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Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Dealing with actual threats to food safety rather than perceived ones is the goal of the Canadian dairy industry following a special conference that brought together processors and producers. While dairy products have an enviable safety record, the industry wants to make risk assessment a bigger part of the internationally recognized HACCP approach it employs

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U. S. Dairy Farmers Want Subsidies

March 26, 2009

Adairy group on March 18 asked the Obama administration to respond to a plunge in milk prices by subsidizing U. S. dairy exports and buying dairy products for donation to poor Americans. The National Milk Producers Federation says the average cost to produce milk in January exceeded the price of milk by 25 per cent.

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Poultry

China Warns Of WTO Challenge On Poultry

By Jason Subler March 19, 2009

“Frankly, we’re not opposed to China seeking relief from the WTO, and we wish them success” – JIM SUMNER, USA POULTRY AND EGG EXPORT COUNCIL China said March 11 that it plans to file a complaint at the World Trade Organization about a U. S. law, renewed this month, that blocks imports of Chinese poultry

Dairy cattle, News, Oilseeds

Argentine Farm Conflict Calmed But Not Over

By Fiona Ortiz March 12, 2009

Tensions between Argentina’s president and farmers who oppose her policies have been defused through deals on wheat prices and some exports, but the threat of market-disrupting strikes could easily reignite. Farm groups in agricultural powerhouse Argentina had threatened protests and aligned with opposition politicians against President Cristina Fernandez as they pushed for lower export levies

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

BSE-Affected Producers Get Their Day In Court

By Ron Friesen March 12, 2009

“Effective systems are in place to protect Canadians from exposure to BSE.” – FEDERAL MEMO, 1993 When Karen Emilson and her husband Mark recently saved the life of a prematurely born calf on their beef farm near Vogar, neighbours remarked, “Now you’re going to lose another $100.” A joke, yes, but a dark one and

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy Cow Dances To A Different Tune

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

“It’ll identify for consumers those products that are Canadian and those that aren’t.” – IAN MACDONALD, DFC The dancing white cow with the blue maple leaf that has graced Canadian dairy products for over a decade is getting a new image. A $5 million promotional campaign by Dairy Farmers of Canada will replace the old

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U. S. Dairy Farms In Crisis As Milk Prices Turn Sour

By Karl Plume February 26, 2009

“When 50 per cent of your total cost doubles then the bottom line suffers severely.” – CALIFORNIA DAIRYMAN JOHN FISCALINI Illinois farmer Linnea Kooistra expects to keep her 250-cow dairy farm afloat despite a rising tide of red ink caused by a collapse in milk prices, but other U. S. dairy farmers may be forced

Dairy cattle, Opinion

Farming On The Fringe – for Feb. 12, 2009

By American Farmland Trust February 12, 2009

American Farmland Trust (AFT) has partnered with Dick Esseks and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to release a report regarding the long-term viability of agriculture in counties that are becoming increasingly urban. The report, titled Farm Viability in Urbanizing Areas, explores which public policy efforts have been effective in retaining the spectrum of benefits provided by

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy farmers must patch up differences with processors

By Alex Binkley February 12, 2009

An informal discussion might enable us to open our minds a little bit.” Jacques Laforge, DFC Jacques Laforge, president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, says he wants to try again to develop a better working relationship with the country’s dairy processors. In his fourth term as association president, Laforge told the DFC annual meeting Jan.

Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. dairy farmers culling cows

February 5, 2009

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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‘Significant’ Canadian GDP slide expected in 2026, FCC says

Gene edited, PRRS resistant pig approved in Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

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