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Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

By GFM Network News May 12, 2015

Reuters — The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The case in Dixon County, Nebraska, brings the number of states affected by the outbreak to 16, and the […] Read more

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Canada says will defend dairy protection at TPP talks

By GFM Network News May 11, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada will continue to defend its system of tariffs and quotas that protect dairy farmers, a senior official said on Monday, in comments that could worry nations negotiating a Pacific trade treaty. Canada is under pressure at talks to create a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because concessions sought by the other 11 […] Read more

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H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

By GFM Network News 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

Shown here Thursday in Istanbul, Ag Minister Gerry Ritz (front, second from right) says Canada plans to be at the TPP table to the “bitter end,” but U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack (front, second from left) says Canada has yet to make a “reasonable offer” on concessions. (USDA.gov via Flickr)

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Election timing puts Tories in bind on Pacific trade talks

By GFM Network News May 8, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters –– Canada is facing a tough squeeze at talks on a major Pacific trade treaty because the concessions other nations want it to make could cause serious problems for the governing Conservatives in this October’s general election. Canada, one of 12 nations aiming to create the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is under pressure […] Read more

American wigeons at Quebec’s Iles-de-Contrecoeur National Wildlife Area. (Environment Canada photo by Benoit Audet)

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H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News May 4, 2015

Ongoing surveillance of Canada’s wild birds has turned up the country’s first-ever case of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu, in a duck carcass at a British Columbia bird sanctuary. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Friday reported the case to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), noting such a detection in wild birds “should […] Read more

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Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 1, 2015

Reuters — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak. State agriculture officials on Friday announced four more poultry farms — a million-bird commercial egg laying operation and three turkey farms — have initially tested positive for an H5 strain of the virus. “While […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 29, 2015

Reuters — Saudi Arabia, the world’s second-largest importer of chicken broiler meat, has banned imports of poultry meat and egg products from Ontario due to the presence of avian flu on three Ontario farms. The market was worth about $825,000 in 2014, representing 0.4 per cent of Ontario’s poultry exports, said Patrick Girard, spokesman for […] Read more

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Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 28, 2015

Updated, April 29, 2015 — Ontario is urging poultry farmers to look into the AgriStability income stabilization plan, after the province’s third poultry farm to catch H5N2 avian flu this month has put down all its turkeys. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed Monday that “humane depopulation” has already been completed at the Bright, Ont. […] Read more

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Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

By GFM Network News April 28, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. poultry producer, plans to eliminate use of human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by September 2017, one of the most aggressive timetables yet set by an American poultry company. The Arkansas-based chicken and meat company also said Tuesday it is working on ways to curtail such […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports

By GFM Network News April 27, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday asked China to drop a ban on imports of U.S. poultry imposed because of an outbreak of bird flu in chickens and turkeys. The U.S. wants China to limit trade only from states or regions that have had cases of the flu, which is […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska

Canada says will defend dairy protection at TPP talks

H5N8 avian flu found in Indiana

Election timing puts Tories in bind on Pacific trade talks

H5N8-positive wild duck found in B.C.

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

Saudi Arabia bans Ont. poultry, egg products

Third Ont. farm with avian flu cleared of birds

Tyson to end use of human antibiotics in U.S. chickens by 2017

U.S. asks China to drop avian flu-related ban on poultry imports

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