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Panel Of Experts To Keep Eye On CFIA

By Alex Binkley November 25, 2010

The man who helped create the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in the 1990s has been asked to ensure it is doing its job. Ron Doering, who also served as the agency’s president for four years, will head what’s called a “ministerial advisory board.” He will be joined by six other experts who will advise Agriculture

Dairy cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Government Signals Crackdown On Livestock Transport Violators

By Ron Friesen November 4, 2010

The Harper government is coming down hard on people who mistreat livestock during transport, even though there’s no evidence the number of infractions is increasing. Ottawa is more than doubling fines for violating livestock transport rules under the federal Health of Animals Act. People who mistreat and improperly transport farm animals can now be hit

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Revisits National Milk Pool – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

The Canadian dairy industry will try once again to develop a national all-milk pool despite failed efforts over the last 15 years. The Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee has asked the Canadian Dairy Commission to develop a possible road map for a national pool. The CMSMC at its recent meeting in July called for the

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Dollars Go Into Dairy Research

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

Dairy Farmers of Canada plans to spend $11.7 million on research projects across the country that will focus on the health and nutritional benefits of dairy products and ways to improve animal productivity through health and breeding. The research money will be awarded to clusters of scientific and technical expertise at universities and agriculture schools

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, Other livestock

Federal Beef-Packing Assistance Welcomed

By Alex Binkley March 18, 2010

“These measures address a real threat to the long-term profitability of the Canadian cattle industry.” – BRAD WILDEMAN Packers and cattle groups say assistance announced in the federal budget will make their sector more competitive. The budget allocated an extra $10 million for the Slaughter Improvement Program, $25 million for packing plants that handle animals

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

By Alex Binkley February 11, 2010

One surefire way to make dairy farmers squirm is suggest they consider exporting dairy products again. Sure they’re happy to sell breeding and cull cows outside the country but they don’t want to go anywhere near the international market for dairy products. Gilles Gauthier, Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, suggests that even with

Cereals, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News, Oilseeds

New CAFTA Head Wants To Get Along

By Alex Binkley February 4, 2010

“I’m positive that with some discussion, we get a better understanding of each other. It works around here.” – STAN EBY Stan Eby hopes to replace the long-standing tensions between export-oriented farm groups and the supply-managed sector with a more positive relationship that respects the goals of both sides. Eby, a longtime Ontario cattle producer,

Dairy cattle, Livestock

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

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Funds Welcomed

By Dfc Release June 11, 2009

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) welcomed the $158 million Growing Canadian Agri-Innovations Program announced late last month. DFC has been working with the Dairy Processors Association of Canada (DPAC) to develop three research areas for the agri-science clusters. The research areas address human nutrition and health, food safety and finding ways to reduce the dairy

Dairy cattle, News

Chief Trade Negotiator Moves To New Portfolio

By Alex Binkley April 16, 2009

After years as Canada’s chief agriculture negotiator at the WTO, Steve Verheul has joined the team of Canadian officials working out a free trade deal with the European Union. Verheul, who was raised on a Southern Ontario dairy farm, has spoken to countless farm meetings since he took on the chief negotiator’s job in the

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Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

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Innovation, Trade Dominate Dairy Meeting

New CAFTA Head Wants To Get Along

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