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Ottawa loses millions on import duties

By Alex Binkley July 14, 2017

A significant volume of dairy, poultry, eggs and beef was imported into Canada without a permit or paying the appropriate customs duties, hurting both the federal treasury and farmers, says Auditor General Michael Ferguson in his spring report to Parliament. Analyzing figures from Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Border Services Agency found “authorizations, certificates,

It appears religious edicts that spurred greater demand for chicken caused a spurt in genetic development.

Did you know?, News

Holy edicts may have created modern chicken

Religious rules may have fuelled greater demand for chicken meat and spurred development

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 16, 2017

Chickens were domesticated from Asian jungle fowl around 6,000 years ago, but these early birds didn’t look much like the chickens of today. They didn’t look the same, they were more aggressive and they laid fewer eggs less often. At some point this all began to change, but until recently researchers have never really understood

Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

Beef cattle, Livestock

U.S., China agree to first trade steps under 100-day plan

By Ayesha Rascoe, GFM Network News May 12, 2017

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. and China have agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access for U.S. financial firms and expand trade in beef and chicken among other steps as part of Washington’s drive to cut its trade deficit with Beijing. The deals are the first results of 100 days of trade

Livestock, Poultry

Chicken farmers have something to crow about

An independent audit has shown their animal care program is working well

By Alex Binkley April 3, 2017

The latest audit of the animal care program operated by Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) by third-party auditor NSF International says the program is working effectively and consistently. CFC said in a statement that 2,800 Canadian chicken farms are audited annually. “It is a mandatory program with enforcement measures for issues of non-compliance and the

Local news, Poultry

Poultry farmers win right to appeal MCP’s specialty quota program

Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council agrees to hear concerns

By Lorraine Stevenson March 31, 2017

The Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council has agreed to hear an appeal by chicken producers who say they’ve been hurt financially by a new program affecting how specialty chicken is raised and processed. The appeal is being made by five producers who feel penalized by Manitoba Chicken Producers’ new annual specialty quota program. The chicken-marketing

Our History

Make the most of seeding into stubble

Our History: March 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 23, 2017

Summerfallow was still a common part of the rotation in 1961, but for those seeding into stubble, this ad from our March 30 issue reminded them that they needed nitrogen and suggested they leave an unfertilized check strip to confirm the difference. An article quoting Manitoba Department of Agriculture specialists reinforced the advice. It said

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock

Canada blocks poultry, eggs from Tennessee, Alabama

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 17, 2017

Cross-border travellers coming into Canada from the U.S. are being warned not to bring in raw poultry or eggs from Tennessee or Alabama following outbreaks of avian flu in those states. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday announced restrictions on imports of uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from those two states until

Rick Kurbis stands inside the chicken coop on his farm, where he had a close call with toxic hydrogen sulphide gas on February 13, 2017.

Local news, Poultry

Coop cleanout proves nearly fatal

Even a small chicken coop can hide big dangers as organic matter breaks down

By Shannon VanRaes March 9, 2017

It was when the clucking and scratching of the chickens started to sound like a beautiful serenade that Rick Kurbis knew something was seriously wrong. “I’d been in the chicken coop for about half an hour cleaning and then I heard what sounded like the chickens singing, or more accurately it sounded like their clucking

Health officers in protective clothing cull poultry at a wholesale market, as trade in live poultry was suspended after a spot check at a local street market revealed the presence of H7N9 bird flu virus, in Hong Kong June 7, 2016.

International news, Poultry

Chinese consumers seem to shrug off deadly bird flu outbreak

Repeated issues with the outbreaks have led citizens of the country to become less alarmed about warnings

By Adam Jourdan March 6, 2017

Four years ago, a bird flu outbreak in China killed at least three dozen people, triggered mass poultry culling, put masks on millions of Chinese faces and hammered shares in fast-food and travel companies. This winter, more than 100 people have died, but few birds have been slaughtered, there are few masks on the streets

Dairy and poultry farm managers are going to be the hardest group of employees to find in the future.

Livestock, News

Supply management sectors also face labour shortages

More stable employment means less employee loss, but key skills are still in short supply

By Alex Binkley February 8, 2017

Despite the relative stability supply management provides the dairy and poultry sectors, they suffer from labour shortages like the rest of agriculture. Those shortages are more in the manager and owner categories though, says the Canadian Agri-Food Human Resources Council (CAHRC). As part of its extensive study of worker shortages in agriculture, CAHRC has issued

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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