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Vesta plans to begin construction on a European-designed water treatment plant this fall putting him on schedule to open in the first quarter of 2016.

New Alta. packer seeks Harmony by design

By Debbie Furber August 25, 2015

Rich Vesta’s pride in his family’s state-of-the-industry beef-processing plant is evident as he talks about the features that will make Harmony Beef a one-of-a-kind plant in North America. The modernized Rancher’s Beef facility located in a vast industrial area east of Balzac, Alta. is now loaded with the latest European technology to provide a safe, […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 7, 2015

U.S. animal health officials have closed the books for now on avian influenza infections in 10 states, with five others remaining. In its latest report to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last week, the U.S. federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said all control areas for avian flu have been released […] 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

Beef Cattle

Recent bison deaths in North Battleford caused by anthrax

Disease has a highly rapid onset in cattle resulting in sudden death

By Beef Cattle Research Council July 16, 2015

With high temperatures and drought, cattle and bison are at a higher risk of anthrax. Two bison deaths northwest of North Battleford, Saskatchewan have recently been confirmed as caused by anthrax, and seven others are suspected. Producers are encouraged to keep a watchful eye and to refresh their memories on what to do when anthrax […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

BSE case’s traceout continues

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 7, 2015

Federal officials tracing out the herdmates of Canada’s 19th domestic case of BSE expect to have their final report on the case ready in late fall. Confirmed Feb. 11 as Canada’s first domestic case of the brain-wasting bovine disease since 2011, Case 19 was born in 2009 on the same northern Alberta farm as Case […] 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

Corn, Crops, Markets

Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 26, 2015

All feed corn coming to Canada from India is now going to be held and tested for aflatoxin, as high levels of the toxins have recently turned up in organic corn from the country. Importers of corn — organic or otherwise — from India, starting immediately, first must sample the corn, upon arrival in Canada […] Read more

These golden nematode cysts, shown here on potato roots, are about a third to half a millimetre in diameter. (Xiaohong Wang photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Potatoes

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News May 22, 2015

Canadian and U.S. food inspectors have agreed on what they mean by a “field” in any restrictions they place on potato trade on account of potato cyst nematodes. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Tuesday announced new revisions to their Guidelines on Surveillance and Phytosanitary […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

By P.J. Huffstutter May 11, 2015

Reuters — A strain of avian flu that until now had been found only in the western U.S. has cropped up in Indiana, bringing the total number of states affected by the virulent outbreak to 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday. The eastward spread of any strain of the highly contagious H5 virus […] Read more

Beef Cattle, News Roundup

NCFA three-pronged strategy sees cattle feeders looking forward

News Roundup from the April 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 5, 2015

The National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) has adopted a three-pronged strategy that zeros in on research, growth and sustainability for cattle feeding in Canada to improve the competitiveness of the industry. One step in this plan is a study by Noblepath Strategic Consulting scheduled for completion late this year that will outline the potential for […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

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U.S. grains: Corn futures lower as farmers sell, soy choppy

U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise

U.S. cattle ranchers criticize government for delayed reporting of human screwworm case

Tag Archives CFIA

New Alta. packer seeks Harmony by design

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

Recent bison deaths in North Battleford caused by anthrax

BSE case’s traceout continues

SW Ontario pullet flock’s ILT contained

Canada to check India’s feed corn for aflatoxin

Potato ‘fields’ clarified for cross-border trade

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

NCFA three-pronged strategy sees cattle feeders looking forward

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