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Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau has indicated on several occasions to the U.S. administration that Canada's supply management system won't be touched.

Comment: How we can avoid a devastating trade war with the U.S.

We need a smart, realistic strategy for negotiations, starting with our dairy supply management system

By Gwyn Morgan September 10, 2018

The importance of the North American Free Trade Agreement to Canada’s economy is staggering. Each day, $2.4 billion worth of goods and services cross the Canada/U.S. border. Some 78 per cent of Canada’s merchandise exports are destined for NAFTA partners. Now, the 23-year-old agreement is under severe threat from a hyper-protectionist American president. U.S.-Canada trade

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario to host plant for U.S. lactose-free milk maker

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 6, 2018

A lactose-free milk brand distributed by Coca-Cola will be produced at a new dairy processing plant to be built at Peterborough, Ont. by early 2020. The facility’s first product will be Fairlife Ultrafiltered Milk, a lactose-free product billed as providing 50 per cent more protein and 50 per cent less sugar than traditional milk. Canada

Opinion

Making room

By Marie Versteeg April 6, 2018

Early this month, the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario’s supply management committee hosted representatives from Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO), Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), and Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO) to discuss their efforts to attract new entrants. The familiar story is that it’s impossible for young people to get into agriculture, and especially

Don Mayo discusses the promotion of Canadian milk at a Dairy Farmers of Canada policy conference in Ottawa. (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milk ad awareness beating top brands

By GFM Network News, John Greig February 9, 2018

Dairy Farmers of Canada is trying harder to track how well its marketing efforts boost milk sales, after Ontario members pulled promotion funding over a lack of information. Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) policy conference this week in Ottawa included a presentation by Don Mayo, global managing partner for IMI, an organization that measures media

Dairy Farmers of Ontario CEO Graham Lloyd says dairy marketing activities need to show that they can build the market for milk. (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 19, 2018

Dairy Farmers of Ontario is starting to build its own consumer marketing department, now that it’s retaining marketing funds collected from farmers and no longer sending tens of millions of dollars to Dairy Farmers of Canada. What does it mean? Dairy Farmers of Ontario’s withdrawal from national marketing of milk has meant upheaval at Dairy

Eastern Canada’s dairy producers are expecting another announcement this month from processing co-operative Agropur about new construction. (Canam-Construction.com)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

More milk quota increases expected for Eastern Canada

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 11, 2018

Updated, Jan. 15, 2018 –– Dairy Farmers of Ontario expects it will need six per cent more milk from producers in the next year. DFO chair Ralph Dietrich told the organization’s annual meeting that new processing capacity coming online this year will help drive the continued increase in quota allocated to meet the demand. The

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Eastern dairy farmers get big quota increase

By GFM Network News, John Greig June 20, 2017

The eastern Canadian provinces have approved a five per cent dairy quota increase — their largest one-time quota increase since the daily quota system was implemented in 1998. It will also be implemented quickly, on July 1. The five provinces — Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario — create quota policy

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario’s dairy group names new GM

By GFM Network News, John Greig May 23, 2017

Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO) has found its new general manager within the organization. Graham Lloyd, the organization’s general counsel, secretary to the board and director of communications, is the new general manager, replacing Peter Gould, the organization’s long-time manager. Gould, trained as an economist, has been with DFO since 1981 and has been the

Peter Gould, general manager and CEO, Dairy Farmers of Ontario. (John Greig photo)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

By GFM Network News, John Greig January 16, 2017

Ontario’s dairy industry is in a period of unprecedented growth, with over 15 per cent more quota going to dairy farmers in less than two years. There are almost certainly more quota increases to come, in order to increase milk production to displace significant volumes of butter now being imported. “It’s an absolutely great time

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Diafiltered milk issue sours on slow federal response

By Erin Debooy, GFM Network News June 17, 2016

CNS Canada — Two weeks after rallying on Parliament Hill to protest Trans-Pacific and European trade agreements, some dairy farmers say the government is still slacking when it comes to supporting their industry. The immediate crisis, according to Jan Slomp, a Vancouver Island dairy farmer and president of the National Farmers Union, is diafiltered milk.

Daily Network News

Trump mulls ending some trade ties with China, including in relation to cooking oil

Pulse Weekly: Yields coming into focus

U.S. livestock: Cattle at fresh highs, hogs weaken

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Comment: How we can avoid a devastating trade war with the U.S.

Ontario to host plant for U.S. lactose-free milk maker

Making room

Milk ad awareness beating top brands

Ontario’s dairy farmers ramp up own marketing

More milk quota increases expected for Eastern Canada

Eastern dairy farmers get big quota increase

Ontario’s dairy group names new GM

Ontario dairy sector optimistic with expanding demand

Diafiltered milk issue sours on slow federal response

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