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Brent and Kirsty Oswald are presented with the provincial Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmer award March 4 at the Elkhorn Resort in Onanole, Man.

Steinbach dairy is cream of the crop

Brent and Kirsty Oswald have been named Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers

By Alexis Stockford March 24, 2017

Cottonwood Holsteins, near Steinbach, has been dairying for three generations now. But when Brent and Kirsty Oswald took over the family operation in 2008, big changes were in store — starting with the robots. In 2009, the couple raised a new barn, moving dairy operations from the building used by Brent’s parents to a new

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 21, 2017

Milan | Reuters — France’s Lactalis failed to reach the 90 per cent stake in Parmalat it required to proceed to delist the Italian food company in the last day of a buyout offer, a filing by the Milan bourse showed Tuesday. Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy firm, bought 15.11 per cent of the shares

Rosser Holsteins, located west of Winnipeg, covers 2,500 acres and has 500 dairy cows.

Dairy cattle, Local news

Creating a safety culture at one Manitoba dairy

Workplace safety is a buzzword at Rosser Holsteins west of Winnipeg

By Alexis Stockford March 13, 2017

Time is the enemy, particularly when it comes to injury risk, according to Henry Holtmann, of Rosser Holsteins outside of Winnipeg. “In times when we think we don’t have time for safety, we have to really step back and make time, because the consequences of not making time are actually you lose more time,” he

Crops, Dairy cattle, Forages

Robot milker firm Lely to shed forage equipment business

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2017

Dutch dairy equipment manufacturer Lely, best known in the Canadian market for its robotic milking systems, plans to focus on that business and sell its forage equipment lines to Agco. The two companies announced Monday they have an agreement in principle for Lely to sell its forage division, including two German manufacturing plants, to U.S.-based

Dairy cattle, National news

Canada’s supply management model for world: MacAulay

A new, national dairy ingredient strategy has yet to be implemented,  but that hasn’t stopped southern farmers from fretting

By Shannon VanRaes February 27, 2017

If American dairy producers are upset with new ingredient strategies north of the border, Canada’s federal government hasn’t heard about it — at least not through official channels. Speaking at a conference in Winnipeg last week, Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-Food minister said he isn’t aware of protectionist concerns coming out of the U.S. and that

There appears to be no problem with milk from cows on extended lactation when it comes to cheese making.

Dairy cattle, Did you know?, News

Extended lactation could make better cheese

Danish researchers show that despite fears the practice could harm milk quality it may actually be better

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 21, 2017

Extending dairy cow lactation periods by up to six months not only can lower the environmental impact of the industry — it just might make better cheese too. That’s according to some recent research by Danish scientists who decided to put long-standing concerns over the practice to an empirical test. They found an expected decrease

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy sector still working toward ingredients strategy

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 15, 2017

The Canadian dairy industry has missed a self-imposed deadline for the Feb. 1 implementation of a national ingredients strategy — but work continues toward that implementation. The strategy is meant to create a lower-priced class of milk, Class 7, to encourage the use of skim milk powder in further-processed ingredients. Ontario has already independently implemented

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Agropur co-op names new chief

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 10, 2017

A dairy producer from the Centre-du-Quebec region is being promoted to the head of the board table at dairy co-operative Agropur. Rene Moreau, who farms south of Victoriaville at Warwick, Que., was announced Friday as Agropur’s new president, replacing Serge Riendeau, who led the board for the past 15 years. Moreau, one of Agropur’s vice-presidents

Agropur in 2016 expanded capacity at its Feta cheese plant at Weyauwega, Wisconsin, a move it said will “keep it number one in Feta production in the U.S.” (Agropur.com)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Agropur raises 2016 sales, patronage dividends

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 9, 2017

Acquisitions and cost-cutting have combined to boost dairy co-operative Agropur’s year-end bottom line — and to raise its total patronage dividends for the year by 50 per cent. The Quebec co-operative, which in 2016 landed on Rabobank’s list of the world’s 20 largest dairy companies for the first time, booked net earnings before patronage and

Dairy cattle, Local news

Gay Lea opens doors to Manitoba producers

Manitoba producer named to Gay Lea Foods board as co-operative expands into Manitoba

By Shannon VanRaes February 3, 2017

Manitoba dairy farmers are now able to join the Ontario-based Gay Lea Foods Co-operative. The decision was formally made at the co-op’s annual general meeting in Mississauga last week, but has been expected since Gay Lea Foods announced it was partnering with Vitalus Nutrition to expand milk-processing capacity in Manitoba last October. A refurbishment of

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

Dairy cattle

Steinbach dairy is cream of the crop

Lactalis short of threshold to delist Parmalat

Creating a safety culture at one Manitoba dairy

Robot milker firm Lely to shed forage equipment business

Canada’s supply management model for world: MacAulay

Extended lactation could make better cheese

Dairy sector still working toward ingredients strategy

Agropur co-op names new chief

Agropur raises 2016 sales, patronage dividends

Gay Lea opens doors to Manitoba producers

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