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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, 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

Livestock

Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter April 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Minnesota declared a state of emergency on Thursday over a fast-spreading strain of avian flu that has led to the extermination of more than 7.3 million birds in the country. It followed Wisconsin’s action on Monday. The highly pathogenic H5N2 strain of bird flu has been identified on 46 Minnesota farms

Livestock, Markets

H5N2 avian flu arrives in South Dakota

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 2, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — A virulent strain of avian flu has spread for the first time to poultry in South Dakota and infected a fourth turkey flock in Minnesota, the nation’s top turkey producer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday. The latest infections of H5N2 flu show the virus, which can kill almost an

Livestock, Markets

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 11, 2015

Two more states whose migrating birds’ flight paths cross over much of the Prairies and Ontario now have outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu in commercial turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Tuesday expanded its restrictions on cross-border imports of U.S. birds, eggs and uncooked poultry products to include those from Missouri. The

Livestock, Markets

Canada blocking poultry, eggs from Minnesota

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 6, 2015

Discovery of H5N2 avian flu at a commercial turkey operation in central Minnesota has led Canada to curb cross-border imports of poultry and eggs from the state. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday announced restrictions blocking any raw poultry or poultry products or byproducts that aren’t fully cooked. Such products — including eggs

Livestock

H5N2 avian flu found in Minnesota turkey flock

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 6, 2015

U.S. officials have confirmed a commercial turkey flock in central Minnesota to be the first in the Mississippi flyway with a highly pathogenic strain of H5N2 avian flu. The high-path strain is confirmed as the same seen in recent months in backyard flocks and wild birds in the Pacific flyway states of Washington, Oregon and

Our History

Introducing a new breed of cattle

Our History: January 1886

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 27, 2015

The January 1886 issue of The Nor’-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller introduced readers to a breed of Dutch cattle known either as Holstein or Friesian. “The cows have large paunches and need plenty of food, and thrive best on grass of rich meadow bottoms and would be well adapted to the larger part of Manitoba.”

Hogs, Livestock

Researchers identify new PEDv strain in Minnesota

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 7, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. researchers have identified a new strain of a hog disease that has wiped out millions of baby pigs, a sign the virus will keep mutating as producers work to contain it. A third strain of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) was detected in a Minnesota hog herd and found to

Crops, Oilseeds

American canola crusher setting up delivery facility in Winkler

Northstar Agri Industries located in Hallock, Minn. is making it simpler and faster for  Manitoba farmers to deliver to them on this side of the border

By Allan Dawson September 9, 2014

An American crushing firm is making it easier for southern Manitoba farmers to deliver canola to it. Northstar Agri Industries of Hallock, Minnesota, is building a new 1,500-tonne high-throughput facility at Winkler to receive, store and transload canola. The operation, due to open this fall, will employ two or three people. “The demand for (canola)

Daily Network News

CFIA updates plant protection regulations

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters

CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases

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Minnesota bans bird exhibitions over avian flu

Hatchery amps up bird deterrence in face of avian influenza

Minnesota declares state of emergency over avian flu

H5N2 avian flu arrives in South Dakota

H5N2 avian flu spreads down Mississippi flyway

Canada blocking poultry, eggs from Minnesota

H5N2 avian flu found in Minnesota turkey flock

Introducing a new breed of cattle

Researchers identify new PEDv strain in Minnesota

American canola crusher setting up delivery facility in Winkler

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