Insights and Stories on Turkey

Tight chickpea supplies to limit Canadian acres

Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Tight chickpea supplies will keep Canada from taking advantage of fresh demand out of Turkey, while any acreage increases will also be hampered by poor seed supply. Due to its own domestic chickpea shortage, Turkey recently announced it was temporarily lifting import tariffs on chickpeas. Turkey has […]

Maple Leaf to shut southern Ontario turkey plant

Nov. 18, 2016 at 8:29 pm CST

By Staff

Cargill stops using human antibiotic against disease in turkeys

Aug. 9, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Breeding cattle get market access to Turkey

Jun. 27, 2016 at 6:53 pm CDT

By Staff

Turkey bans ammonium nitrate sales after bomb attacks

Jun. 10, 2016 at 6:02 am CDT

By Reuters

U.S. deploys new bird flu plan to protect humans, poultry

Jan. 18, 2016 at 7:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farm and health officials are racing to assess the threat that a type of bird flu never before seen in the country poses to humans and poultry, employing emergency plans drawn up in the wake of a devastating outbreak in birds last year. The federal […]

By Julie Steenhuysen Tom Polansek

U.S. finds first avian flu in poultry since June

Jan. 15, 2016 at 11:00 am CST

Chicago | Reuters –– An Indiana turkey flock has been infected with a deadly type of bird flu in the first new case of the disease in U.S. poultry since June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday. The flock in Dubois County, Indiana, was infected with a highly […]

By Tom Polansek

Russia-Turkey tensions stymie new wheat deals

Nov. 27, 2015 at 3:59 pm CST

Reuters — Political tension between Russia and Turkey has put a brake on new wheat deals between the two countries and created uncertainty about existing agreements, traders said Thursday. Relations between Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, and Turkey, the largest buyer of Russian wheat, have quickly deteriorated […]

By Polina Devitt Sarah McFarlane

Subway shifting all U.S. meat supplies to no antibiotics, ever

Oct. 20, 2015 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Sandwich chain Subway will start serving antibiotic-free chicken and turkey at its U.S. restaurants next year, and within the next nine years will stop selling any meat from animals given antibiotics, the company said Tuesday. Rivals such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and McDonald’s have announced similar […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Iowa declares state of emergency over avian flu

May. 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm CDT

Reuters — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak. State agriculture officials on Friday announced four more poultry farms — a million-bird commercial egg laying operation and three turkey farms — have initially tested positive for an H5 […]