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Trade deal to hit dairy farmers hard

By Alex Binkley November 20, 2013

The Dairy Farmers of Canada estimates milk quota will have to be cut by more than two per cent,  and producers will collectively see an annual $150-million drop in income

The proposed trade deal with Europe could cost Canadian dairy producers $150 million a year in lost income, according to the Dairy Farmers of Canada. Details of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) are still being hammered out and it’s expected to be two years before the deal is ratified by the European Union’s

Opinion

Raw milk cheese: Another sterile debate

By Ronald Doering November 14, 2013

On Sept. 18 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed one person had died and several people in B.C. and Alberta were ill from eating E. coli-contaminated raw milk cheese produced at a B.C. farm. As soon as the recall was announced, the media went into full frenzy and the usual “debate” about the safety of

Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle, News

Getting into the whey: A new cheese maker sets up shop

By Shannon VanRaes June 16, 2012

Ask Pedro Campayo where he keeps his cheese recipes and he’ll point to his father, Jose Campayo. “He is the expert, he knows cheeses,” he says. Pedro Campayo comes from a cheese-making family who split their time between Spain and Venezuela before moving to Canada about a decade ago. Now the new Canadian citizen has

News

“Well-Aged” Bothwell Cheese Plant Celebrates 75th Birthday

By Lorraine Stevenson November 17, 2011

CO-OPERATOR STAFF / NEW BOTHWELL Age is not important unless you re a cheese, or so the saying goes. Or a cheese company who s built a reputation on 75 years of tradition. Bothwell Cheese marked its 75th year making cheese this month with an open house and unveiling of an 8,000-sq.- ft. cheese aging

Dairy cattle, News

Slow Food:

By Bra October 13, 2011

Taking cows to pastures high in the Italian Alps and then making cheese by hand in a nearby tent while the milk is still warm may all seem a bit too much like unnecessary drudgery in an age of high-tech agriculture. But for a group of 14 makers of the rich Italian cheese Bitto Storico,

Country Crossroads

Health Canada Raps Raw Milk, Again

By Alex Binkley September 15, 2011

Health Canada has issued a sternly worded warning against drinking raw milk because it could contain bacteria that can make you seriously ill. It has issued advisories about raw milk in the past. This isn t the first statement from the department about the dangers of raw milk. As usual when it releases food safety

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Appeal Court Upholds Cheese Standards Regulation

By Ron Friesen March 17, 2011

Say cheese. Canada’s dairy farmers and Ottawa are both smiling after a federal Appeal Court upheld regulations requiring cheese to be made from fluid milk and not other milk products. “We are pleased that the Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the authority of the federal government to set compositional standards,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Raw Milk Targeted By Regulators

By Alex Binkley May 13, 2010

Legal action in Ontario and British Columbia to reinforce bans against raw milk sales has won support from the Dairy Processors Association of Canada. “Human consumption of raw milk was one of the major sources of foodborne illnesses and a cause of infant mortality before pasteurization became widely utilized,” DPAC said in a statement. “Dairy

Opinion

Science Loses In Raw Milk Debate

By Ronald Doering May 6, 2010

While most healthy people will recover in a week or so from small exposure to the pathogens that can be present in raw milk, for people with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, children and people with cancer, organ transplants or HIV/AIDS, exposure is dangerous, even fatal. There is a broad scientific consensus that

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Lactose Intolerance May Be Exaggerated, Study Suggests

By Ron Friesen May 6, 2010

“Even individuals who are lactose intolerant can consume milk and milk products.” – DFC Alot of people who think they’re lactose intolerant may not be, which could be good news for the dairy industry. The true prevalence of lactose intolerance in the general population isn’t known because of insufficient data. But it’s probably lower than

Daily Network News

B.C. ostriches now to be culled after ruling: CFIA

2025 set to be among hottest years on record: WMO

Nutrien tops profit estimates, launches review of phosphate business

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