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Tracey and Ray Bredenhof didn’t start off expecting to make big waves in Canada’s beer industry. But when they spotted the opportunity, they plunged in, and it’s helping them achieve their farm and family dreams.
Crops, Guide Business

B.C. farmers go vertical with sales and processing

For Tracey and Ray Bredenhof, getting into processing, distribution and sales is a winner

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Reading Time: 7 minutes If Ray and Tracey Bredenhof were solely growing chickens, Ray doubts they would have been named Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers last December. To him, what the award was really recognizing was the purposeful way they have diversified their operation and how they continue to evaluate growth opportunities. It’s a point worth looking at, so here’s […] Read more
File photo of a bald eagle at Churchill on Hudson Bay in northeastern Manitoba. (Enrico Pescantini/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

High-path bird flu reaches Manitoba airspace

H5N1 confirmed in wild birds found last week in province's west

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Manitoba’s feather sectors and backyard flock owners are being reminded to take the necessary precautions now that highly pathogenic avian flu has been confirmed in wild birds found last week. The province’s natural resources department reported Wednesday that the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (CWHC) has confirmed the presence of high-path H5N1 avian flu in two […] Read more
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu arrives in Saskatchewan poultry

More outbreaks also confirmed in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a poultry flock and a non-commercial flock in separate areas of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it confirmed high-path avian flu on Thursday in a small non-commercial flock in the RM of Moose Mountain, near Carlyle in the province’s southeast, and on Saturday in a […] Read more
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

B.C. orders poultry indoors as avian flu arrives

One more outbreak each also in Alberta, Quebec; 'suspect' wild birds being tested in Manitoba

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Reading Time: 3 minutes British Columbia officials are ordering all commercial poultry operations to move their birds indoors after the arrival of avian flu in a flock in that province. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday it confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on Wednesday in a commercial poultry flock in the Regional District of North Okanagan, and […] Read more
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu hits flocks in Quebec, another in Ontario

Eleven control zones now in place in Ontario, six in Alberta

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Avian influenza has been confirmed at two sites in Quebec and another in Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Wednesday. CFIA said it had quarantined two premises in Quebec after confirming an H5 type of avian flu in birds on a commercial poultry farm on Tuesday in the regional municipality (RCM) of Val-Saint-Francois, just […] Read more
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Alberta, Ontario see more avian flu in flocks

One more outbreak confirmed in each province

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in one more commercial poultry flock each in central Alberta and eastern Ontario, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday. The agency said it had confirmed on Monday that high-path H5N1 avian flu had infected a poultry flock in Camrose County, southeast of Edmonton, and on Tuesday also […] Read more
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Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu hits more Alberta, Ontario poultry flocks

Alberta cases spread north, east

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Three additional poultry flocks in central Alberta and one in eastern Ontario were confirmed over the weekend to be infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Monday it had confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu on Friday in a commercial poultry flock in Kneehill County, between Calgary and Red Deer, and […] Read more
File photo of a flock of snow geese on Buffalo Pound Lake in south-central Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Ontario bans birds at events as avian flu spreads

Infected snow goose found in western Saskatchewan; two backyard flocks in Montana also confirmed infected

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Up against several outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian flu in commercial poultry flocks, Ontario is temporarily banning birds from appearing at shows and other such events. Provincial Agriculture Minister Lisa Thompson on Friday announced a ministerial order taking effect just after midnight Saturday (April 9), in which “the movement to and participation of birds in […] Read more
File photo of chicks on a genetic map of a chicken. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Avian flu hits Alberta poultry farms

Three more poultry farms, one backyard flock also infected in Ontario

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Three poultry flocks in central Alberta have now joined an expanding list of Canadian commercial poultry farms hit by highly pathogenic avian influenza. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Thursday it had confirmed high-path H5N1 avian flu on Wednesday in two commercial poultry flocks in Mountain View County, between Calgary and Red Deer, and in […] Read more
A custom hauler spreads dairy manure on hay ground using a Husky 18000L Slimline liquid manure spreader on a farm at Wallenstein, Ont., north of Kitchener, in the spring of 2018. (Husky Farm Equipment handout photo via Reuters)
Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

Ontario honeywagon maker all sold out

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Chicago | Reuters — For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to woo farmers on its benefits for their crops. Now, facing a global shortage of […] Read more

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