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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ex-B.C. milk board CEO to head CDC

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An ex-executive with the B.C. Milk Marketing Board and Monsanto Canada has been named to lead the Canadian Dairy Commission through 2021. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday named Bob Ingratta as the commission’s chairperson for a term ending Dec. 16, 2021, replacing Alistair Johnston. Ingratta, originally from Ontario, has degrees in botany and
Carol Boonstoppel says she’s already seen European cheese displacing Canadian products as loss leaders at supermarkets.
Dairy cattle, Farmit Manitoba

Canadians want their own dairy farmers

Shoppers are seeking out the Blue Cow logo in a show of support

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Manitoba’s dairy farmers are beginning to find their footing in a new world that, for the first time in decades, includes significant dairy product imports. That was the message a three-producer panel shared with the Manitoba Co-operator, at the recent Dairy Farmers of Manitoba (DFM) annual convention. A year ago those same producers spoke to
A rendition, by Genitique, of the planned biomethanization plant to be built at Warwick, about 65 km southeast of Trois-Rivieres. (Groupe CNW/Energir)
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Quebec ag co-op to power up on dairy cattle manure

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About a dozen Quebec dairy farms will be getting their collective manure together next year for the province’s first-ever ag co-operative devoted to renewable natural gas. Coop Agri-Energie Warwick, launched Monday, plans to start construction this spring on a $12 million biomethanization plant which will take in slurry and manure from dairy cattle mixed with
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Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle producers get longer phase-in on new transport regs

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New federal livestock transport regulations, due to come into force in February, will now roll out on a longer timeline for the beef and dairy cattle sectors. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced a “two-year transition period” for bovines, which is meant to provide “time to gather more data on effective solutions concerning the
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea buys northern Ontario cheesemaker

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Ontario’s first producer of verified-grass-fed butter and cheeses is set to become part of the province’s biggest dairy co-operative. Gay Lea Foods said Monday it has completed a deal to buy Thornloe Cheese from its current owner, Guelph-based dairy genetics firm EastGen, for an undisclosed sum. Thornloe Cheese on its website says the business takes
Farmers can see cow data, like this, within their line of vision using augmented reality glasses.
Dairy cattle, News

Technology brings augmented reality to your dairy barn

Company overlaying data and reality in new system to help information management

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Imagine looking over your barn full of dairy cows and being able to tell instantly which ones were in heat and which ones are up and down in feed consumption or milk. There are ways to do this now, with a phone or a tablet computer feeding information to the farmer as they move through the barn. However, Nedap

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