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Philippines reports first avian flu outbreak

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Manila | Reuters — The Philippines will cull 200,000 chickens, quails and ducks after confirming the country’s first outbreak of bird flu, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said on Friday. The avian flu outbreak was detected in a farm in San Luis municipality in Pampanga province, north of the capital Manila, which later spread to five
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Crops, Markets

Philippines rush new GMO rules to avert import disruption

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Manila | Reuters — The Philippines is set to issue new rules next month on GMO imports, seeking to avert food supply disruptions when a court-ordered stoppage kicks in as import permits for livestock feed expire this year, government officials said. In a landmark ruling in December, the country’s Supreme Court struck down a 2002 government
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Crops

Philippines to challenge court-ordered GMO import ban

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Manila | Reuters — The Philippine government said it will challenge a ban on GMO imports ordered by the country’s top court, after the ruling rattled global markets this week over the threat of disruption to millions of tonnes of soybean meal shipments. Last week, the Supreme Court struck down a 2002 government regulation that
Abe Van Melle, technical manager of the Beef Centre of Excellence, is working on adding value to Canadian beef by exploring underutilized cuts. Here he’s working with rope meat, also known as hanging tender, which traditionally is ground into hamburger, but can be made into a roast or steaks.
Beef cattle, Livestock

VIDEO: Canada’s Beef Centre of Excellence building demand through emotional connections

The goal is building brand loyalty by demonstrating Canadian beef is best in class

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Rob Meijer[/caption] “We need to change the paradigm to put (beef) producers and consumers in a space where they can talk and tell stories, because without that relationship, without the integrity, you cannot create trust, you cannot… earn what we call brand loyalty,” Meijer tells reporters visiting the centre June 10. The facility
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Benigno Aquino, president of the Philippines, leave Parliament Hill at the end of Aquino’s visit to Ottawa. (Deb Ransom photo courtesy PMO)
Cereals, Livestock, Markets

Canada, Philippines to talk about free trade talks

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Canada and the Philippines have launched “exploratory discussions” toward a possible free trade agreement, from which Canadian livestock and grain producers could expect to gain. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Philippines’ President Benigno Aquino announced the discussions Friday in Ottawa during Aquino’s state visit, which ends Saturday. A Canada-Philippines free trade agreement “would strengthen

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