Insights and Stories on Chicken

A chicken in a commercial poultry barn. Photo: Stephen Ausmus/ARS/USDA

CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety

Sep. 9, 2025 at 10:23 am CDT

Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.

Bird flu in top chicken exporter Brazil triggers trade bans

May. 16, 2025 at 11:45 am CDT

By Ana Mano Isabel Teles Reuters roberto-samora

factory workers processing chickens in a food plant

Trump administration aims to make faster meat processing permanent

Mar. 18, 2025 at 9:32 am CDT

By Leah Douglas Tom Polansek

Tyson lifts 2025 sales forecast, prepares for tariff impacts

Feb. 3, 2025 at 11:25 am CST

By Heather Schlitz Neil J. Kanatt Reuters Tom Polansek

Olymel to consolidate Ontario, Quebec further-processing

Sep. 14, 2023 at 3:47 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

JBS posts quarterly loss on tight U.S. beef margins

Aug. 14, 2023 at 7:43 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian meat company JBS SA on Monday reported a second-quarter loss citing the negative effects of an oversupplied global chicken market and tighter margins for its beef business in the U.S., where it gets most of its sales. JBS reported a net loss of 263.6 […]

By Reuters

Ukraine lifts barriers to exports of some farm goods

May. 17, 2023 at 7:39 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine has removed barriers to the export of some agricultural commodities, imposed last year to prevent food shortages, in a bid to boost foreign currency income, its government said on Tuesday. The country introduced export licences in 2022 to protect food supplies after agricultural production was […]

By Reuters

Global chicken meat oversupply improving, Brazil’s BRF says

May. 16, 2023 at 1:10 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Chicken prices are rising as companies start to cut production to reduce global oversupply, Fabio Mariano, CFO of BRF SA, said on Tuesday, after a glut helped to push the Brazilian pork and poultry producer to a first-quarter loss. The firm posted a 1.024 billion-real […]

By Ana Mano

New report shows poultry sector burdened by expectations

May. 12, 2023 at 10:14 am CDT

Updated, May 17 — The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy has released a report detailing its findings on challenges now facing Canada’s poultry sector. The report, co-authored by research assistant Shawn Wiskar and centre director Guillaume Lhermie and released Thursday, used a focus group of six stakeholders in […]

By Jonah Grignon

McDonald’s reported laying off hundreds of corporate employees

Apr. 4, 2023 at 1:05 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The number of corporate employees McDonald’s Corp. plans to lay off this week will tally in the “hundreds,” a source familiar with the burger chain’s thinking said on Monday, as the company moves forward with a previously announced restructuring. The fast-food company is closing its […]

By Hilary Russ Jessica DiNapoli

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