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Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 11, 2018

A commercial flock of about 20,000 turkeys in southwestern Missouri has turned up with low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) H7N1 avian flu, marking the first such case in the U.S. this year. The flock was on a turkey farm in Jasper County, about 140 km northwest of Branson. Missouri is on the Mississippi flyway for migratory birds, which […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

By Tom Polansek November 1, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of herbicides, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production in the U.S., the world’s […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

By Karl Plume July 13, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto, to become the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the herbicide causes to crops not genetically modified to withstand it. Dicamba is sprayed by farmers on crops genetically modified to resist it […] Read more

Crops

U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

By Allan Dawson July 11, 2017

A ban on dicamba applications in Missouri could end by the weekend, a state agriculture official said Monday. “The intent was never for this to be a long pause,” Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn told the U.S. farm show Agritalk on Monday, after Missouri became the second state to announce such a ban so far […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Two states ban dicamba after drift complaints

By Karl Plume July 8, 2017

Reuters — Missouri joined Arkansas on Friday in banning the use and sale of dicamba after a rise in complaints that the herbicide is drifting into neighbouring fields and damaging crops, the states’ agriculture departments said Friday. Dicamba use and complaints about its use have spiked in the past two years in the U.S. More […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. agency seeks proof of criminal use of dicamba

By Reuters October 26, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency executed search warrants in parts of southeastern Missouri earlier this month to look for signs of improper use of the herbicide dicamba, the agency said on Tuesday. The searches stemmed from complaints that dicamba, which has only been approved for application on fields before planting season […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

By Tom Polansek May 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases. State authorities also have begun a quarantine and taken surveillance measures around the farm in Jasper […] Read more

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

By Alberta Farmer Staff March 31, 2016

Cross-border travellers may again bring raw poultry meat, eggs and live birds into Canada from North Dakota and Missouri. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week shortened its list of U.S. states under avian influenza-related restrictions to just one. Indiana remains under limits imposed in January after highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H7N8 avian flu turned up at […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states

By Alberta Farmer Staff January 7, 2016

Canada is now warning cross-border travellers to the U.S. against bringing in raw poultry and eggs from two states, down from six at the end of 2015. As of Tuesday, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, travellers entering Canada from the U.S. may not bring in uncooked poultry products, live birds and/or eggs from […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

By Michael Hirtzer, P.j. Huffstutter December 31, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are […] Read more

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Missouri turkeys turn up with low-path bird flu

Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

Tennessee restricts dicamba use as problems spread

U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

Two states ban dicamba after drift complaints

U.S. agency seeks proof of criminal use of dicamba

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

Two more states’ eggs, poultry allowed into Canada

Canada’s no-buy list for poultry, eggs down to two states

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

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