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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. ends avian flu-related limits on Ont. poultry

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 25, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. Agriculture Department on Tuesday lifted restrictions on imports of poultry and poultry products from Ontario in the latest sign the farm sector is starting to recover from a severe outbreak of bird flu. USDA limited imports from Ontario in April after a highly pathogenic (“high-path”) strain of H5N2 avian flu was […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Chinese demand seen eating into pork supply glut

By GFM Network News August 24, 2015

CNS Canada –– Canadian pork producers have seen increased demand from China in recent weeks, which could boost prices in coming months. Despite turbulence in the China’s economy, an industry specialist says exports should be little affected. Pork prices are sensitive to economic change to an extent, but not as much as non-food markets, said […] Read more

Farm Life, FarmLife

Eating shashlik in Ukraine

By Amy Jo Ehman August 19, 2015

Imagine if you had to solve a word puzzle before you could eat. But the puzzle is in a different language and a strange alphabet. That was the challenge of ordering dinner in Izmail, Ukraine, a small historic city on the Danube River near the border of Moldova. My husband and I had just arrived […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

By GFM Network News August 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Japan anxious at lull in Trans-Pacific trade talks

By Reuters, GFM Network News August 11, 2015

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan has expressed concern about a loss of momentum in talks on a pan-Pacific trade pact, after participants failed to agree to meet again this month to try to clinch a deal that would cover 40 per cent of the global economy. Ministers from the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Dairy farmers milk politics of Pacific trade pact

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News August 10, 2015

Reuters — New Zealand dairy farmers have a message for their Canadian counterparts, who worry a Pacific trade deal will throw them on the mercy of world markets and devastate their industry: It’s not so bad. But heavily protected Canadian farmers have reason for skepticism. A deadlock over dairy has emerged as one of the […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu controls lifted in 10 U.S. states

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News 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

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News 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 GFM Network News 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

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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