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Don Mayo discusses the promotion of Canadian milk at a Dairy Farmers of Canada policy conference in Ottawa. (John Greig photo)

Milk ad awareness beating top brands

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 9, 2018

Dairy Farmers of Canada is trying harder to track how well its marketing efforts boost milk sales, after Ontario members pulled promotion funding over a lack of information. Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) policy conference this week in Ottawa included a presentation by Don Mayo, global managing partner for IMI, an organization that measures media

Health Canada said its proposed front-of-pack symbols aren’t yet in the proposed regulations as published, but will be included in the final regulation. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Dairy sector wary of proposed food label policy

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 9, 2018

Canadian consumers are being asked to weigh in on proposed new front-of-pack warnings for foods high in saturated fats, sugars and sodium, starting this weekend. And while whole milk would get a pass from such a plan, Canada’s dairy farmer organization fears many other dairy products would wind up wearing such warnings, thus “alarming” consumers.

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Chicken, dairy farmers rip TPP concessions

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 25, 2018

Updated, Jan. 25, 2018 — Canada’s supply-managed producer groups warn that the new Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade deal stands to chip away unnecessarily at their markets. Chicken Farmers of Canada on Wednesday said the CPTPP deal, on which Canada pledged Tuesday it will sign in March, still includes concessions on market access

Dairy Farmers of Ontario CEO Graham Lloyd says dairy marketing activities need to show that they can build the market for milk. (John Greig photo)

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Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 19, 2018

Dairy Farmers of Ontario is starting to build its own consumer marketing department, now that it’s retaining marketing funds collected from farmers and no longer sending tens of millions of dollars to Dairy Farmers of Canada. What does it mean? Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s withdrawal from national marketing of milk has meant upheaval at Dairy

Pierre Lampron, president of Valacta and Dairy Farmers of Canada. (John Greig photo)

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Dairy organizations partner to manage risk

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 15, 2018

A partnership among Canadian dairy service provider organizations should help position Canadian producers to take advantage of rapidly changing technology and make the sector more efficient, the groups say. Why does it matter? The number of Canadian dairy farmers continues to drop and the need for more efficient services is growing as the price of

Eastern Canada’s dairy producers are expecting another announcement this month from processing co-operative Agropur about new construction. (Canam-Construction.com)

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More milk quota increases expected for Eastern Canada

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 11, 2018

Updated, Jan. 15, 2018 –– Dairy Farmers of Ontario expects it will need six per cent more milk from producers in the next year. DFO chair Ralph Dietrich told the organization’s annual meeting that new processing capacity coming online this year will help drive the continued increase in quota allocated to meet the demand. The

Yearlings and dry ewes graze on rotational perennials -- grass plants, legumes, and forbs -- at Menoken Farm, a demonstration farm just east of Bismarck, N.D.

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Cover crops ‘essential’ to in-field grazing

Confined livestock do little to help build soil health

By Shannon VanRaes December 29, 2017

Got cows? On your cropland? Jay Fuhrer certainly hopes so. The soil health specialist believes cropland and large ruminants are a natural fit. He advocates turning animals out of the barn and onto the land whenever possible. “Soils, plants and animals evolved together,” he told producers gathered in Winnipeg for the annual Dairy Farmers of

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Talk to family, friends about farming

By GFM Network News, Shannon VanRaes December 20, 2017

This holiday season Melodie Chan wants producers to avoid what she calls the “spiral of silence,” which can happen around the dinner table, over beers or even in the gentle lull between turkey and pie if farmers don’t speak up when they hear misinformation about agriculture. “What are we afraid of?” asked Chan, speaking at

Training program will aim to train people to work on southeastern Manitoba dairy farms.

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Pilot program seeking dairy farmers

Barriers to employment can be as straightforward as lacking access to transportation or childcare

By Shannon VanRaes December 12, 2017

A new partnership hopes to make it easier for Manitoba milk producers to hire locally. Keystone Agricultural Producers is working with Workplace Education Manitoba and Industry Training and Employment Services to create a pilot program that would see interested participants trained to work on dairy farms in southeastern parts of the province. Read more: New dairy

All cattle should receive clostridial immunization, since it’s so affordable. It’s especially important for dairy cattle.

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There’s a simple solution to the increase of clostridial cases

Beef 911: Vaccines for the clostridial diseases are the cheapest on the market, but often aren’t given

By Roy Lewis December 6, 2017

There has definitely been a trend upwards of the various forms of clostridial disease seen primarily inside housed dairy cattle. This article will explore how it is possible for these cases to occur and how there are still an alarming number of dairy and beef producers who don’t vaccinate, vaccinate sporadically, or forget about booster

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Federal government funds Quebec organic fertilizer company

Research recruits beneficial bacteria against Strep suis in piglets

Prairie forecast: Warm start then cooler air to move back in

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Milk ad awareness beating top brands

Dairy sector wary of proposed food label policy

Chicken, dairy farmers rip TPP concessions

Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

Dairy organizations partner to manage risk

More milk quota increases expected for Eastern Canada

Cover crops ‘essential’ to in-field grazing

Talk to family, friends about farming

Pilot program seeking dairy farmers

There’s a simple solution to the increase of clostridial cases

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