Insights and Stories on Poultry/Eggs

Jun. 5, 2014 at 2:20 pm CDT

Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has signed a deal to shed its P+H Foods poultry processing business, which includes the Canadian business for the U.S. turkey brand Butterball. Exceldor, a Levis, Que.-based poultry producers’ processing co-operative, announced Thursday it will expand its market reach across Canada by buying the […]

By Staff

May. 29, 2014 at 5:22 am CDT

Reuters — A consumer group on Wednesday accused the U.S. Department of Agriculture of putting the public’s health at risk by allowing meat with antibiotic-resistant strains of salmonella to be sold to consumers, according to a lawsuit filed against the agency. The allegation came in a complaint filed by Center […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

May. 8, 2014 at 6:35 pm CDT

The federal government has found the case for a national pullet marketing agency “not compelling” enough to grant the wish of a nationwide pullet producers’ group. A spokesperson for federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed Wednesday that Ritz had reviewed the report and recommendations of the Farm Products Council of […]

By Staff

May. 2, 2014 at 5:03 am CDT

A rise in pork prices due mainly to porcine epidemic diarrhea’s effects on the U.S. hog herd has bit deeper into Maple Leaf Foods’ bottom line for its first quarter ending March 31. “Pork markets have been impacted in an unprecedented way due to a virus in the U.S. hog […]

By Staff

Apr. 25, 2014 at 9:52 am CDT

Rudy Knitel and Corne Mans need to make a living, but neither has expectations of becoming millionaires as they follow a philosophy of bringing quality, locally grown food products to consumers, while being fair to the farmers who produce it. Knitel, 73, has been building the Galimax Trading business out […]

By Lee Hart