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U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

By GFM Network News June 11, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The average price of a dozen eggs in the U.S. will climb to a record high this year due to the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry, U.S. Department of Agriculture data issued Wednesday showed. USDA, in a monthly supply and demand report, increased its forecast for the price […] Read more

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Premises ID now online for Sask. livestock producers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

Saskatchewan’s premises ID (PID) system for livestock producers has officially gone online, the provincial and federal ag ministries announced Monday. While the province’s livestock commodity groups and provincial ag ministry have so far helped about 1,400 producers register their operations, the new system will allow producers to sign up, log in and make changes to […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 9, 2015

With three months’ distance from the cleanup at the last of the province’s infected poultry barns, the federal government has declared British Columbia free of highly pathogenic avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had notified the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) that B.C. is considered free of notifiable avian influenza, […] Read more

Michigan state officials say three Canada geese in Macomb County, on the west side of Lake St. Clair, were confirmed Saturday with high-path H5N2 avian flu. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Worst U.S. avian flu outbreak ever expands to Michigan

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 8, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Michigan on Monday said Canada geese in the state tested positive for a lethal strain of bird flu, bringing the worst outbreak of the disease in U.S. history to a 21st state. Three young geese collected at Sterling Heights, Mich., about 35 km north of Windsor, Ont., were infected with the […] Read more

Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis. (MAPAQ.gouv.qc.ca)

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Quebec plans new legal status for animals

By GFM Network News June 5, 2015

Quebec’s agriculture minister has tabled a new provincial government bill to raise the legal status of domestic and farmed animals in the province beyond that of “furniture.” Pierre Paradis on Friday introduced Bill 54 in the provincial assembly, with the stated goal of enshrining animals in Quebec’s Civil Code as sentient beings — that is, feeling and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because it was not effective enough. The agency said in a notice that additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Supply-managed sectors bolster defenses against TPP

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Reuters — Canadian farmers are stepping up their campaign against a nearly complete Pacific trade pact they fear will destroy protections for local dairy, egg and chicken producers and endanger jobs. Farmers in Quebec, which produces 40 per cent of Canada’s dairy products, ran full-page newspaper advertisements on Tuesday warning Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations threaten […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. bird flu virus seen under control within a few months

By GFM Network News May 26, 2015

Paris | Reuters — An epidemic of bird flu that has devastated U.S. poultry flocks this year is likely to be under control within a few months as the U.S. steps up measures to contain the virus and the summer weather weakens it, senior officials said on Tuesday. There is, however, a high risk that […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Interprovincial salmonella outbreak tied to chicks

By GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Federal and Alberta provincial health and veterinary officials are probing almost three dozen cases of salmonella poisoning across three provinces, tied to handling of live baby chickens. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) said Monday it’s so far investigating 17 cases of illness in people in Alberta, 13 in British Columbia and four in […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

By GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Chicago/New York | Reuters — As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern U.S., some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic steps — importing eggs from overseas or looking to egg alternatives. A spokeswoman for Archer Daniels Midland said that as egg supplies tighten and prices rise, the food processing and commodities […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

U.S. egg prices to hit record high due to avian flu

Premises ID now online for Sask. livestock producers

CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free

Worst U.S. avian flu outbreak ever expands to Michigan

Quebec plans new legal status for animals

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

Supply-managed sectors bolster defenses against TPP

U.S. bird flu virus seen under control within a few months

Interprovincial salmonella outbreak tied to chicks

U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

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