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Screengrab of turkeys on display at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, from a 2017 promotional video. (CWA video screengrab via YouTube)
Livestock

Saskatchewan, Ontario ban birds at events

Bans back on as fall migratory season underway, avian flu cases stack up

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At least two provinces now have bans in place on birds being brought to fall ag fairs and other such events, as cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza pick up again in Canada’s domestic birds. Ontario — which had such a ban in place this spring — reinstated it effective Sept. 23 through to Oct.
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

Avian flu returns to southwestern Ontario

More cases also turn up in western provinces

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Highly pathogenic avian influenza has circled back to Ontario for the first time in four months with an outbreak in a commercial poultry flock in Oxford County. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Friday confirmed the outbreak at a farm in the township of Zorra, about 20 km east of London. Details on the
File photo of a plate of tandoori chicken legs. (Paul_Brighton/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock

Ontario halal processor to buy poultry packing capacity

Amir Quality Meats taking up Wellington Poultry

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An Ontario meat processor specializing in the halal market has a deal in place to boost its capacity by buying a nearby chicken and specialty fowl packer. Amir Quality Meats, which operates a federally registered HACCP-certified boning and cutting plant at Brampton, has an agreement in place to buy the processing plant and “associated supply”
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U.S. chicken company Mountaire asks contractors to oppose transparency rule

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Reuters — Mountaire Farms, a top U.S. chicken company, is pressuring its contract farmers to oppose a Biden administration proposal aimed at improving their conditions because the company says it would ultimately reduce farmer pay, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with farmer advocates. The privately owned chicken company, said to be the
Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA’s logo on a tower in Jundiai, northwest of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil, on June 1, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)
Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

JBS quarterly profit falls almost 10 per cent but tops estimates

Cattle prices 'above the expected level'

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Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, posted an almost 10 per cent drop in net profits, to US$766 million, driven by the relative weakness of its U.S. beef and pork units in the second quarter, according to an earnings statement on Thursday. Still, it beat analysts’ forecasts. JBS reported a 4.6
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News, Poultry

Feds to fund poultry disease insurance

Three industry organizations have been earmarked for $1.2 million in funding

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[UPDATED: Aug. 10, 2022] The federal government has announced $1.2 million for insurance against poultry disease outbreaks as Canada continues its battle with bird flu. The most recent infection to break was reported Aug. 1 in a commercial flock in Quebec. Why it matters: Canada and the U.S. are only two on a list of
A plate of honey dijon glazed chicken wings. (SandersonFarms.com)
Livestock, Markets

Cargill, Continental close U.S. chicken deal

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Washington | Reuters — Cargill and Continental Grain said on Friday that they had closed their deal to buy Sanderson Farms, the third largest chicken producer, in a deal worth some US$4.53 billion. Under the deal, which was announced last August, Sanderson is being combined with Continental Grain subsidiary Wayne Farms. Sanderson will cease trading
“The infected premises continues to make progress toward being eligible for release from quarantine.” – CFIA
News, Poultry

Manitoba sees bird flu setback

Provincial numbers remain the best in Western Canada, but two new cases broke Manitoba’s months-long stretch without new domestic H5N1 cases

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Manitoba’s winning streak on bird flu hit a speed bump in the back half of June. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Manitoba currently sits at three cases of H5N1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, after two small flocks were confirmed positive in the last three weeks. The province has reported
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Ukraine poultry giant MHP warns on export challenges

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Ukrainian chicken and grains processor MHP, the country’s top food producer, warned on June 17 that it could not give an outlook for the year due to the war with Russia and challenges exporting goods. The company, which usually produces tens of thousands of tonnes of meat, wheat and vegetable oil every month, said poultry
The spread of bird flu around the world has raised alarm among governments and the poultry industry.
News, Poultry

France lifts bird flu restrictions

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France’s Farm Ministry said June 7 it would remove bird flu-related restrictions on poultry farming across the country, citing a halt in outbreaks after the worst-ever crisis of the highly contagious virus led to the culling of 16 million birds. The European Union’s second-largest poultry producer had eased restrictions, including keeping birds inside, in much

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