quarantine Archives | Page 3 of 4

Quarantined ranches don’t have the facilities to feed the hundreds of calves they expected to sell in the fall, so Alberta Beef Producers is trying to get permission to use — and then find — feedlots willing to take them.

Compensation promised for ranches under TB quarantine

Ottawa promises financial help while Alberta Beef Producers trying to arrange for feedlots to take in calves

By Jennifer Blair November 29, 2016

Beleaguered ranchers with quarantined herds are getting some relief as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has approved a beef industry plan to allow calves to be sent to feedlots. “We’re working with the CFIA on the conditions and requirements,” said Rich Smith, executive director of Alberta Beef Producers. “Obviously, it would be hard to get […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

November 28, 2016

Thousands more cattle and calves in southeastern Alberta are now booked to be destroyed, as a search continues for animals that had contact with one or more of six tuberculosis-infected Alberta cattle. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced its “herd” of animals known to have commingled with the TB-infected cattle has expanded to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 25, 2016

Prairie cattle producers whose herds are stuck under federal quarantine while officials trace out cases of bovine tuberculosis (TB) could soon have a option to house animals at an approved feedlot. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday said it is working with beef cattle industry representatives to find one or more feedlots where it […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 24, 2016

Under pressure in the Commons Tuesday, the federal government has committed to “look into options” to compensate Alberta and Saskatchewan producers having to feed cattle they’re prohibited from selling. Federal Conservative and NDP agriculture critics David Anderson and Ruth Ellen Brosseau separately took the government to task this week over the costs producers have to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

By Rod Nickel November 22, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Ranchers in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan whose herds are under quarantine due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis told federal legislators Tuesday they desperately need to sell cattle or receive compensation to avoid financial disaster. Ranchers who raise calves typically sell them in autumn to feedlots, where they are fattened […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff November 14, 2016

Two farms in southwestern Saskatchewan have been added to the list of those under federal quarantine as inspectors widen their search for cattle exposed to a new-to-Canada strain of bovine tuberculosis (TB). As of Thursday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it had “approximately 33” farms in Alberta and two in Saskatchewan under quarantine. The […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 3, 2016

A federal quarantine has been lifted for a duck farm near St. Catharines, Ont. where birds were confirmed in July with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has reported the quarantine was lifted effective Sept. 20, at the end of a 21-day waiting period after the commercial-scale farm was depopulated, cleaned and […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

By David Ljunggren August 25, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — A dispute over $2 billion worth of Canadian canola exports to China intensified on Thursday when Beijing criticized Ottawa’s insistence that bilateral relations could not improve until the matter is settled. The situation threatens to mar Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to China next week. “We oppose linking a concrete […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 19, 2016

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has lifted a three-kilometre avian flu control zone around a duck farm in Ontario’s Niagara region, freeing up traffic on and off neighbouring farms. All but one of the commercial and non-commercial farms in the control zone were released from quarantine effective Tuesday and will no longer need licensing for […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt tightens import quarantine rules on grains

By Reuters August 16, 2016

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt has tightened its agriculture quarantine regulations, imposing a rule that will prevent grain shipments suspected of contamination from being offloaded until they receive test results, according to a letter sent to traders Monday. The rule comes just one month after the world’s biggest wheat buyer discontinued its controversial zero tolerance […] Read more

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on beef demand, cash market optimism

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest advances

GFM Network News

Trump issues permit for Alaska-to-Alberta railway

U.S. livestock: Cattle up on beef demand, cash market optimism

U.S. grains: Corn, soy ease as harvest advances

Tag Archives quarantine — page 3

Compensation promised for ranches under TB quarantine

More culls, quarantines added to bovine TB probe

Feedlots sought to take in TB-quarantined cattle

Federal Tories, NDP press for TB quarantine compensation

Ranchers under quarantine fear going ‘broke by spring’

Bovine TB quarantines push into Saskatchewan

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

China raps Ottawa as dispute over canola exports deepens

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

Egypt tightens import quarantine rules on grains

GFM Podcasts

COFS partners for permanent digs, how to make an outdoor farm show digital

Special Podcast Series

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In Case You Missed It – Your National Ag News Recap for the week ending September 25, 2020.

GFM Network News

GFM Podcasts

Special Podcast Series

AgCanadaTV

Daily Newsletter