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File photo of a liquid nitrogen pipe in a laboratory setting. (Octavian Lazar/iStock/Getty Images)

Six die in liquid nitrogen leak at U.S. poultry plant

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 28, 2021

Atlanta | Reuters — At least six people were killed and 12 others hospitalized on Thursday in liquid nitrogen leak at a northeastern Georgia poultry plant, officials said. Five people died at the Foundation Food Group plant in Gainesville, about 35 km northeast of Atlanta, before they could be taken to a hospital, and one

Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut’s port area on Aug. 4, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Crops, Other

Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say

The fertilizer's Georgian producer has since been dissolved; the ship that brought it to Lebanon sank in 2018

By GFM Network News, Jonathan Saul August 11, 2020

Moscow/Dubai/London | Reuters — In the murky story of how a cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate ended up on the Beirut waterfront, one thing is clear — no one has ever publicly come forward to claim it. There are many unanswered questions surrounding last week’s huge, deadly blast in the Lebanese capital, but ownership

Weather

Irma whips orange trees, shuts meat plants

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek September 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Hurricane Irma stripped oranges from trees and prompted Tyson Foods to shut meat plants in Florida and Georgia on Monday to keep workers safe. Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat company, hopes to resume normal operations soon at chicken plants it shuttered in Cumming, Dawson and Vienna, Ga., and at a beef

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 27, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Georgia has confirmed its first-ever case of bird flu in commercial poultry, its agriculture department said on Monday, widening an outbreak of the disease into the United States’ biggest chicken meat-producing state. A flock of 18,000 chickens used for breeding was culled after testing positive for H7 bird flu, according to

Sonny Perdue with wife Mary during a rain prayer service in 2007. (SonnyPerdue.Georgia.gov)

Crops

Trump to name ex-Georgia governor as ag secretary

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 19, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will name former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as his nominee for secretary of agriculture on Thursday, a senior transition official saidn Wednesday. Perdue, 70, served on Trump’s agricultural advisory committee during his presidential campaign. His nomination, which must be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, will complete Trump’s

A satellite view of Hurricane Matthew at about 1 p.m. ET on Oct. 6, as the hurricane regained Category 4 status. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project)

Crops, Weather

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News October 6, 2016

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. Southeastern companies were closing down operations ahead of a storm that could threaten some

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Georgia to accept Canadian breeding cattle, hogs

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 2, 2016

Canada may be able to move up to $2.5 million more in live breeding cattle and live breeding swine to the Black Sea region each year, with new market access to Georgia. The former Soviet country’s government will allow imports of Canadian breeding cattle and hogs effective immediately, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Trade Minister

rescuing a horse from an overturned trailer

Livestock

Do you know what to do when faced with a livestock emergency?

It’s all about making it real and keeping rescue efforts simple,  American expert says of upcoming Olds workshop

By Alexis Kienlen June 17, 2015

When a truck carrying livestock flips, or there’s a need to rescue horses or cattle during a flood, most people don’t know what to do. That’s where Rebecca Gimenez comes in. Gimenez, who hails from Macon, Georgia, will be teaching a workshop on animal rescue and emergency preparedness in Olds on June 25 and 26.

Livestock, Poultry

Hatchery amps up bird deterrence in face of avian influenza

Consumer faith in poultry products appears to be holding in spite of a growing  number of avian influenza cases on farms in Ontario and the U.S.

By Shannon VanRaes May 11, 2015

Manitoba poultry producers and processors have yet to be stung by the avian influenza sweeping farms south of the border, but that doesn’t mean it’s business as usual. Enhanced biosecurity brings a host of changes and logistical challenges. “We’ve increased our sanitation measures, we have foot baths now at all the entrances to our production

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle extend gains on improving cash prices, packer demand

U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

Tag Archives Georgia

Six die in liquid nitrogen leak at U.S. poultry plant

Who owned the chemicals that blew up Beirut? No one will say

Irma whips orange trees, shuts meat plants

Top U.S. chicken-producing state sees first case of bird flu

Trump to name ex-Georgia governor as ag secretary

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Georgia to accept Canadian breeding cattle, hogs

Do you know what to do when faced with a livestock emergency?

Hatchery amps up bird deterrence in face of avian influenza

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