Livestock

After a relatively quiet March with just one outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in domestic poultry, Quebec has turned up 13 outbreaks so far this month.

The new leadership team for 2023 Canadian Western Agribition was selected at yesterday's annual meeting in Regina. Kim Hextall from Grenfell goes into her second term as president. She joined the board in 2014.

M-Ps are defending Canada's supply management system and say it could be a good option for lower-income countries to be less reliant on imports.

Old Man Winter isn’t quite done with Saskatchewan just yet. Earlier today, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement that has since been changed to a winter storm watch, covering the south and southeast portions of the province.

The United States is testing four bird flu vaccines for poultry, after more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have died in the nation’s worst outbreak ever. The trials, conducted by the U.S.

Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers.

An explosion at a dairy farm in the Texas Panhandle that critically injured one person and killed an estimated 18,000 head of cattle is the deadliest barn fire recorded since the Animal Welfare Institute began tracking the fires.

Meatpackers and other companies in the food-supply chain need to do a better job taking steps to ensure illegal child labor isn't being used in their operations, or by their suppliers, subcontractors or other vendors.

Britain's envoy to Canada says an uproar on the Prairies over an expanded trade deal could be overcome by ranchers rejigging their beef operations to meet U.K. standards.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) held their Livestock Summit at the Saskatoon Inn and Conference Centre.