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Egg Wars A Thing Of The Past, Producers Told

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

When Harold Froese became Manitoba’s representative on the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency’s board of directors, the national egg system seemed about to implode. Bitter arguments between provinces over quota allocations and industrial egg programs threatened to tear the agency apart. What a difference a few years make. Since 2001, there has been “unprecedented peace” in

Livestock, Poultry

Salmonella Insurance Soon Available For Egg Farmers

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

Anew program to insure Canada’s egg industry against the effects of Salmonella enteritidis (Se) should be ready this spring. The program, expected to be ready April 1, will compensate egg farmers for economic losses stemming from Se in their operations. It will also extend to hatcheries, Manitoba egg producers were told at their recent annual

Livestock, Poultry

China Poultry Industry Faces Downturn

March 12, 2009

The impact of bird flu and the economic slowdown may have cut China’s poultry numbers by about a third or more in the last month, executives in the poultry feed industry said March 3. Although China has not disclosed any significant outbreaks of bird flu or the extent of the impact on the industry, feed

Livestock, Livestock Markets, Poultry

Ontario cities ban cage eggs

By Jim Romahn January 1, 2009

Orillia and Pickering have bowed to pressure from the Humane Society of Canada to ban the sale of eggs from caged hens in all municipal facilities. The Humane Society calls it a landmark decision. It follows similar bans in university cafeterias, including the University of Guelph. The Humane Society says the councils are also encouraging

News, Poultry

USDA to purchase broilers

December 4, 2008

The U. S. Department of Agriculture said it intends to purchase broilers and broiler products for federal food assistance programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service purchases a variety of food products each year for distribution by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service for programs serving children, the elderly, Indian reservations and victims of natural disasters. While AMS

Other, Poultry

U. S. egg sets down

By Reuters November 27, 2008

U. S. commercial hatcheries in the 19-state weekly program set 201 million eggs in incubators during the week ending Nov. 15, down seven per cent from the corresponding week a year earlier, the U. S. Agriculture Department said on Nov. 19. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week was 83 per cent. Broiler growers

Hogs, Livestock, News, Poultry

California resolution rings alarm for livestock farmers in Canada

By Ron Friesen November 20, 2008

Largely unnoticed during the November 4 U. S. presidential election was the passage of a sweeping California ballot initiative which could have far-reaching effects for livestock production in North America. Proposition 2 will effectively ban gestation stalls, battery cages and veal crates in California by 2015. The initiative, which voters passed by a margin of

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Egg Wars A Thing Of The Past, Producers Told

Salmonella Insurance Soon Available For Egg Farmers

China Poultry Industry Faces Downturn

Ontario cities ban cage eggs

USDA to purchase broilers

U. S. egg sets down

California resolution rings alarm for livestock farmers in Canada

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