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Brazil chicken production and exports seen rising in 2023

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Reuters – Brazilian chicken processors including heavyweights JBS SA and BRF SA will collectively increase output and exports in the new year, projections from meat industry group ABPA showed. Brazilian companies will process up to 14.750 million tonnes of chicken meat in 2023, and are also poised to raise exports by up to 8.5 per
(TrouwNutrition.ca)
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International joint venture buys Prairie layer hatchery

ILD, Trouw Nutrition to co-own Clark's Poultry

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A Manitoba company providing day-old layer chicks to poultry producers in the three Prairie provinces is under new joint ownership. International Layer Distribution (ILD), a subsidiary of German egg layer breeding firm EW Group, and Trouw Nutrition Canada, a livestock feed arm of Nutreco, on Monday announced their joint venture has acquired Clark’s Poultry for
Avian flu outbreak wipes out 50.54 million U.S. birds
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Avian flu outbreak wipes out 50.54 million U.S. birds

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Reuters – Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Nov. 24. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
“We and the other feather boards and, I think, the CFIA have become more efficient in triaging the permits.” – Cory Rybuck, Manitoba Egg Farmers.
News, Poultry

Manitoba not twice lucky on bird flu

Manitoba dodged the bullet in spring, when migratory birds came north and brought avian influenza with them; the fall migration has not been so kind

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Manitoba has seen seven times more bird flu cases in the space of a month than the rest of 2022 combined. From Sept. 14 to Oct. 12, 15 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were confirmed on Manitoba poultry farms, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported. Why it matters: Migratory birds are considered
chicken looking at camera
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U.S. pitches rule on chicken contracts

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Reuters – The Biden administration proposed a rule May 26 requiring U.S. meat packers to be more transparent in their dealings with contract farmers, in an effort to enhance competition in the highly consolidated industry. Farmers and consumer groups have argued for decades that consolidation in the beef, pork and chicken sectors, where four companies
Both the hog and poultry sectors are faced with disease issues that are about to test the province's ability to crisis manage.
Livestock, News

Managing Manitoba’s growing animal disease watch list

Is Manitoba ready for an animal disease fight with multiple fronts?

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Porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) may not be the only battle in the near future for the province’s already busy top veterinary authority. Manitoba’s office of the chief veterinary officer (CVO) is already occupied with the latest, and worst ever, eruption of PED—a virulent neonatal pig disease that, although no threat to humans, is well known
“I think there are a lot of really responsible people out there who can raise chickens to produce eggs and care for them appropriately.”
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Winnipeg one step closer to urban chickens

Committee votes 3-1 to approve pilot despite animal welfare advocates’ concerns

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A pilot program to allow laying hens inside Winnipeg city limits is a step closer to approval despite the expressed concerns of animal rights advocates.  “There’s always concerns,” said Councilor Ross Eadie. “I think there are a lot of really responsible people out there who can raise chickens to produce eggs and care for them
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Lethal bird flu hits Delaware poultry farm

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Reuters – A commercial poultry farm in Delaware with 1.2 million birds has been hit by a highly lethal form of bird flu, the state said Feb. 23, significantly expanding an outbreak that has killed U.S. chickens and turkeys. The outbreak brings the total number of commercial U.S. poultry birds affected by the disease to
“There’s a pretty standardized model for how to have backyard chickens in cities.” – Louise May.
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Winnipeg reopens urban chicken debate

Backyard poultry one tool of many toward a healthier society, says proponent

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The City of Winnipeg is reconsidering its ban on chickens in city limits — something proponents say will let people raise food and will regulate urban flocks already in clandestine backyard coops. “I believe it’s a right and it’s an easy thing that we can put in place that can help foster food sovereignty,” said

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