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Dairy commission fills board vacancy

Green tech CEO named to commissioner spot on CDC board

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 4, 2022

Concerns that the Canadian Dairy Commission could be caught short at its board table have been resolved with a new appointment to a vacant commissioner’s chair. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Sept. 27 announced Shikha Jain will be the CDC’s commissioner for a four-year term effective Sept. 15. Jain, who lives at Guelph, is

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

New CEO named for Canadian Dairy Commission

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 7, 2022

The Canadian Dairy Commission has hired from within for its new chief executive. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced Benoit Basillais, the CDC’s director of policy and economics, became the Crown corporation’s new CEO effective Monday. Basillais replaces Serge Riendeau, the dairy producer and former Agropur Co-operative president who’s been the CDC’s chief

As domestic demand for milk and some other dairy products drops, so will the number of farms and processing plants.

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Comment: Dairy sector faces uncertain future

The dairy industry is slowly being trampled by a wave of consumers who see it as only one of many options

By Sylvain Charlebois June 22, 2020

There’s been a lot of talk recently about meat alternatives but dairy alternatives are also becoming more popular. And when it comes to dairy in Canada, given our quotas and high tariffs, the stakes are significantly higher. Dairy alternatives can be seen everywhere from grocery stores to coffee shops. These products are no longer confined

Other, Our History

Grain toll proposed for St. Lawrence Seaway

Our History: October 1958

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 17, 2018

Farmers’ returns were a theme running through our issues in October 1958. In the main front-page story in the Oct. 9 issue, we reported that the three Prairie pools had raised concerns with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker about the prospect of tolls on grain going through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway. Their brief said

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

International dairy prices, volumes fall at auction

By GFM Network News March 15, 2016

Wellington | Reuters –– International dairy prices fell overnight at the fortnightly GlobalDairyTrade auction, despite market expectations that prices might rise. Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade Price Index dipped 2.9 per cent, with an average selling price of $2,190 per tonne, in the auction held on Tuesday (all figures US$). A total of 20,406 tonnes was sold at

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Arla CEO says world dairy market in crisis

By GFM Network News, Ole Mikkelsen February 17, 2016

Copenhagen | Reuters –– Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, said on Wednesday the global milk market was in crisis due to oversupply, but it expected demand, particularly from China, to pick up at the end of the year. Headquartered in Denmark, Arla is Britain’s largest and the world’s seventh-largest dairy company. It

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

By GFM Network News, Gus Trompiz August 28, 2015

Paris | Reuters — European dairy farmers caught out by a global market decline as they emerge from a 30-year-old quota system may have little choice but to produce at full pelt, hoping for a recovery in international prices next year. Milk prices paid to EU farmers are down 20 per cent from last year

Discount retailers’ success in Britain has led established grocery firms to cut prices for certain basic produce. (Aldi.co.uk)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

By GFM Network News, Reuters August 14, 2015

London | Reuters — British supermarkets Morrisons and Aldi responded on Friday to pressure from financially strapped dairy farmers by raising the price they pay milk suppliers. U.K. farmers have warned they face financial ruin, with falls in the price of milk forcing many out of work and spurring others to blockade distribution centres and

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

By GFM Network News July 16, 2015

Wellington | Reuters — New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra is cutting jobs in an effort to shore up its cash flows as a slump in global dairy demand, particularly from No. 1 buyer China, threatens to snuff out the country’s “white gold” rush. Dairy prices have more than halved from record highs scaled in 2013,

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

By GFM Network News May 28, 2015

Wellington | Reuters –– Global dairy prices are expected to pick up only slightly over the next 12 months, New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra, the world’s largest dairy exporter, said Thursday. Fonterra said the subdued outlook amid sluggish demand would likely slow the pace of New Zealand dairy output growth, and kept its forecast payout

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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Dairy commission fills board vacancy

New CEO named for Canadian Dairy Commission

Comment: Dairy sector faces uncertain future

Grain toll proposed for St. Lawrence Seaway

International dairy prices, volumes fall at auction

Arla CEO says world dairy market in crisis

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

U.K. grocers Morrisons, Aldi give ground in milk dispute

Fonterra cuts dairy jobs as ‘white gold’ rush fizzles

Global dairy demand seen picking up only slightly

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