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Slow, Steady Progress For Manitoba Milk Producers

By Ron Friesen October 22, 2009

“What we’re experiencing are very stable prices.” – DAVID WI ENS, DFM Dairy Farmers of Manitoba recently amalgamated their nine regional districts into three. This tripled the size of local milk advisory committees. Some producers feel the committees are now too large and unwieldy. That was as close to complaining about their industry as milk

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Food Bills Limit Decline In Consumer Prices: StatsCan

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 22, 2009

Still-rising food prices all across Canada helped limit a decline in consumer prices last month compared to September 2008, Statistics Canada reports. The federal statistics agency Oct. 16 said that the primary upward pressure on its September 2009 consumer price index (CPI) came from food prices, which rose 2.8 per cent in the previous 12

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

October 8, 2009

House and Senate negotiators agreed on $350 million in U. S. aid to dairy farmers who face the lowest farm gate milk price in decades, a key senator announced on Sept. 30. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl said $60 million would be used to purchase dairy products for use in U. S. public nutrition programs and

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World Milk Crisis Could Threaten Dairy Tariffs

By Ron Friesen October 8, 2009

“The tariffs would not be sufficient.” – RICHARD DOYLE, DFC Canada’s milk producers are evading a dairy crisis raging in the rest of the world, but a renewed threat to their protective shield might change that. A combination of low world milk prices and a strong Canadian dollar could allow cheap foreign dairy products into

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Britain Turns To Imports As Dairy Farmers Quit

By Nigel Hunt October 1, 2009

British dairy farmers have continued an exodus this year which has seen their numbers halved in the last decade and turned the country into a liquid milk importer, an industry leader says. Lyndon Edwards, chairman of the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF), said 14 farmers a week were still leaving the industry due

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Manitoba Exceeds Annual Dairy Quota

By Ron Friesen October 1, 2009

“Nobody could have predicted a cooler-than-normal summer.” – BRENT ACHTEMICHUK, DFM Acool summer this year provided Manitoba dairy farmers with an unexpected boost in milk production – a little too much, in fact. Manitoba exceeded its provincial quota for the 2008-09 dairy year, resulting in an overproduction penalty. On a 12-month rolling basis ending July

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Don’t Let Your Herd’s Feed Supply Become Bird Food

By NDSU Release October 1, 2009

Feed is the single largest expense in raising cattle, whether it is for lactating dairy cows or dairy heifers, or in the feedlot. An important way to control feed costs is managing the loss of feed that was delivered but never consumed. Depending on the feedstuff, feed shrinkage can account for five to 30 per

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Dairy Farmers Burn Hay, Dump Milk In Price Protest

September 24, 2009

European dairy farmers set hay on fire and spilled milk in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels Sept. 21 and warned their protest over low milk prices would intensify. About 80,000 dairy farmers across Europe have joined a milk supply boycott which is now in its 10th day. They are demanding the EU

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle

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September 17, 2009

RECIPE SWAP You’ve probably heard by now that Manitoba schools will step up their efforts to ensure kids have access to the healthiest food choices by introducing a trans fat ban. The provincial government announced last week that it will legislate a ban on trans fats on foods served in schools. The new rule requires

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Planning For A Possible Pandemic

By Daniel Winters September 3, 2009

“Obviously, human health is first and the animals second, but we would do our utmost to ensure that the animals are looked after so there are no animal welfare issues.” – SHEILA MOWAT Cows won’t get the flu, but a lot of farmers might. If even half of what public health officials are saying, both

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Dairy cattle

Slow, Steady Progress For Manitoba Milk Producers

Food Bills Limit Decline In Consumer Prices: StatsCan

U. S. Lawmakers Agree Dairy Aid

World Milk Crisis Could Threaten Dairy Tariffs

Britain Turns To Imports As Dairy Farmers Quit

Manitoba Exceeds Annual Dairy Quota

Don’t Let Your Herd’s Feed Supply Become Bird Food

Dairy Farmers Burn Hay, Dump Milk In Price Protest

Planning For A Possible Pandemic

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