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Poultry co-ops Exceldor, Granny’s to merge

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 3, 2019

Quebec poultry co-operative Exceldor is expanding its westward reach through a merger deal with Manitoba-based Granny’s Poultry Co-operative. The two co-ops announced the combination Wednesday, noting it’s already been approved by Granny’s producer members in a “unanimous” vote taken in May, and by the federal Competition Bureau in a decision last month. “The main objective

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: A fine balance

By Gord Gilmour June 20, 2019

Where does one individual’s rights end, and another’s begin? One famous definition runs like this: “The right to swing my arms in any direction ends where your nose begins.” It’s a straightforward common-sense approach that attempts to balance individual liberty with the rights of others. However, it’s also a very simplistic black-or-white view. The reality

“If their current actions result in spread of the ILT, and commercial flocks are affected, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses, saying, ‘I am sorry, I guess we should have put down our flock,’ really won’t help.” – Wayne Hiltz, Manitoba Chicken Producers.

Local news, Other, Poultry

Food or pet?

Poultry disease sparks a  battle of philosophies in  southeastern Manitoba

By Geralyn Wichers June 20, 2019

A case of the deadly infectious laryngotracheitis virus in a small flock of chickens near Steinbach has put the birds’ owners at odds with the province’s commercial poultry industry. Owner Raelle Schoenrock says she will not be euthanizing her flock of about 50 birds because this goes against the farm’s mission as a sanctuary for

Incubating capacity is 250,000 eggs, hatching 70,000 chicks per week at Berg’s Hatchery.

Country Crossroads, Local news

A great place to pick up chicks

Berg’s Hatchery serving Russell area for over 65 years

By Darrell Nesbitt May 28, 2019

Looking for a great place to pick up chicks? Berg’s Hatchery of Russell can help you with that. The family business, currently owned by Kevin and Connie Berg, has been turning eggs into fluffy chicks for over 65 years. “Hatching chicken eggs is an extremely rewarding experience, which requires good planning, dedication, flexibility and observation

Hogs, Livestock

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News, Tom Polansek April 16, 2019

Reuters — China would likely lift a ban on U.S. poultry as part of a trade deal and may buy more pork to meet a growing supply deficit, but it is not willing to allow a prohibited growth drug used in roughly half the U.S. hog herd, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations said.

File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

By GFM Network News, Sharay Angulo March 5, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an effort they argue would counter decades of subsidized imports from the United States. The three-month-old government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is currently working

Livestock

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff November 27, 2018

A new $660 million plant at London, Ont. will house Maple Leaf Foods’ Ontario fresh poultry processing operations by mid-2021 as the food processing firm prepares to shut three older facilities. Toronto-based Maple Leaf announced Monday it will build a 640,000-square foot plant at London, billed as “one of the most technologically advanced poultry-processing plants

Crops, Weather

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses are estimated at 5,500. Widespread power outages and flooded roads are making it difficult to get help to abandoned livestock operations. The state is home

A Sept. 12 view from the International Space Station down the eye of Hurricane Florence, which has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone. (NASA photo)

Livestock, Weather

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein, Tom Polansek September 18, 2018

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least two hog manure pits, made roads undriveable and delayed rail shipments. Catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Florence, which has dumped up to 36 inches of rain

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Livestock

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 27, 2018

Fresh off its recent investment in the Prairie livestock feed business, Quebec ag co-operative giant La Coop federee is headed down a similar path in southwestern Ontario. The co-operative announced Monday it will pay an undisclosed sum for a 50 per cent stake in W-S Feed and Supply, based at Tavistock, Ont., about 30 km

Daily Network News

Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx

Agriculture Canada makes small balance sheet adjustments

Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

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