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Ottawa announced details of CETA assistance

Transition programs will assist farmers adapt to an expected influx of European cheese

By Alex Binkley August 11, 2017

With the European free trade deal CETA set to launch next month, Ottawa is smoothing out a few wrinkles. The federal government has backed down a bit in a dispute with the European Union over the allocation of new tariff-free cheese imports. It also said it would start accepting applications Aug. 22 from dairy farmers

Dairy cattle

Greig: Dairy sector gets funds for technology, less import control than hoped

Over 17,000 tonnes of European cheese to be allowed tariff free under CETA

By GFM Network News, John Greig August 2, 2017

The Canadian dairy sector got good and bad news yesterday. The federal government announced the long-awaited details of its promised investment program for the dairy sector after it gave up a portion of domestic cheese market in free trade negotiations with Europe. Dairy farms in Canada will be eligible for up to $250,000 per farm

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario processor fined for faux-kosher cheese

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 8, 2017

An Ontario food processing company has been slapped with $25,000 in fines for labelling non-kosher cheese as kosher, in the first Canadian case of its kind to get to a provincial court. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Wednesday reported Creation Foods Co. of Woodbridge had pled guilty June 22 in the Ontario Court of

Dairy products have plenty of benefits but there’s plenty of misinformation about them being bandied about.

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Is milk good for you?

Don't listen to detractors, milk has many health benefits

By Julie Garden-Robinson June 16, 2017

I recently visited a dairy farm and especially admired the 24-hour-old calves. They already were up walking around one day after birth. We humans take about a year to do that. A Brown Swiss calf with long eyelashes and I bonded. It licked my hand with its rough tongue and I was carried back to

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

Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Butt out

By Gord Gilmour January 12, 2017

Recently Manitoba’s Bothwell Cheese announced it had received Project GMO certification for one of its product lines. Boiled down, it means the cheese in question is made from milk that comes from cows fed non-GMO feed. The move came, the company explained at the time, as a result of consumers asking for such a product.

Portion of Cheddar (detailed close-up shot) on vintage wooden background

Dairy cattle, Local news

Cheese maker chases non-GMO specialty market

It’s a case of giving consumers what they want, rather than creating  a differentiation as a marketing ploy, says Bothwell

By Gord Gilmour December 12, 2016

A Manitoba cheese maker will become the first in Canada to produce a verified non-GMO product. Bothwell Cheese has been awarded the voluntary label by the Non-GMO Project, a U.S.-based non-profit, for a new cheddar product line due out in 2017. Mike Raftis, Bothwell’s vice-president of marketing, sales and communications, says the move comes in

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Donald Tusk (front, l-r) sign CETA on Sunday in Brussels. (PM.gc.ca)

Livestock

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-jan Bartunek October 30, 2016

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Sunday that aims to generate jobs and growth though it must still clear some 40 national and regional parliaments in Europe in the coming years to enter fully into force. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed the treaty along with

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy support price gets second bump of year

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 15, 2016

Facing depressed world prices for milk, Canada’s dairy farmers can expect a boost of about 2.76 per cent in their overall revenue from industrial milk sales starting Sept. 1. The Canadian Dairy Commission on Friday announced an unusual second increase this year in the support prices it sets for butter ($8.0062 per kilogram, up from

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Gay Lea buys Ontario artisanal cheesemaker

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 27, 2016

Another storied eastern Ontario artisanal cheesemaker is set to go co-op. Gay Lea Foods, billed as Ontario’s biggest and Canada’s second-biggest dairy co-operative, announced a deal Wednesday to buy Black River Cheese Co. effective June 1 for an undisclosed sum. Based in Prince Edward County at Milford, about 45 km southeast of Belleville, Black River

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Tag Archives Cheese

Ottawa announced details of CETA assistance

Greig: Dairy sector gets funds for technology, less import control than hoped

Ontario processor fined for faux-kosher cheese

Is milk good for you?

Extended lactation could make better cheese

Cheese maker chases non-GMO specialty market

EU, Canada sign free trade deal but battle not over

Dairy support price gets second bump of year

Gay Lea buys Ontario artisanal cheesemaker

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