Reading Time: 2 minutes A recently-funded poultry facility at the University of Saskatchewan will allow researchers to work on poultry barn lighting, housing and feed systems.
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Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx
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Bird flu cases increase across Europe, Japan
Reading Time: 2 minutes New bird flu outbreaks were reported in several European countries and Japan this week
France raises bird flu alert level to ‘high’ after new cases
Reading Time: < 1 minute France has raised its bird flu alert level to “high” from “moderate”, requiring poultry farms nationwide to keep birds indoors as Europe faces a seasonal resurgence of the disease.
CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.
Supply management bill goes straight to Senate
The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
Reading Time: 3 minutes The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brazil, the world’s largest chicken exporter, confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday, triggering a country-wide trade ban from China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers.
Live poultry markets in New York City, suburbs shut over bird flu
Bird flu detected at seven locations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Authorities in New York state have temporarily closed all live poultry markets in New York City and three suburban counties after detecting bird flu at seven markets within the past week, according to a notice on Friday.
An evolving vision
First-gen farmers share their blueprint for business transition
Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to starting and growing a business, you’re only limited by your imagination. For Belmont, Manitoba first-generation farmers Lydia Carpenter and her husband Wian Prinsloo, it’s that type of unlimited, outside-the-box thinking that has become their regular way of thinking. Over the years, they’ve leveraged multiple income streams, a direct-to-consumer marketing beef business, […] Read more
New Zealand suspends poultry exports after first case of H7 bird flu
Reading Time: < 1 minute New Zealand said on Monday that it had suspended all poultry exports after detecting a highly pathogenic variant of avian influenza at a poultry farm on the South Island.
HPAI cases rise in B.C. amid birds migrating south for winter
Reading Time: 3 minutes British Columbia poultry farms are particularly vulnerable to highly pathenogenic avian influenza due to the annual migration of waterfowl through the Fraser Valley.