Poultry/Eggs & Production Tips

FCC, BMO offer breaks on loans to poultry farmers

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 2, 2015

Poultry producers up against direct impacts from avian influenza outbreaks at farms in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley may be able to get breaks on their outstanding loans with some lenders. Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and BMO Bank of Montreal both recently announced they may grant affected customers some leeway on payments. FCC said it “will […] Read more

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Hong Kong culls chickens, suspends imports after H7 bird flu found

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 31, 2014

Hong Kong | Reuters — Hong Kong began culling 15,000 chickens on Wednesday and suspended imports of live poultry from mainland China for 21 days after the H7 bird flu strain was discovered in a batch of live chickens from the southern province of Guangdong. Authorities also ordered the closure of the wholesale poultry market, […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

CFIA caught up on Fraser Valley bird depopulations

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 29, 2014

Birds at the 11 commercial poultry farms and one other property hit so far this month by H5N2 avian influenza in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley have been euthanized. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported it had completed “depopulation” of the 85 birds including ducks, chickens, geese and turkeys at a “non-commercial” farm in the Aldergrove […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

B.C. egg farm joins turkey, broiler farms on quarantine list

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 15, 2014

A 53,000-bird table egg layer operation in the greater Vancouver area is the 10th farm in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland to be confirmed with avian influenza since the beginning of the month. The farm, in the Langley municipality, was investigated Saturday under “suspicion” of avian flu and confirmed later that day to be infected with […] Read more

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Cargill sees $1B investment in Indonesia, eyes poultry sector

By GFM Network News December 13, 2014

Jakarta | Reuters — Cargill may invest US$1 billion in Indonesia over the next three to four years, with a focus on entering the poultry sector and expanding its palm business there, the CEO of the top global commodities trader said Tuesday. Earlier this year, Indonesia entered talks to resume poultry shipments to Japan after […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 10, 2014

Federal officials monitoring avian flu outbreaks in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley aren’t surprised to have confirmed another three, maybe four, infected properties. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in a statement Wednesday, two more farms — both close to the initial pair of farms confirmed last week with high-pathogenicity H5N2 avian flu — have […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Poultry, captive bird movements now limited in southern B.C.

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 8, 2014

Movements of birds, poultry products and poultry farm equipment are under new restrictions in the area where five poultry farms in British Columbia have been quarantined with avian flu. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Monday announced a new “primary control zone” in the entire southern half of B.C. south of Highway 16, split in […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

By GFM Network News December 8, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– The U.S. has suspended imports of live and raw poultry from British Columbia due to an outbreak of bird flu virus in the province’s Fraser Valley, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief veterinary officer told Reuters on Monday. The restrictions began on Dec. 4, the same day Canada identified the virus […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 7, 2014

A fifth poultry farm in B.C.’s Fraser Valley, this time a turkey farm near Abbotsford, is under federal quarantine with an H5 strain of avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday the Abbotsford farmer came forward after observing “higher than normal mortality rates,” and provided birds for sampling used in provincial and federal […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News December 5, 2014

Flock depopulation is underway on a broiler breeder farm infected with a severe strain of H5N2 avian flu at Chilliwack, B.C. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday it’s begun the process of “humanely euthanizing” the farm’s surviving chickens. The same depopulation and disposal process will follow “in the coming days” at three other Fraser […] Read more

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Poultry/Eggs

FCC, BMO offer breaks on loans to poultry farmers

Hong Kong culls chickens, suspends imports after H7 bird flu found

CFIA caught up on Fraser Valley bird depopulations

B.C. egg farm joins turkey, broiler farms on quarantine list

Cargill sees $1B investment in Indonesia, eyes poultry sector

Avian flu arrives on more B.C. poultry farms

Poultry, captive bird movements now limited in southern B.C.

U.S. suspends some B.C. poultry imports over avian flu

Another Abbotsford poultry farm quarantined

H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.

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