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U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 25, 2015

Chicago/New York | Reuters — As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern U.S., some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic steps — importing eggs from overseas or looking to egg alternatives. A spokeswoman for Archer Daniels Midland said that as egg supplies tighten and prices rise, the food processing and commodities

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets

SW Ont. poultry sectors nearer business-as-usual, almost

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 22, 2015

Quarantines on several poultry operations in southwestern Ontario could be removed by the end of next month, assuming no new cases of avian flu turn up in the region — just in time for another notifiable poultry disease to appear. The Feather Board Command Centre — the emergency response unit for the province’s chicken, turkey

Livestock

Sysco sees U.S. bird flu hurting egg supply up to 18 months

By GFM Network News May 16, 2015

New York | Reuters — Food distributor Sysco Corp. said on Friday that a record U.S. outbreak of avian flu would limit its chicken and egg supply for nine to 18 months, based on information provided to the company by its suppliers. Sysco is the biggest U.S. food distributor, whose clients include restaurants, hotels and

Livestock

Minnesota bans bird exhibitions over avian flu

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 15, 2015

Minneapolis | Reuters –– Minnesota officials on Friday banned all bird exhibitions in the state this year, including at the Minnesota State Fair, in response to an outbreak of avian influenza that has affected farms around the Midwest. Exhibitions at fairs, swap meets, exotic sales and petting zoos must not include birds for the rest

Livestock, Markets

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 12, 2015

Reuters — The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The case in Dixon County, Nebraska, brings the number of states affected by the outbreak to 16, and the

Livestock, Markets

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter May 11, 2015

Reuters — A strain of avian flu that until now had been found only in the western U.S. has cropped up in Indiana, bringing the total number of states affected by the virulent outbreak to 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The eastward spread of any strain of the highly contagious H5 virus

American wigeons at Quebec’s Iles-de-Contrecoeur National Wildlife Area. (Environment Canada photo by Benoit Audet)

Livestock

H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 4, 2015

Ongoing surveillance of Canada’s wild birds has turned up the country’s first-ever case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu, in a duck carcass at a British Columbia bird sanctuary. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), noting such a detection in wild birds “should

Livestock

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 1, 2015

Reuters — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak. State agriculture officials on Friday announced four more poultry farms — a million-bird commercial egg laying operation and three turkey farms — have initially tested positive for an H5 strain of the virus. “While

(Manitoba Co-operator photo by Allan Dawson)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer April 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grains jumped as much as one per cent on Wednesday, with corn rebounding from a six-month low and wheat from a nearly five-year low on support from short covering and a weaker U.S. dollar. Soybeans also gained at the Chicago Board of Trade, buoyed by a strike of boat captains

Livestock, Markets

Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 29, 2015

Reuters — Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest importer of chicken broiler meat, has banned imports of poultry meat and egg products from Ontario due to the presence of avian flu on three Ontario farms. The market was worth about $825,000 in 2014, representing 0.4 per cent of Ontario’s poultry exports, said Patrick Girard, spokesman for

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Tag Archives avian flu

U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

SW Ont. poultry sectors nearer business-as-usual, almost

Sysco sees U.S. bird flu hurting egg supply up to 18 months

Minnesota bans bird exhibitions over avian flu

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat rebound on technicals, dollar declines

Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

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