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Some farmers forced to use up winter fodder supplies. Photo: dageldog/Getty Images

Straw prices soar, piling pressure on N.Europe livestock farmers

In some areas straw now more expensive than grains

By GFM Network News, Michael Hogan, Nigel Hunt August 9, 2018

Hamburg | London | Reuters – Livestock and dairy farmers across northern Europe are paying soaring prices for straw used in food and bedding for cattle, as hot, dry weather across the region reduces crops. The higher bills put further pressure on farmers already facing one of their toughest summers ever; many have had to

Pierre Lampron, president of Valacta and Dairy Farmers of Canada. (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy organizations partner to manage risk

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 15, 2018

A partnership among Canadian dairy service provider organizations should help position Canadian producers to take advantage of rapidly changing technology and make the sector more efficient, the groups say. Why does it matter? The number of Canadian dairy farmers continues to drop and the need for more efficient services is growing as the price of

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Cattle disease outbreak under control: New Zealand ministry

By GFM Network News July 28, 2017

Wellington / Reuters – New Zealand’s first outbreak of a serious bacterial cattle disease was well under control, the Primary Industries ministry said on Friday, with stock movement restrictions in place and testing continuing. News of the discovery of mycoplasma bovis earlier this week on a single farm in the world’s largest dairy exporter briefly

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

By GFM Network News April 19, 2017

Reuters – Australia and New Zealand dairy industry leaders say they would support moves by the United States to draw the World Trade Organization into a trade dispute with Canada, after President Donald Trump said existing rules were unfair. On a visit to the U.S. cheese-making state of Wisconsin on April 18, Trump said he

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Greig: Salmonella strain hard to treat in livestock

By GFM Network News, John Greig November 30, 2016

A strain of salmonella resistant to multiple antimicrobials is spreading in Ontario and Quebec cattle herds. There have been 23 cases of Salmonella Dublin in 15 herds reported in Ontario since 2012, but the numbers have been increasing each year. There were eight cases reported in 2015 and four in 2016 through August. Dr. Dave

Livestock

New Zealand farm firm bans use of palm in feed

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 8, 2016

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand farm company Landcorp said Monday it would ban its farmers from using palm kernel expeller (PKE), a feed supplement used for cows that environmentalists have linked to rainforest destruction. The state-owned company, which runs 140 farms, said it would end the use of the feed by June 2017 to

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Farmers, upset over TPP talks, take cows to Parliament

By David Ljunggren, GFM Network News September 29, 2015

Ottawa | Reuters — Unhappy Canadian dairy farmers parked dozens of tractors in central Ottawa and walked their cows down the main street opposite Parliament on Tuesday to protest trade talks they said could cripple them. Canada is one of 12 Pacific Rim countries trying to nail down a trade deal in Atlanta this week.

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. burger demand a boon to New Zealand dairy farmers

By GFM Network News February 3, 2015

Wellington| Reuters –– Supersized U.S. demand for burgers is a godsend for New Zealand farmers struggling with weak dairy prices but now earning good money for cows sent to slaughter for beef. Years of low cattle supplies have kept U.S. beef import prices near a record high of around $3 per pound hit last September,

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

A cause for dairy industry reflection

By John Morriss June 23, 2014

Milk is not just any food — as the first meal for humans and all fellow mammals, it is literally the giver of life, and as such has spiritual and even religious significance. We have special feelings about milk. One of the most successful advertising slogans in history was Carnation’s “From contented cows.” It connected

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Canadian dairy industry is a source of pride

By Randall Affleck July 21, 2012

Iam proud of Canada’s national agriculture policy for dairy — supply management. Like many rural initiatives of the past, it has deep co-operative roots that have nurtured the development of a viable, modern dairy sector in every region of Canada. It provides the degree of discipline and organization necessary for dairy farmers in the organized

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Dairy cattle

Straw prices soar, piling pressure on N.Europe livestock farmers

Dairy organizations partner to manage risk

Cattle disease outbreak under control: New Zealand ministry

Trump wins support for possible WTO action on Canada dairy

Greig: Salmonella strain hard to treat in livestock

New Zealand farm firm bans use of palm in feed

Farmers, upset over TPP talks, take cows to Parliament

U.S. burger demand a boon to New Zealand dairy farmers

A cause for dairy industry reflection

Canadian dairy industry is a source of pride

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