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Salmonella Insurance Soon Available For Egg Farmers

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

Anew program to insure Canada’s egg industry against the effects of Salmonella enteritidis (Se) should be ready this spring. The program, expected to be ready April 1, will compensate egg farmers for economic losses stemming from Se in their operations. It will also extend to hatcheries, Manitoba egg producers were told at their recent annual

Livestock, Poultry

China Poultry Industry Faces Downturn

March 12, 2009

The impact of bird flu and the economic slowdown may have cut China’s poultry numbers by about a third or more in the last month, executives in the poultry feed industry said March 3. Although China has not disclosed any significant outbreaks of bird flu or the extent of the impact on the industry, feed

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Pilgrim’s Pride Eyes 2009 Bankruptcy Exit

By Bob Burgdorfer March 5, 2009

U. S. chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. has idled plants and is streamlining operations in hopes of exiting from bankruptcy protection by the end of 2009, CEO Don Jackson told Reuters on Feb. 27. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in December after struggling for nearly a year with high feed costs and low meat

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“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

January 29, 2009

An H5 strain of avian flu has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in southern British Columbia’s Fraser River valley, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Saturday. “Tests to date indicate that the strain of AI in this case is low pathogenic,” the agency said in a release. “Further testing is underway to confirm

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U. S. farmers remain hopeful even as profits erode

By Karl Plume January 29, 2009

“With that kind of volatility you just lose track of fundamentals.” –Illinois farmer Garry Niemeyer Iowa farmer Gordon Wassenaar says he is optimistic about 2009, displaying a sometimes puzzling “glass half full” mentality needed in a profession in which Mother Nature can wipe out months of work overnight. He and other U. S. farmers notched

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Turkey entrepreneur dies at 76

By Jim Romahn January 15, 2009

Milo Shantz, who began with 500 turkey poults and developed Hybrid Turkeys into one of four companies that dominated global markets, died of cancer Jan. 6 at age 76. Hybrid Turkeys of Kitchener, Ont., is now one of two global turkey-breeding companies, each with half of the market. After Shantz and his brother, Ross, sold

Livestock, Livestock Markets, Poultry

Ontario cities ban cage eggs

By Jim Romahn January 1, 2009

Orillia and Pickering have bowed to pressure from the Humane Society of Canada to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens in all municipal facilities. The Humane Society calls it a landmark decision. It follows similar bans in university cafeterias, including the University of Guelph. The Humane Society says the councils are also encouraging

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USDA to purchase broilers

December 4, 2008

The U. S. Department of Agriculture said it intends to purchase broilers and broiler products for federal food assistance programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service purchases a variety of food products each year for distribution by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for programs serving children, the elderly, Indian reservations and victims of natural disasters. While AMS

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U. S. egg sets down

By Reuters November 27, 2008

U. S. commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending Nov. 15, down seven per cent from the corresponding week a year earlier, the U. S. Agriculture Department said on Nov. 19. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 per cent. Broiler growers

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A Pilgrim’s Pride bankruptcy may help rivals

November 27, 2008

Any bankruptcy filing by Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., the largest U. S. chicken producer, could support higher pricing for the entire poultry industry as capacity is taken out, Fitch Rating said Nov. 18. A Pilgrim’s Pride bankruptcy looks “pretty inevitable,” given that the company has hired a restructuring adviser and is exercising a grace period for

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Poultry

Salmonella Insurance Soon Available For Egg Farmers

China Poultry Industry Faces Downturn

Pilgrim’s Pride Eyes 2009 Bankruptcy Exit

“Low-path” bird flu found in B. C.

U. S. farmers remain hopeful even as profits erode

Turkey entrepreneur dies at 76

Ontario cities ban cage eggs

USDA to purchase broilers

U. S. egg sets down

A Pilgrim’s Pride bankruptcy may help rivals

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