Flock depopulation is underway on a broiler breeder farm infected with a severe strain of H5N2 avian flu at Chilliwack, B.C. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday it’s begun the process of “humanely euthanizing” the farm’s surviving chickens. The same depopulation and disposal process will follow “in the coming days” at three other Fraser […] Read more
H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.
Burger King takeover of Tim’s gets federal approval
Canada’s federal industry minister has given his blessing to the planned takeover of iconic coffee-and-donut chain Tim Horton’s by U.S. fast food giant Burger King. James Moore said Thursday his ministry has reviewed the proposed US$15.5 billion takeover, as the Investment Canada Act requires for such foreign investment transactions. Through the review of Burger King’s […] Read more
Avian flu outbreak in B.C. is high-path H5N2
Tests have confirmed the avian influenza that’s killed thousands of birds at two British Columbia poultry farms is a “high-path” strain of H5N2. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday confirmed the results from tests done at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Diseases in Winnipeg on samples from the two Fraser Valley farms — […] Read more
Canada/Korea trade pact to kick in Jan. 1
Legislators in both Canada and South Korea have ratified the two countries’ bilateral free trade deal to take effect next month. Canada’s Trade Minister Ed Fast on Wednesday announced the Canada-Korea Economic Growth and Prosperity Act has received royal assent just as the South Korean National Assembly has passed its Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA) […] Read more
Two more B.C. poultry farms quarantined for avian flu
Two Fraser Valley poultry farms — both of which received birds from one of two farms quarantined this week with confirmed cases of H5 avian influenza — are now also under federal quarantine. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday the two traceout farms were “determined to be at high risk” for avian flu. Birds […] Read more
Two Fraser Valley farms quarantined with H5 avian flu
Federal officials have quarantined a turkey farm and a broiler breeder farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley after both were confirmed with outbreaks of an H5 strain of avian influenza. The quarantines, announced Tuesday, follow death losses of “over half” of the 11,000 birds at the turkey farm near Abbotsford, and of about 1,000 of […] Read more
Sask. to raise brand inspection, registration fees
The new not-for-profit agency running Saskatchewan’s brand inspection, registry and livestock dealer licensing services is set to boost its fees in the new year. Livestock Services Corp. of Saskatchewan (LSS) will raise its brand inspection fee by 75 cents per animal effective Jan. 2, to $2.75. LSS’ fee for registering or renewing a brand will […] Read more
The early days of amateur radio on the farm
History pages from the March 1948 issue of Canadian Cattlemen
Calling CQ – Calling CQ: Part 1 By Slim Marsden, Vulcan, Alta. ‘Now that Old Man Winter has clutched the frontiers of our Western Land with his icy fingers, and most of the outside work has been cleaned up, we wonder what line of endeavor our ranchmen and farmers fall back on during the long […] Read more
Mandatory minimum grain handle extended
A new order-in-council will extend the federal government’s mandatory minimum weekly grain handle for Canada’s big two railways through March, just as the previous order expires. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Saturday announced the mandatory minimums, which expired Saturday, are extended until March 28, 2015. The new order, however, adjusts the […] Read more
Consumers crave quality beef
News Roundup: Highly marbled beef fits the bill, and pulling tail hairs on cattle for DNA sampling
Consumers crave quality Highly marbled beef fits the bill By Trish Henderson Though the share of AAA-grade beef has increased over the past 20 years, Canadian consumers are still looking for more of the best. “Beef consumption is definitely on a steady decline, but there has been a spike in demand for better quality. Consumers may […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
