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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 15, 2015

The three southwestern Ontario poultry operations under quarantine since April with highly pathogenic H5N2 avian flu can expect to see their quarantines lifted before the end of July. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported Tuesday that cleaning and disinfection work were completed June 29 at the two infected turkey farms in Oxford County, and July […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

SW Ontario pullet flock’s ILT contained

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 3, 2015

A warning to southwestern Ontario’s poultry producers in May to step up biosecurity over a non-avian-flu-related disease outbreak has been lifted. The Feather Board Command Centre, the emergency response office for Ontario’s poultry and egg sector boards, last week issued a “stand down” for heightened biosecurity, following an outbreak of avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Ont. avian flu quarantines not yet ready to go

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News June 29, 2015

Federal officials expect southwestern Ontario’s avian flu quarantines and control zones to stay in place for “several” more weeks yet. The Feather Board Command Centre (FBCC), the emergency response office for Ontario’s poultry and egg sector boards, said June 19 it’s been told by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) the “original projected timelines are […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

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

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

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

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, 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

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

GFM Network News

U.S. grains: Soy futures set six-week low as China buys Argentine cargoes, snubs U.S.

U.S. livestock: Hogs rally ahead of USDA report

Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

Tag Archives avian flu

Last of Ontario’s avian flu quarantines ends

Ont. avian flu quarantines to be lifted by month-end

SW Ontario pullet flock’s ILT contained

Ont. avian flu quarantines not yet ready to go

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

CFIA declares B.C. avian flu-free

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

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

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

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

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