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U. S. dairy farmers culling cows

A sharp drop in milk prices has the nation’s dairy producers sustaining huge losses and many are culling cows, a move that should mean less milk in 2009, said industry sources attending a convention here. Currently, the U. S. Agriculture Department estimates slightly more milk production in 2009 versus 2008, but USDA may revise down
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cash for dairy, rural Internet brussels/ reuters E urope’s farm

Europe’s farm chief will propose spending part of the unused EU agriculture budget to help countries finance rural development projects, including support for dairy industries and improved Internet access. Speaking to bloc farm ministers, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said up to 1.5 billion euros ( US$ 2 billion) could behandedout for certain schemes
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Dairy cows need personalized care

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It may no longer be possible to give each cow in the dairy barn her own name, but treating cows as individuals could help them live longer. The Dairy 2007 USDA survey reported 5.7 per cent of cows died on-farm across the country in 2006. That’s an increase from 4.8 per cent in the 2002
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EU milk farmers to absorb quota rise, price is key

“It’s very much a political deal… without maybe looking at what the best solution would be for the entire region.” – MARK VOORBERGEN, RABOBANK ANALYSIS BY JEREMY SMITH BRUSSELS/REUTERS Europe’s dairy farmers should gain more production flexibility after farm ministers agreed to a series of quota increases from 2009 but are unlikely to churn out
Dairy cattle, Hogs, News

High feed intake essential in lactation

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Peet on Pigs Anything that reduces the palatability of the feed will reduce intake. Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. First of two articles on nutrition during lactation The nutritional demands on
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Single fluid milk price threatens provincial commission

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“The commission is concerned with the protection of consumer interests.” – CRAIG LEE, MMPRC CHAIRMAN A Manitoba agency formed during the 1930s to control the price of milk could vanish if plans for a uniform fluid milk price across the Prairies come to pass. The Manitoba government has agreed in principle to harmonizing producer milk
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Skim milk powder surpluses rise again

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A perennial problem with surplus milk powder stocks has re-emerged to plague Canada’s dairy industry. Year-end stocks of skim milk powder are five times higher than they were for the previous year, according to the Canadian Dairy Commission. This increase comes at a time when falling world milk prices restrict the commission’s ability to remove
Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Argentine cow clones may help boost milk output

Argentine scientists have found a way to make cows produce more milk by injecting them with a bovine growth hormone produced by cloned and genetically modified dairy cows. Synthetic bovine somatotropin, which is also called rbST, is already injected into cows to boost milk production, but Argentine researchers say their method is cheaper and produces
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Dairy processors cheesed off at new regulations

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“There are other ways to support dairy producers’ incomes in Canada than to destabilize all of the industry.” – Yvan Loubier Canada’s largest dairy processors have gone to court to block new federal cheese regulations from taking effect later this year. Kraft Canada, Parmalat Canada and Saputo last week asked the Federal Court of Canada

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