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Cattle Inventories In Canada Decline

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Canada’s estimated total cattle and calf inventory as of July 1, continued to decline, dropping 2.3 per cent from the level seen at the same time a year ago, according to figures released by Statistics Canada Aug. 20. The beef herd in Canada was down 2.4 per cent from the year-ago level while dairy herd
Dairy cattle, Livestock

USDA Raises Dairy Support Prices

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The government announced a three-month increase in U. S. dairy support prices on July 31 that would put an additional $243 million into farmers’ pockets and offset the lowest milk prices in 30 years. Burdened by economic recession and an abrupt slump in exports, dairy prices collapsed last fall. They are two-thirds of last year’s
Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. Lawmakers Seek Dairy Subsidy Boost

The leaders of a Dairy Farmers Caucus in the U. S. House said July 29 they sought a $211-million increase in U. S. dairy subsidies to offset the lowest market prices in three decades. The money would flow through an increase in the payment formula for the Milk Income Loss Contract subsidy, which is based
Dairy cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Dairy’s Sour Times

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Maybe this is what Willie and Waylon were thinking when they warned American “mommas” to not let their “babies to grow up to be cowboys.” Anyone with a dairy cow this year will lose, on average, $70 per month feeding and milking it; more if the cow is also packin’ debt. That means, in the
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Automated System Puts Cows In Charge

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The quietest dairy farm you’ve ever visited. David Wiens has the kind of dairy farm where the cows practically run the place. Of course, computers help a lot, too. David and his brother Charles own Skyline Dairy, one of the most cow-friendly milking operations you’ll see in Manitoba. The cows decide when they want to
Dairy cattle, Livestock

SARA In The Stomach Makes Dairy Cows Moody

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SARA can be an economically important problem for milk producers. A little-known disease lurking silently in the rumens of dairy cows may be robbing milk producers of hundreds of dollars in lost production without anyone realizing it. It’s basically acid indigestion but with a fancy scientific name: subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA). SARA is a metabolic
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Soft Pastures Soothe Bossy’s Sore Feet

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Concrete floors are very hard on a cow’s hooves Milk producers wanting to treat lameness in dairy cows could consider an old-fashioned solution to a perennial problem: put the cows out on pasture. A University of British Columbia study has found that spending time on pasture, even for a short period, can significantly reduce lameness
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Federal Funds Welcomed

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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

Recession Shows Advantage Of Supply Management

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While farm incomes have plummeted in many sectors, they have remained stable for dairy farmers without any jump in the cost of milk products to consumers, says Richard Doyle, executive director of Dairy Farmers of Canada. “Most of the dairy industry around the world is in crisis,” he told the Commons agriculture committee in late

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