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Avian flu impacts poultry producers amid Thanksgiving turkey demand

The main course for the feast may not be the easiest for consumers to access this year.


Maple Leaf Foods completes new Ontario poultry processing plant

Company says new facility will provide greater flexibility, capacity to meet consumer demand for chicken products.


B.C. announces free avian influenza seminars for small flock owners

Move an effort to help stop the spread of disease in the region.
 
 
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Broiler welfare evolving with science

Lighting, stocking density, enrichments, genetics – these are the main welfare concerns the Canadian broiler industry is discussing these days. What does the science show us and what standards are experts deliberating across the chicken industry? » Read more...
 
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Who’s Who – Alberta – Conrad Vanessen

Egg Farmers of Alberta’s vice chair, Coaldale, Alta., layer farmer Conrad Vanessen, is a tireless advocate for the egg industry, a vocal and progressive leader among egg producers and a passionate supporter of new entrant farmers. Eight years ago, however, he’d never even stepped foot in a chicken barn. » Read more...
 
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