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French poultry leader seeks more double-digit price rises on costs
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French poultry leader seeks more double-digit price rises on costs

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LDC, France’s largest poultry group, will need to raise its prices by around 10 per cent next year to cover energy and other costs after already increasing prices by a third since last year, the company said Nov. 23. Food prices in France rose 12 per cent year-on-year in October, making food a main contributor,
Manitoba Egg Farmers members and staff during an October visit to Manitoba Harvest to pack eggs for distribution to families.
News, Poultry

Manitoba egg producers crack donation record

Manitoba Egg Farmers have long track record of donations to Manitoba Harvest foodbank

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Manitoba Egg Farmers and the Manitoba Harvest food bank are celebrating a donation milestone. Egg farmers and community supporters donated 12,000 dozen eggs to the hungry in the province in October, breaking a record for the most eggs ever donated in a single month. “It takes a province to feed a province,” said Vince Barletta,
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

U.S. avian flu outbreak of 2022 wipes out record number of birds

Vast majority of caseload originated with wild birds: USDA

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Chicago | Reuters — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Bird flu pressure bears down on B.C. farms

High-path flu hits 13 commercial farms in Fraser Valley within past week

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Commercial poultry farmers in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have come out the worst so far this month in Canada’s year-long fight with highly pathogenic avian influenza. Since Wednesday last week, that region alone has seen outbreaks on 13 commercial poultry farms: nine at Abbotsford, three at Chillwack and one in the District of Kent. That’s
News, Poultry

Spain detects two bird flu infections in poultry farm workers

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Two Spanish poultry farm workers tested positive for bird flu following an outbreak in poultry, in what appear to be the first known human infections in Spain and the second in Europe since 2003, the World Health Organization said Nov. 4. The poultry outbreak was confirmed by authorities on Sept. 20 and there has been
(Diane Kuhl/iStock/Getty Images)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

CUSMA compensation set for supply-managed sectors

Feds pledge over $1.7 billion in payments, programs

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A final round of payments and programs for Canada’s supply-managed dairy and feather sectors — this time in compensation for the sequel deal to NAFTA — is now on deck for 2023 and beyond. Compensation to those sectors for domestic market concessions granted under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) was telegraphed in federal Finance Minister Chrystia
“We and the other feather boards and, I think, the CFIA have become more efficient in triaging the permits.” – Cory Rybuck, Manitoba Egg Farmers.
News, Poultry

Manitoba not twice lucky on bird flu

Manitoba dodged the bullet in spring, when migratory birds came north and brought avian influenza with them; the fall migration has not been so kind

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Manitoba has seen seven times more bird flu cases in the space of a month than the rest of 2022 combined. From Sept. 14 to Oct. 12, 15 cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were confirmed on Manitoba poultry farms, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported. Why it matters: Migratory birds are considered
File photo of a CFIA vehicle. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock

Avian flu circles back to Quebec

Saskatchewan's bird mingling ban held over

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Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu have returned to Quebec’s poultry sector after a lull of just over two months, while more Canadian cases continue to pile up at points west. Canada’s fall migratory season for wild birds appears to have led to the return of outbreaks in both commercial and backyard poultry flocks and
(Sollio Co-operative Group video screengrab via YouTube)
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Pork packer Olymel laying off dozens of managers

Market unpredictability, 'growth challenges' cited

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Major Canadian pork and poultry packer Olymel has laid off 57 people from its management ranks and eliminated another 120 administrative positions, citing the company’s current “market context and growth challenges.” Olymel, the meat packing arm of Quebec-based Sollio Cooperative Group, said Tuesday its affected employees were notified Monday and have received their layoff notices.
(Lauri Patterson/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Thanksgiving in a time of bird flu

North America's poultry sector is embroiled in a fall surge of avian influenza, even as turkey demand hits one of its annual peaks

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It’s the final stretch until Thanksgiving, but anyone hoping to bring their raw bird over the border may be disappointed. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public that raw poultry, including turkey, from restricted areas of the U.S. will not be allowed past the international border due to the ongoing fight with

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