Olymel's poultry and pork processing facility at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, will be shuttered this summer, the company announced earlier this month.
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Olymel to close Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu poultry, pork plant
Meat packer announced improving financial outlook this year after losses, consolidation
Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation
Quebec tofu manufacturers have seen high demand in recent years
A Quebec tofu-maker has received a $400,000 federal loan to help automate its organic tofu production facility.
Major strawberry plant producer changes hands
New owners get funding to buy Lareault business
The Quebec company billed as Canada’s largest producer of strawberry plants has picked up new ownership after nearly 70 years. Production Lareault, based on just over 450 acres at Lavaltrie, […] Read more
Legislation allows Quebec’s UPA to rework funding formula
Bill 28 passes Quebec assembly
Quebec’s legislative assembly has passed a bill allowing the province’s overarching general farm organization, the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA), to start the process toward a new funding model. Provincial […] Read more
Olymel to consolidate Ontario, Quebec further-processing
Chicken plant at Paris, Ont., and pork plant at Princeville, Que. to close
Pork and poultry packer Olymel is preparing to permanently shut two further-processing facilities and shift their work to other plants in a new round of consolidation. Olymel, the meat packing […] Read more
Climate change made Quebec wildfires twice as likely, scientists say
Early snow disappearance led to earlier fires
London | Reuters — The fires that tore through the province of Quebec between May and July were made at least twice as likely by climate change, scientists said on […] Read more
Olymel bacon plant deal a ‘signal,’ union says
Deal ends three-week strike at Drummondville
Unionized workers at Olymel’s bacon processing plant at Drummondville, Que. have voted to accept a four-year deal, ending a three-week strike and serving as a “signal” to employers in the […] Read more
Canada on track for worst-ever wildfire season
Unusual to see fires nationwide at one time
Ottawa | Reuters — Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the […] Read more
Avian flu outbreaks climb in Quebec poultry
Thirteen outbreaks reported in province so far in April
After a relatively quiet March with just one outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic poultry, Quebec has turned up 13 outbreaks so far this month. The Canadian Food […] Read more
Ontario domestic dog dies of avian flu
Three poultry barns east of Montreal see outbreaks in space of a week
Pet owners are being warned not to feed their animals raw meat from poultry or game birds or allow pets to consume or play with dead wild birds after the […] Read more