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NASA’s Terra satellite observes Post-Tropical Cyclone Matthew being absorbed by a cold front along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard on Oct. 9 at 11:45 a.m. ET. (NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters, Weather

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News October 13, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding from Hurricane Matthew has killed up to five million poultry birds in North Carolina, most of them chickens, the state’s top environmental official said Wednesday. Donald van der Vaart, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, also told Reuters that some pits that hold hog waste on farms […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Jacket maker Canada Goose reported planning IPO

By GFM Network News October 8, 2016

Reuters — Canada Goose Inc., a maker of luxury winter down jackets, is interviewing banks to help prepare for an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at as much as $2 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. An IPO of Toronto-based Canada Goose would demonstrate the explosive growth the […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News 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

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Subway to ramp up Canadian meat sourcing

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News September 20, 2016

One of the biggest fast-food players operating in Canada has pledged to lock in Canadian suppliers for some of its Canadian stores’ meat supplies by the end of 2016. The U.S.-based sandwich chain Subway said Tuesday it has now introduced “Canadian-raised” ham, turkey and shaved steak at its Canadian restaurants and is “committed” to sourcing […] Read more

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), led by the country’s economy minister Sigmar Gabriel, shown here in March, have voted at their congress to approve a Canada-E.U. trade pact. (Susanne Eriksson photo, BMWI.de)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

By GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Wolfsburg, Germany | Reuters — Germany appeared set on Monday to back an ambitious trade accord between the European Union and Canada after the leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), junior partner in the ruling coalition, overcame left-wing resistance to the deal within his party. The SPD decision paves the way for EU member states […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

By GFM Network News August 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– The type of avian flu that led to the deaths of about 50 million U.S. chickens and turkeys last year has been found in the country for the first time in 14 months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday. USDA said it detected the H5N2 strain of the disease in […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News 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

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News August 9, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. meat processor Cargill has stopped using an important antibiotic for people to prevent disease in turkeys, the company said Tuesday, the latest food maker to drop the drug amid concerns about the impact on human medicine. Cargill has not used the drug, gentamicin, to prevent disease in turkeys that supply […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

By GFM Network News August 9, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Yum Brands investors on Tuesday filed a shareholder proposal requesting that it quickly phase out harmful antibiotic use in its meat supply, taking aim at the practices of the company’s KFC fried chicken chain. The proposal from shareholder activists As You Sow, of Oakland, Calif., and the Sisters of St. […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Wendy’s aims for antibiotic-free chicken by next year

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 4, 2016

U.S. fast food chain Wendy’s aims to source all of its chicken products from birds raised without the use of antibiotics “important to human medicine” by 2017. Columbus, Ohio-based Wendy’s, the world’s No. 3 burger chain behind McDonald’s and Burger King, said in a blog post Wednesday about 50 per cent of its chicken supply […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

Millions of chickens reported dead in Hurricane Matthew floods

Jacket maker Canada Goose reported planning IPO

Avian flu quarantine ends for Ontario duck farm

Subway to ramp up Canadian meat sourcing

Germany’s Gabriel gets green light to support CETA

Devastating bird flu strain found in duck in Alaska

Flu controls lifted on Ontario duck farm’s neighbours

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

Shareholders press Yum for stricter antibiotics policy

Wendy’s aims for antibiotic-free chicken by next year

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