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Dairy producers' carbon footprint keeps shrinking

By Alex Binkley February 5, 2019

Canadian dairy farmers are getting smaller when it comes to their impact on the environment, says a study done for Dairy Farmers of Canada by Groupe AGECO. The Canadian dairy sector has achieved one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world and every litre of milk it produces creates one-third of the greenhouse gas[...]

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Dairy and poultry farm groups discuss USMCA compensation

By Alex Binkley October 12, 2018

Within hours of announcing a new free trade deal with the United States and Mexico, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland were promising compensation for dairy and poultry farmers. While Trudeau and Freeland talked as if the compensation discussions had already started, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has just begun to arrange[...]

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Dairy producers ‘deeply disappointed’

By Alex Binkley October 4, 2018

Canadian dairy producers say they’ve been thrown under the bus in order for Canada to be part of the new United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA) on trade. Piere Lampron, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, says it’s an especially bitter pill to swallow considering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had repeatedly assured the[...]

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Federal government under pressure on supply management compensation

By Alex Binkley October 23, 2018

The federal government is still facing political pressure to deliver on compensation plans for dairy and poultry producers. And those calling for action say it needs to happen in advance of signing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) . Before starting Parliament’s week-long Thanksgiving break, MPs from all parties backed a motion calling for a financial compensation[...]

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Vets call for better management of dairy culls

By Alex Binkley October 2, 2018

The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) wants to see a better way of handling compromised cull dairy cows. It’s calling for greater co-operation amongst producers, their vets, as well as transporters, processors and cattle marketers. In a resolution adopted at its annual summer meeting, the CVMA says cull dairy cows “have an increased likelihood of[...]

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TAKEN BY SURPRISE: TPP II hits supply management with no warning

By Alex Binkley February 13, 2018

The supply-managed sector learned the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), as the updated TPP trade deal is now known, would be proceeding at the same time the rest of the country did. That’s despite regular meetings with cabinet members and government officials to express concerns about provisions in it. The sector is now awaiting[...]

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Fewer farms and processors but more dairy products

By Alex Binkley October 19, 2016

Canadian dairy industry output has grown even as the number of dairy farms and processors has declined. That’s according to a recent study, commissioned by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. The study, by Montreal-based EcoRessources, looks at changes between 2013 and 2015 and is the latest biannual examination of the sector dating back to 2009.[...]

Dairy cattle, News, Poultry

Much talk, no action on supply management border issues

By Alex Binkley October 12, 2016

Many words were spoken, but little new was said. At a recent two-hour session of the Commons trade committee, representatives of the dairy and poultry sector and Lawrence MacAulay, the federal agriculture minister, all spoke at length about border issues — but largely reiterated previous statements. Following a Parliament Hill protest by dairy farmers this[...]

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ottawa looking at alternative to CETA compensation for dairy producers

By Alex Binkley November 16, 2016

The federal government is considering a transition program rather than promised compensation for dairy farmers and processors hurt by increased European cheese imports under the Canada-Europe trade deal. Government officials at an off-the-record briefing for reporters on technical details of the deal said Ottawa preferred “a package of transition assistance to position both processors and[...]

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Grey market milk substitutes could see crackdown at Canada-U.S. border

By Alex Binkley April 8, 2016

The federal government is promising the dairy industry a crackdown on surging milk substitute imports. NAFTA regulations exempt U.S. dairy producers from tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on milk protein products, giving them nearly unfettered access to the Canadian market for these products. They’re used mainly to make cheese, and the dairy industry says the U.S.[...]

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Dairy and poultry farm groups discuss USMCA compensation

Dairy producers ‘deeply disappointed’

Federal government under pressure on supply management compensation

Vets call for better management of dairy culls

TAKEN BY SURPRISE: TPP II hits supply management with no warning

Fewer farms and processors but more dairy products

Much talk, no action on supply management border issues

Ottawa looking at alternative to CETA compensation for dairy producers

Grey market milk substitutes could see crackdown at Canada-U.S. border

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