Poultry Archives - Page 84 of 87

As predicted, COOL fight isn’t over yet

Prime Cuts from the June 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Steve Kay August 7, 2015

COOL’s ultimate demise is finally at hand. But it might not come as quickly as one might hope for. That’s because COOL’s fate now lies in the hands of American lawmakers. While the U.S. House of Representatives has already acted with commendable speed, the U.S. Senate is likely to drag its feet until the day […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 4, 2015

Movement of birds and bird products in, through and out of southwestern Ontario’s Oxford and Waterloo counties is no longer subject to federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Wednesday it has removed its second and final avian influenza control zone, which has been in place since April 21 and covered portions of both […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan wants N.Z. to make realistic offer on dairy goods

By Kaori Kaneko August 4, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters –– Japan wants New Zealand to offer realistic proposals on dairy products as part of 12-nation talks on a pan-Pacific trade agreement, a Japanese negotiator said Tuesday. Ministers failed last Friday to clinch a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal to free up trade after a dispute flared up over auto trade between Japan […] Read more

Anconas, a breed that originated in Italy, are among the birds being protected.
Bird Breeds Central

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

‘Noah’s Ark’ rescue mission for endangered poultry

Rare breed hatchery sends chicks as far away as Brazil

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News July 20, 2015

Reuters — Less than 24 hours after a deadly infection of bird flu was confirmed at a turkey farm north of Des Moines, Iowa, Bud Wood packed about 3,500 rare baby chicks into boxes and put them in the back of a truck. With the delicate birds just hours old, the president of Murray McMurray […] Read more

Canada’s agriculture ministers pose for their annual family photo in Charlottetown. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada photo)

Livestock, Markets

Trade ‘balancing act’ in focus at ag ministers’ meeting

By Dave Bedard July 17, 2015

With foreign governments urging Canada to open up its protected dairy, poultry and egg markets, the country’s provincial agriculture ministers are unanimously counter-urging in supply management’s defense. Pressure from trading partners and strong regional support in principle for supply management are nothing new. But Canada’s annual ag ministers’ meeting, held this week in Charlottetown, wrapped […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 15, 2015

The three southwestern Ontario poultry operations under quarantine since April with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu can expect to see their quarantines lifted before the end of July. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday that cleaning and disinfection work were completed June 29 at the two infected turkey farms in Oxford County, and July […] Read more

Foghorn the rooster gets around now on prosthetic feet. (Riley Brandt photo courtesy University of Calgary)

Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Calgary researchers get rooster back on feet

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 14, 2015

Technology usually used as teaching tools for veterinary students at the University of Calgary has given an injured rooster a new pair of feet. Calgary’s animal and bylaw services agency removed the rooster, now named Foghorn, from a city property earlier this year, the university said in a release. The bird was unable to walk, […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Architect of the Capitol, VisitTheCapitol.gov)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. said considering TPP trade deal without Canada

By Richard Cowan July 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters — The United States, frustrated over the lack of progress with Canada over new rules for agriculture trade, is weighing “contingencies” that could include completing a Pacific Rim trade pact that excludes Canada, according to two sources familiar with the issue. One official familiar with the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiation said […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Pitting supply management against U.S. subsidies seen as ‘unfair’

By Jade Markus July 9, 2015

CNS Canada — How will Canada’s supply management system stack up against America’s domestic supports if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) comes to fruition? It’s a question that hasn’t been answered, say some experts from Canada’s farming institutions. “It would be completely unfair if we have to compete with lower prices, because those lower prices are […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

SW Ontario pullet flock’s ILT contained

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 3, 2015

A warning to southwestern Ontario’s poultry producers in May to step up biosecurity over a non-avian-flu-related disease outbreak has been lifted. The Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response office for Ontario’s poultry and egg sector boards, last week issued a “stand down” for heightened biosecurity, following an outbreak of avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as Cattle on Feed report shows lower inventory

Canadian cattle herd sees first year-over-year increase since 2021

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

Daily Network News