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Feds fund chicken vaccine research

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Member of Parliament Brad Trost, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz has $275,000 for Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan to undertake a research project on disease control. A release says the project aims to identify and characterize new variants of the avian reovirus and determine how they are transmitted. It also aims to evaluate the […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Finishers, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Panel’s report likely to tie farm antibiotics to human resistance

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — A White House advisory committee is expected to acknowledge the link between antimicrobial resistance in humans and livestock being fed antibiotics when it issues its report in the next few weeks, according to the transcript of a committee meeting held earlier this month. But how much of the public health problem can be […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

China food scandal drags in Starbucks, Burger King and McDonald’s

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Shanghai/Reuters — The latest food scandal in China is spreading fast, dragging in U.S. coffee chain Starbucks , Burger King Worldwide Inc and others, as well as McDonald’s products as far away as Japan. McDonald’s Corp and KFC’s parent Yum Brands Inc apologized to Chinese customers on Monday after it emerged that Shanghai Husi Food […] Read more
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Roosters’ fertility problem hits U.S. chicken supply

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — The world’s largest chicken breeder has discovered a key breed of rooster has a genetic issue reducing its fertility, adding to problems constraining U.S. poultry production and raising prices at a time when beef and pork prices are already at record highs. The breed, Aviagen Group’s standard Ross male, is sire through its […] Read more
(Butterball.ca/YouTube)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Quebec poultry co-op to buy P+H’s Butterball business

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has signed a deal to shed its P+H Foods poultry processing business, which includes the Canadian business for the U.S. turkey brand Butterball. Exceldor, a Levis, Que.-based poultry producers’ processing co-operative, announced Thursday it will expand its market reach across Canada by buying the P+H Foods business for an […] Read more
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Feds won’t back national pullet marketing agency

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government has found the case for a national pullet marketing agency “not compelling” enough to grant the wish of a nationwide pullet producers’ group. A spokesperson for federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed Wednesday that Ritz had reviewed the report and recommendations of the Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) on the application […] Read more
Michael Foods says its Papetti’s brand of foodservice egg products, for use in omelettes, french toast, egg patties and other dishes, is “priced competitively compared to traditional shell eggs.” (MichaelFoods.com)
Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Winnipeg egg processor to join Post

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Winnipeg foodservice egg processor MFI Food Canada is poised to become an arm of breakfast giant Post as part of the U.S. company’s biggest-ever takeover deal. Post Holdings, whose brands include cereals such as Honeycomb, Alpha-Bits, Grape-Nuts and (in Canada) Shreddies, plus other cereal, snack and nutrition supplement products, announced Thursday it has an agreement […] Read more

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