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Avian influenza detected again in Alberta poultry

Case the province's first detection in two months.


Feds commit funds for poultry insurance programs

Government sets over one million aside for three organizations.


Avian flu confirmed in another commercial flock in Quebec

The latest case was detected in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier.
 
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Featured Articles 
 
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Barn Spotlight: Manova

The Siemens family purchased shares in Manova in November 2020. The business included an enriched layer barn and a conventional barn. When the egg board launched the early flock removal program earlier in the pandemic, the producers took advantage of it to convert the conventional barn to free run. Here’s a look inside. » Read more...
 
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Who’s Who – Nova Scotia – Amy VanderHeide

Amy VanderHeide traces her lifelong love of farming back to childhood years spent on the family beef farm near Coldbrook, N.S. Today, she’s a successful broiler farmer and an advocate for women in agriculture, having co-founded the Maritime Ag Women’s Network. » Read more...
 
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