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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025

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The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Farmgate milk price hike delayed to May

Stakeholders say increase should be postponed amid food inflation concerns

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The farmgate price of milk will go up May 1, 2024, rather than Feb. 1, after a review of the national pricing formula and consultation with stakeholders. The increase will be 1.77 per cent, or about 1.5 cents per litre for milk going into processing plants, the Canadian Dairy Commission said Wednesday. The commission had
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Hold off on milk price hike, dairy farmers say

Dairy commission to consult again before making annual adjustment

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The process to set the next national price adjustment for Canadian milk will now take an extra week, triggered by stakeholder objections, for a round of consultations — in which the national dairy farmer group plans to call for a delay on any increase. The Canadian Dairy Commission — the Crown corporation managing Canada’s milk
File photo of picketing federal workers represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) at Gatineau, Que. on April 20, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)
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Federal workers reach tentative deal

Over 120,000 PSAC members back on job Monday

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Over 120,000 striking federal government employees are expected to return to work starting Monday morning (May 1) after reaching tentative agreements overnight. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced after midnight Monday it had reached tentative agreements for workers in four bargaining units who negotiate with the federal Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. Among
Comment: Canada can fix its milk dumping problem
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Comment: Canada can fix its milk dumping problem

A recent viral video has given the nation’s dairy sector a public relations black eye

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A video of an exasperated Canadian dairy farmer, Jerry Huigen, went viral last week. For probably the first time in Canadian history, a Canadian dairy farmer was filmed while discarding milk on his own farm. That video has now been viewed by almost 3 million people. It shocked many Canadians, who were wondering why this
The 20 per cent increase in the price of butter from last year has seen many people give up on the product and opt for non-dairy alternatives.
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Comment: Milking Canadians no longer that simple

A recent press conference to announce Canadian Dairy Commission recommendations was a response to past criticism

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The Canadian Dairy Commission has just released its recommendations for 2023. Unlike last year’s shocking 8.4 per cent, which was almost double the previous record, the increase won’t be as dramatic. As of Feb. 1, 2023, most farmers in Canada will get about 2.2 per cent more for their milk. Provincial boards have the final
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Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Green tech CEO named to commissioner spot on CDC board

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Concerns that the Canadian Dairy Commission could be caught short at its board table have been resolved with a new appointment to a vacant commissioner’s chair. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Sept. 27 announced Shikha Jain will be the CDC’s commissioner for a four-year term effective Sept. 15. Jain, who lives at Guelph, is
DFM says extraordinary cost increases justified a nearly 11 per cent increase in milk prices.
Dairy cattle, News

Province’s dairy farmers needed second price hike, DFM says

Lack of transparency in price-setting makes Canadian dairy an easy target for critics

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High feed costs, after-effects from last year’s drought and other rising costs made double dairy price hikes necessary for Manitoba farmers, Dairy Farmers of Manitoba says. “Farmers were telling us – you know, I could feel it too – that, you know ‘I’ve already used up all my cash reserves’, and costs were rising quickly,
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Farm-gate milk price increase predictable, says economist

Mid-year hike has been controversial but soaring costs have to be recognized, says J.P. Gervais

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Anyone expressing surprise or dismay at the recently announced plan to increase the farm-gate milk price this fall is ignoring financial realities, says the chief economist at Farm Credit Canada. “I definitely saw it coming,” J.P. Gervais said about the Canadian Dairy Commission’s approval of a 2.5 per cent price increase to take effect Sept.

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