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Poultry co-ops Exceldor, Granny’s to merge

By Dave Bedard July 3, 2019

Quebec poultry co-operative Exceldor is expanding its westward reach through a merger deal with Manitoba-based Granny’s Poultry Co-operative. The two co-ops announced the combination Wednesday, noting it’s already been approved […] Read more

A barn marked with a Be Seen Be Safe notification.

Livestock, News

Ontario technology to track poultry production systems in Alberta

The goal of Be Seen Be Safe technology is to minimize disease spread

By Lilian Schaer June 13, 2019

With the threat of African swine fever hanging over the pork industry and a devastating new tomato virus just discovered in Ontario for the first time, the need for biosecurity […] Read more

PhD candidate Emily Leishman is investigating management styles and their effect on footpad dermatitis and aggressive pecking in turkey operations across Canada.

Livestock

Researcher looks at turkey management and bird health

Changed management practices should aid in turkey welfare

By Jennifer Glenney June 13, 2019

Emily Leishman, a PhD candidate with the University of Guelph hopes to understand housing and management practices on turkey farms as part of her doctoral research. She is investigating the […] Read more

Donna and Jordon Underhill own the company launching the new Canadian Poultry Xpo.

News

New poultry trade show announced

The Canadian Poultry Xpo is scheduled in Stratford in November 2020

By John Greig April 24, 2019

Ontario’s agriculture trade show schedule is getting more crowded with the launch of a new poultry show. ROI Event Management, which runs the Canadian Dairy Xpo (CDX), announced a new […] Read more

Livestock

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

By Chris Prentice, Tom Polansek April 16, 2019

Reuters — China would likely lift a ban on U.S. poultry as part of a trade deal and may buy more pork to meet a growing supply deficit, but it […] Read more

File photo of a cowboy herding cattle near a Mexican roadside. (GummyBone/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

By Sharay Angulo March 5, 2019

Mexico City | Reuters — Leaders of Mexico’s agricultural sector are urging “mirror measures” on U.S. farm imports in politically sensitive products such as yellow corn and poultry, in an […] Read more

Livestock

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

By GFM Staff November 27, 2018

A new $660 million plant at London, Ont. will house Maple Leaf Foods’ Ontario fresh poultry processing operations by mid-2021 as the food processing firm prepares to shut three older […] Read more

Crops

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

By MarketsFarm Team September 19, 2018

CNS Canada — Record-setting rain and floods in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Florence have destroyed the state’s poultry sector with 3.4 million chickens and turkeys reported killed. Pig losses […] Read more

A Sept. 12 view from the International Space Station down the eye of Hurricane Florence, which has since weakened to a post-tropical cyclone. (NASA photo)

Livestock

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

By Lisa Baertlein, Tom Polansek September 18, 2018

Chicago/Los Angeles | Reuters — U.S. food companies kept slaughter plants shut on Monday in southeastern states swamped by Hurricane Florence as flash floods collapsed the walls of at least […] Read more

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Livestock

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

By GFM Staff August 27, 2018

Fresh off its recent investment in the Prairie livestock feed business, Quebec ag co-operative giant La Coop federee is headed down a similar path in southwestern Ontario. The co-operative announced […] Read more

Tag Archives Poultry

Poultry co-ops Exceldor, Granny’s to merge

Ontario technology to track poultry production systems in Alberta

Researcher looks at turkey management and bird health

New poultry trade show announced

China eyes U.S. poultry, pork imports in trade talks

Mexican farmers urge ‘mirror’ tariffs on Trump’s rural base

Maple Leaf to consolidate Ontario poultry processing

World crop briefs: North Carolina losing crops, livestock to Florence

Florence shuts down U.S. slaughterhouses

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

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