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Most of what cows in Canada eat is grown on their home farm or locally.

Comment: ‘Buttergate’ debunked: No hard evidence on palm supplements for cows

Consider the difference in value between replying to a social media post and conducting a formal survey of a representative sample of people

By Stephen Leblanc March 15, 2021

The recent controversies over the properties of butter and how dairy cows are fed have become a case study in media attention and the weight of evidence behind it. Anecdotal comments about the consistency of butter snowballed into sometimes overheated discussion of dairy cows’ diets. To paraphrase the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, sensationalism flies and

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Dairy producers should be more transparent

A closed-doors annual meeting sends the wrong message at a crucial time

By D.C. Fraser March 2, 2021

Canada’s dairy industry continues to receive financial and moral support from taxpayers and consumers; but producers should recognize the role transparency plays in ensuring that relationship remains healthy. The Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), set to receive billions of dollars in direct payments from Canadian taxpayers, recently held its 2021 annual policy meeting behind closed

“You need demand. You need stimulus. You need a sector to redefine consumer consumption. Farmers can’t do that. Processors can.” – Sylvain Charlebois.

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy policy needs supply chain focus: report

Growth and innovation in dairy will come from a focus on processors, not farmers, author says

By Geralyn Wichers November 3, 2020

Revitalizing a stagnating Canadian dairy sector will take a shift away from farm gate thinking and increased focus on processing innovation, says a new report from Dalhousie University. “Production is not going to grow on its own. You need demand. You need stimulus. You need a sector to redefine consumer consumption. Farmers can’t do that. Processors can,”

Opinion

Comment: Costco and Walmart want you in their ‘chain’

By Alan Guebert March 27, 2019

Two recent moves into Big Ag by Big Retail bear close watching. In mid-2018 Walmart began bottling milk in a newly built facility near Ft. Wayne, Ind., for 500 of its stores. In doing so, this newcomer shoved an industry veteran, Dean Foods, its former bottler, out the door and with Dean went 100 or

Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: How the supply management lobby influences politics

My unsuccessful federal leadership campaign is proof the sector has outsized political influence — for now

By Maxime Bernier July 10, 2018

The following is a lightly edited excerpt of a chapter on supply management from a political memoir penned by Maxime Bernier that he chose to publish online. Polls indicate that the vast majority of Canadians have little to no idea what supply management is really about. According to a survey done in the summer of

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Are days numbered for supply management?

If they are it will be because of NAFTA 2.0 and Donald Trump

By Sylvain Charlebois September 12, 2017

Canada’s supply management system is a textbook case for food sovereignty. But the social contract the system represents may need to be redrafted as we head toward North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations. Supply management is a social contract between farmers and consumers. Canada’s heavily criticized quota regime for the dairy, egg and poultry

This barn at the Glenlea Research Station will be retrofitted for dairy research.

Dairy cattle, Local news

Mechanization focus of new dairy research

Dairy research facilities to get update at  Glenlea Research Station

By Shannon VanRaes August 28, 2017

Dairy research in Manitoba has got a $1.4-million boost. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler made the announcement at the University of Manitoba last week, indicating the cash will be used to retrofit an existing hog barn for dairy research at the Glenlea Research Station, just south of Winnipeg. “It’s

Dairy cattle, Opinion

New vision for supply management

By Al Mussell June 13, 2017

Supply management has proven robust in important respects. Regulating production, restricting imports and offering stable returns to producers at a favourable level are the foundational pillars for supply management. The Canadian dairy industry has avoided drastic drops in milk prices, followed by prolonged low milk price periods and associated financial stress that has repeatedly occurred

Our History

Universal tractors, now in two- and four-wheel drive

Our History: June 1984

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 8, 2017

Universal tractors advertised in our June 14, 1984 issue were available in two- and four-wheel drive in 35 to 100 hp. The crop report in that issue said that as of June 12, most seeding was complete except in the northwest, where there had been heavy rain in the Dauphin, Ste. Rose and Swan River

DFM chairman David Wiens in a file photo.

Dairy cattle, News

VIDEO: Manitoba’s dairy farmers optimistic for the future

By Shannon VanRaes December 12, 2016

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes spoke with David Wiens, chair of the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba, about the optimistic mood among producers following the organization’s annual meeting and the opportunities he sees for Manitoba’s dairy industry as it looks ahead to 2017.

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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