed farmers should go to increase sustainability and efficiency and to innovate in the face of increasing foreign competition, say Manitoba commodity groups. Money promised to egg farmers would be well spent on product research, increasing sustainability, and consumer awareness — such as trust-building work done by the Canadian Centre for

Livestock

COVID outbreak shuts Nova Scotia poultry plant

Province closes Eden Valley for at least two weeks

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News December 12, 2020

Provincial officials have temporarily shut a chicken and turkey slaughter and processing plant in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, citing recent cases of COVID-19 among employees. Eden Valley Poultry’s processing plant at Berwick will be closed “for at least two weeks,” the provincial health department said in a release Friday. “We know this will be a

News, Poultry

Germany orders 29,000 chickens culled after bird flu found on farm

By Reuters December 11, 2020

About 29,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Germany after bird flu was found on another poultry farm, authorities said on Dec. 3. Type H5N8 bird flu was confirmed in a farm in the eastern area of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state government said. The 29,000 chickens are now being slaughtered and a 10-kilometre observation area

Holiday meals are on hold this year, driving down demand for large turkeys.

News

COVID-19 surge sliced U.S. demand for big Thanksgiving turkeys

Supply chains, often set months ahead of time, struggled to adjust ahead of the major U.S. holiday

By Christopher Walljasper, Tom Polansek December 4, 2020

Reuters – All summer, Greg Gunthorp slaughtered and froze 15- to 24-pound turkeys on his northeastern Indiana farm for Thanksgiving sales to retailers, restaurants and families across the Midwest. But as surging COVID-19 cases prompted U.S. cities and states to urge Americans to stay home just weeks before the holiday, customers swapped out orders for whole birds for smaller turkey breasts. As

Livestock

U.S. transport regulators reject ’emotional support animal’ status

Service dog status still protected; 'support' goats, turkeys, others up to airlines

By GFM Network News December 3, 2020

Washington | Reuters — Only trained dogs qualify as service animals on U.S. airlines, as regulators rejected requests to extend legal protections to miniature horses, pigs, turkeys and other species, under final U.S. Transportation Department rules issued Wednesday. Airlines can still choose which other species to allow on board, but the rules issued on Wednesday

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on bargain-buying after Friday’s slump

U.S. livestock: Live cattle end firm, led by rising beef prices

Indian farmers ride caravan of tractors into capitol ahead of Republic Day

GFM Network News