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Agropur to shut Montreal-area ice cream plant

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff October 5, 2019

A Quebec ice cream processing plant absorbed in 2017 by Canada’s biggest dairy co-operative will shut its doors in about 10 months’ time. Agropur Co-operative announced Friday it plans to close the former Les Aliments Lebel plant at Lachute, Que., just northwest of Montreal, in August 2020 and transfer the plant’s operations to other Agropur

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy payments to be based on quota at Aug. 31

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff September 22, 2019

Canadian dairy farmers’ piece of the first year of a federal free trade compensation package is going to be based on quota they held at the end of last month. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on Sept. 6 announced more details for what’s been dubbed the Dairy Direct Payment Program, though a registration period hasn’t yet

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau addresses the 2019 Dairy Farmers of Canada AGM in Saskatoon in July. (Photo courtesy AAFC)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Future payouts from dairy fund still up for discussion

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff August 22, 2019

What happens to the rest of Canada’s eight-year, $1.75 billion funding envelope to compensate its dairy farmers for other countries’ gains in market access is still up for discussion, according to the federal ag minister. In a statement Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said Ottawa gets that Canadian dairy farmers want more direct payments beyond

Dairy cattle, News, Other

Local dairy farm fire draws national attention

The fire at a Steinbach-area farm claimed four barns and 800 cattle

By Geralyn Wichers August 19, 2019

A devastating fire that claimed four dairy barns and about 800 dairy cows near Steinbach has drawn attention and criticism across Canada. The fire at Pennwood Dairy was reported in the Globe and Mail, as well as several Winnipeg news outlets. Animal advocacy organizations have since called for change to industry regulations. Steinbach fire Chief

Canadian dairy farmers will get $345 million in direct payments in the first year of an eight-year, $1.75 billion support package. (John Greig photo)

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Dairy farmers to get direct cash payment as trade compensation

By GFM Network News, John Greig August 16, 2019

Canadian dairy farmers will be getting direct cash compensation after the government gave up dairy market access to other countries in recent trade deals. The compensation follows promises by the Trudeau government — and the Harper government before it — that dairy farmers would be compensated in some form for the loss of market. Why

File photo of cattle grazing in India. (Ashwini H/iStock/Getty Images)

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Indian court acquits six in cow vigilante case

By GFM Network News, Mayank Bhardwaj August 14, 2019

New Delhi | Reuters — An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted six men of the killing of a 55-year-old Muslim dairy farmer, citing lack of evidence, raising questions over the prosecution’s failure to make its case despite videos of a crowd beating him in the street. The 2017 attack on Pehlu Khan and his two

Dairy cattle, Farmit Manitoba, Opinion

Opinion: With friends like this

Canada's dairy farmers getting a bad image

By John Morriss August 6, 2019

Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer was back in the headlines recently after a visit to an agricultural fair in Ste. Hyacinthe, Quebec, clearly intended to brand himself as a friend of Canada’s dairy farmers. This friendship may not be helpful. Scheer’s visit follows his widely reported comments to a Dairy Farmers of Canada meeting in

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff July 22, 2019

Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has pledged to lay out details on trade pact compensation for supply-managed sectors before the federal election in October. The pledge comes as the federal Liberals face pressure from supply-managed sectors and the federal opposition Conservatives to deliver on compensation for access granted to the Canadian market under Canada’s free

File photo of cattle on Prince Edward Island. (COSPV/iStock/Getty Images)

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

P.E.I. to manage deadstock removal

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff June 26, 2019

Prince Edward Island’s latest provincial operating budget calls for its agriculture and land department to directly manage removal of deadstock for dairy and beef cattle producers. Finance Minister Darlene Compton’s 2019-20 operating budget, presented Tuesday, said the province will take over management of the deadstock contract “to reduce the administrative burden placed on the dairy

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Parmalat’s play for Kraft cheeses clears regulators

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 31, 2019

Dairy giant Parmalat’s proposed $1.62 billion deal for Kraft Heinz’s “natural” cheese business in Canada has cleared federal antitrust regulators. The federal Competition Bureau on Thursday said it issued a “no action letter” to the two companies and would put up a position statement detailing its reasons in the “coming days.” The deal is expected

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Dairy cattle

Agropur to shut Montreal-area ice cream plant

Dairy payments to be based on quota at Aug. 31

Future payouts from dairy fund still up for discussion

Local dairy farm fire draws national attention

Dairy farmers to get direct cash payment as trade compensation

Indian court acquits six in cow vigilante case

Opinion: With friends like this

Supply-managed sector compensation details due before election

P.E.I. to manage deadstock removal

Parmalat’s play for Kraft cheeses clears regulators

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