Livestock
Recovery for Alberta’s struggling hog farmers will involve tax-funded offsets for the “vastly inflated” cost of feed grains and a “new business relationship” with the province’s biggest packer, according to the province’s hog farmer organization. “In order to keep our largest processor (the Olymel pork plant at Red Deer) in Alberta, producers have been forced […] Read more
Alta. hog farmers propose recovery plan
Sask. avian flu cull complete
The culling is finished on a Regina Beach, Sask. poultry farm where a highly-pathogenic strain of avian influenza broke out among birds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said yesterday. With the farm now completely depopulated of birds, next must come the cleaning and disinfection of all barns, vehicles, equipment and tools on the property, CFIA […] Read more
Agricore CEO, VP join Ridley board
Having dealt himself out of a job by merging his company into Viterra, Brian Hayward is now chairman of Winnipeg feed maker Ridley, Inc. Hayward, until June this year, had been the chief executive officer of Canada’s largest grain handler, Winnipeg-based Agricore United, but stepped down after helping coax Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the no. 2 […] Read more
No cross-border travel for Sask. birds
A ban on movement of live birds out of Saskatchewan is among the latest biosecurity restrictions in place following last week’s confirmation of a strain of avian flu on a south-central poultry farm. The farm, found between the communities of Lumsden and Regina Beach northwest of Regina, is the centre of an “infected region” with […] Read more
Smucker buys Carnation milk brand
Nestle has sold its Carnation canned milk brands and business in Canada to the Canadian wing of U.S. jam giant J.M Smucker. The sale includes the Carnation business in Canada, the rights to use the Carnation brand for its evaporated milk, skim milk powder and thick cream products in Canada, and a manufacturing plant at […] Read more
Avian influenza: statement from Minister of Agriculture
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has moved quickly and decisively to quarantine a farm in Saskatchewan and has confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI). The Agency has a great deal of expertise and experience in handling situations like this and I have every confidence in their ability to take the necessary measures to […] Read more
Federal government announces $1.1 million in aquaculture funding
The federal government has announced almost $1.1 million in funding to help the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) implement its long-term international marketing strategy. Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, says the funding reflects the government’s commitment to aquaculture innovation and increasing international trade of Canadian aquaculture […] Read more
Nova Scotia announces funding for Maritime Beef Testing Station
The Nova Scotia government is providing its $25,000 share of funding to the Maritime Beef Testing Station in Nappan, Cumberland Co., Agriculture Minister Brooke Taylor announced today, Sept. 27. “We are providing the beef testing station with this funding to help them through this year,” said Mr. Taylor. “However, they need to work directly with […] Read more
Avian influenza detected in Saskatchewan
Highly pathogenic H7N3 avian influenza has been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Saskatchewan, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced today. This virus is not the same as the strain circulating in Asia, Africa and Europe, which has been associated with human illness. H7N3 is not normally associated with serious human illness. Avian […] Read more
Pork council joins call for higher hog prices
The Canadian Pork Council yesterday joined six other national hog farmer groups in calling for “immediate lifts” in farmer returns and wholesale and retail pork prices. Speaking from the World Pork Conference in Nanjing, China, the CPC and farmer groups from Britain, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and South Africa said their farmer members are […] Read more
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