Insights and Stories of Staff

H5N2-infected broilers being destroyed in B.C.

Dec. 5, 2014 at 7:01 pm CST

Flock depopulation is underway on a broiler breeder farm infected with a severe strain of H5N2 avian flu at Chilliwack, B.C. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Friday it’s begun the process of “humanely euthanizing” the farm’s surviving chickens. The same depopulation and disposal process will follow “in the coming […]

Burger King takeover of Tim’s gets federal approval

Dec. 4, 2014 at 8:50 pm CST

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Avian flu outbreak in B.C. is high-path H5N2

Dec. 4, 2014 at 7:26 pm CST

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Canada/Korea trade pact to kick in Jan. 1

Dec. 3, 2014 at 8:23 pm CST

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Two more B.C. poultry farms quarantined for avian flu

Dec. 3, 2014 at 6:22 pm CST

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Two Fraser Valley farms quarantined with H5 avian flu

Dec. 2, 2014 at 4:28 pm CST

Federal officials have quarantined a turkey farm and a broiler breeder farm in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley after both were confirmed with outbreaks of an H5 strain of avian influenza. The quarantines, announced Tuesday, follow death losses of “over half” of the 11,000 birds at the turkey farm near Abbotsford, […]

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Sask. to raise brand inspection, registration fees

Dec. 1, 2014 at 6:23 pm CST

The new not-for-profit agency running Saskatchewan’s brand inspection, registry and livestock dealer licensing services is set to boost its fees in the new year. Livestock Services Corp. of Saskatchewan (LSS) will raise its brand inspection fee by 75 cents per animal effective Jan. 2, to $2.75. LSS’ fee for registering […]

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Mandatory minimum grain handle extended

Nov. 30, 2014 at 10:43 am CST

A new order-in-council will extend the federal government’s mandatory minimum weekly grain handle for Canada’s big two railways through March, just as the previous order expires. Federal Transport Minister Lisa Raitt and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Saturday announced the mandatory minimums, which expired Saturday, are extended until March 28, 2015. The […]

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Ex-Viterra CEO to lead Dreyfus’ commodities business

Nov. 28, 2014 at 6:03 pm CST

The CEO who stitched Viterra together from Canada’s Prairie pools has been named to lead Louis Dreyfus’ global commodities business. Mayo Schmidt was announced Friday as the new CEO of Louis Dreyfus Commodities (LDC), the “D” of the four “ABCD” companies dominating the global grain business. Schmidt takes the reins […]

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U.S. to appeal latest WTO loss on COOL

Nov. 28, 2014 at 2:44 pm CST

Canada will have to wait up to three more months before it can impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods over Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat from imported livestock. The U.S. government on Friday filed a notice of appeal against the latest ruling by a World Trade Organization […]

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