"A lot of the breeds have been out there for generations."

Company officials will be sharing their vision and answering questions at the Best Western Lamplighter Inn Thursday night.

Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan made a donation of poultry to the Saskatoon Food Bank on Wednesday.

The BC SPCA is appealing to the provincial government to adopt standards that already exist for domesticated animals, to be applied to farm animals.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross hailed the agreement as "a herculean accomplishment" forged in record time.

Food safety officials have euthanized 14,000 ducks at a farm in Ontario's Niagara region where bird flu was detected last week.

A report from international advocacy group Oxfam says poultry workers in the United States labour in a "climate of fear," with some forced to wear diapers on the job.

A decade after European countries and 13 years after a Health Canada committee recommended immediate action, Canada is bringing in stricter rules about giving livestock drugs.

A salmonella outbreak linked to baby chicks has prompted petting zoos to implement a no-touch poultry policy for children under five years of age.

The president of a group representing farmers who raise turkeys, chickens and eggs said it has been three weeks since the last commercial farm was infected and the virus has been contained.