Insights and Stories on Turkey

COVID outbreak shuts Nova Scotia poultry plant

Dec. 12, 2020 at 12:47 pm CST

Provincial officials have temporarily shut a chicken and turkey slaughter and processing plant in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, citing recent cases of COVID-19 among employees. Eden Valley Poultry’s processing plant at Berwick will be closed “for at least two weeks,” the provincial health department said in a release Friday. “We […]

U.S. transport regulators reject ’emotional support animal’ status

Dec. 2, 2020 at 8:27 pm CST

By David Shepardson

Tighter timeline set for dairy farmers’ trade pact compensation

Nov. 28, 2020 at 9:04 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports up on year

May. 5, 2020 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Vancouver health officials shut poultry processor

Apr. 23, 2020 at 1:42 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Pulse weekly outlook: Turkey may see larger red lentil crop

Apr. 14, 2020 at 6:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Turkey is expecting to see an increase in lentil production in 2020, according to a processor in the country. White bean production is also expected to rise, although chickpea production could be down slightly on the year. Fethi Sonmez, CEO of Turkey-based Armada Foods, expects to see red […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Low-path H7N3 bird flu believed to have gone high-path in U.S.

Apr. 9, 2020 at 7:47 pm CDT

A low-pathogenicity (“low-path”) strain of H7N3 avian influenza that recently turned up in turkeys in the southeastern U.S. appears to have gone high-path. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Thursday confirmed highly-pathogenic H7N3 avian flu in a commercial turkey flock in Chesterfield County, […]

By GFM Staff

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Feb. 19, 2020 at 7:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm” over the past month, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Poor Chinese demand a setback for grain exports

Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian grain exports from licensed facilities are running well behind the previous year’s pace, due primarily to a sharp reduction in movement to China, according to latest monthly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Total exports at Dec. 31 of grain, oilseed and pulse crops for the 2019-20 […]